Classics/Classical Studies Applicants 2013

joined this conversation slightly too late, but hello! I'm a fellow classics applicant

Sorry for the late reply I had two exams in the past two days! And Aristophanes really is funny!! Definitely recommend Wasps, and I love Frogs - love the mythology in it!

And thank you! It is a big work load but I work best under pressure haha!

I'm just about to have a crack at Plato's Symposium! Yeah I remember when I started philosophy and I didn't know what was going on! You get used to it though, especially with professors teaching you at uni! Aristotle is quite interesting isn't he? His third man argument against the forms is frustrating though!
Maths and philosophy really do compliment each other I think in Athens you had to study maths for thirty years or so before you did philosophy so you've done it the right way round!

I think it's a really cool A level combination! I'm glad it hasn't hindered you but there's no way it should have anyway!

Thanks! I found EPQ to be quite useful actually! And good luck for your presentation, your question sounds awesome by the way, wish I could sit in on the presentation haha!

Also I got an offer from Durham today! What do you think about King's for Classical studies vs Durham for Classics?




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joined this conversation slightly too late, but hello! I'm a fellow classics applicant

Aww good stuff! Frogs and Wasps- I'll remember that Oooh exams :P I've been lucky and haven't had any. Though I have loads in June, so it's swings and roundabouts! :P

Haha, I'm sure you'll make more sense of The Symposium than I did!
Haha- "you've done it the right way round"- Well, one can do no wrong following the ways of the Ancient Greeks, hey?
EPQ is really good Thankyou! I am terrified for the presentation though :P

Ooooh Congrats!! Oooh that's a difficult one!

Well Durham's "Classics" may contain more language study than Kings "Classical Studies". That might be a factor to consider seeing as how much you're enjoying Greek But both are fantastic departments - both have great module choices, and great (and rather famous ) professors!

You'd definitely do no wrong by choosing either of those with regards to the courses and departments!

If you get an offer from St Andrews, would they be your top choice, or equal with Durham and Kings in terms of choosing where to go?

Ah lucky! I'm jealous haha! But definite swings and roundabouts with the summer exams! I have five exams then (so long as my January ones went okay haha) how many will you have?

Ah hopefully I'll enjoy it! Nothing wrong with a bit of Plato and hahaha yeah! The Ancient Greeks had a pretty good idea about things!

And yes - EPQ is really useful! And you'll be great I'm sure!

Thank you!! It's a really tough decision! Especially seeing as I just got my college allocation - I got University which I was not expecting so I'm over the moon!

That's a good point about the languages - I like how the languages are compulsory with "Classics" I think the money side might come into play also! Do you know if there is much philosophy in "Classical Studies" at King's?

Ah thank you for the reassurance!! it's good to know it's pretty much down to personal preference It's such a difficult situation but lovely at the same time!

I think if St Andrew's offered me I would be really really pleased but it's just how far away it is that's the issue for me - Durham is pushing it but St Andrew's is another couple of hours on from that!



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Ah 5 that's pretty good! I have 8 Possibly 9, if I decide to give a maths paper another crack to get 100 UMS on it

Oooo University College! Sounds great! (Sorry I don't know that much about their collegiate system :P) I really like Durham! But hardly anyone from my school gets in so I was advised not to apply

For Philosophy in King's Classical Studies; you have one compulsory module of Latin OR Greek, then a couple optional modules where you get to pick from archaeology, ancient history or philosophy. i think So probably quite a bit, depending on your choices! You'd definitely get the choice to do more Philosophy in that course over Durham's I would have thought- in "Classics", you'll definitely have Latin AND Greek compulsory modules, and therefore less optional ones.

Haha, it is lovely to have the choice between such great universities

Ah yes, I'm in exactly the same situation with Edinburgh. Despite being fairly north in England, Scotland is still a long long way away! :P And the four year courses at the Scottish Universities have always felt a bit of a disadvantage to me. And the expensive train tickets....

Awesome! Where have you applied?


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I applied to Durham, Kings, Oxford, Manchester and UCL.

Just been reading your thread about EPQs! They both sound really interesting- I change my mind about what to do mine on so often that I suspect I'll run out of time to do it.. Classics is just such a broad subject!

Aristophanes is great! Clouds is one of the A2 Greek set texts, but I love Lysistrata and Frogs :P

Blimey!! That's crazy! Well good luck! I'm sure you'll be fabulous and nothing wrong with having a crack at 100 UMS!

University College is crazy! Don't worry about that University is also known as Castle because it is literally a Norman Castle! About 100m from the Cathedral and it's pretty oversubscribed so I was so chuffed I got a place!

Ah that's a shame about the acceptance thing :/ but you've got UCL man! Can't get much better than that!

Thank you for shedding light on the topic! It is lovely to have the choice between such great universities I am quite intrigued with the archeology side of it! I am swayed towards philosophy elements - I suppose it is the languages and literature parts for you? Although its all so brilliant!

Ah of course! Scotland is a long way - I mean it is another country! Yes four years as well as the expenses - tricky decisions!


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I applied to Durham, Kings, Oxford, Manchester and UCL.

Just been reading your thread about EPQs! They both sound really interesting- I change my mind about what to do mine on so often that I suspect I'll run out of time to do it.. Classics is just such a broad subject!

Aristophanes is great! Clouds is one of the A2 Greek set texts, but I love Lysistrata and Frogs :P

Ah awesome! Have you had any offers? I applied to the same ones as you apart from UCL (I applied to St. Andrew's instead )

Ah thanks it was interesting! It really is a broad subject! I'm quite lucky as my college set an early EPQ deadline so mine was done by Christmas! What are you thinking of doing at the moment?

He really is! Frogs is fab, I just love it!

What A Levels are you doing?


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Oooh nice choice of unis Haha, i so know what you mean about choosing the topic! It took me ages to decide! In the early days of it, I was changing it every other day! Luckily, my topic in the end allowed me to bring together lots of different aspects of Classics, which has been really great

Wow! A level Greek! That is very impressive indeed!

I see you've applied to UCL Any chance you're going to the post offer day thing on the 25th March?

Ooh, awesome! I've had offers from everywhere apart from UCL, who haven't told me yet whether they want me or not. Fingers crossed! My school is quite relaxed about EPQ as hardly anyone does it so there's not really been a formal deadline set (although I suppose it must be around March or April if they're to submit it to the board.) I originally decided to do it on Greek Tragedy, but now I might do it on the development of writing now- totally different subjects but I keep finding heaps of interesting material on lots of different topics..! It's like they're all trying to tempt me into doing an EPQ on them..

I do Latin, Greek, Classical civilisations and Music. How about you?

So you should be chuffed! That sounds fantastic! I've heard Durham as a city is really great too Though being so North East they get a lot of bad weather Whereabouts in the country are you from?
Haha, exams always terrify me (Especially Latin exams....) I can't believe it's almost February already... time is going so fast! It'll be June before I know it...

Language and literature are the main part for me, but I'm dead keen for the Archaeology modules!
I love Archaeology, I actually managed last summer to be accepted on and join in on a UCL student excavation, which was totally amazing!
If I had applied to do straight archaeology at UCL, my interview would have been with the professor I spent the week with And I do volunteer Bronze age cremation sorting at a local archaeology site, which is always fun! The reason I applied for Ancient World at UCL was so I could do a decent amount of Archaeology It's so interesting. Brings a third dimension to studying Classics- literally!

Such tricky decisions indeed

Hi there, I am an Italian student currently in the US getting a BA. I am applying for a MA in Classics and I have received offers from Durham, Glasgow, Nottingham, and Royal Holloway so far. ù

I am still waiting to hear from KCL, Edinburgh, Newcastle, and Reading.

What do you think? I have no idea how to judge them.

Which one has the strongest and most revered department in your opinion?

Congratulations! That's very impressive is UCL your top choice if you get an offer? I'm sure you will!!

Ah fair enough about EPQ - my college is the opposite! They made it compulsory for everybody, I think it's because they get more funding for every student that does it? But I'm not sure haha
Also I know what you mean about finding little nuggets of knowledge on other topics! So tempting...

That's awesome! Incredibly jealous of your Greek, Latin, and Classical Civilisations! Also jealous of your musical ability haha
I'm doing History, Philosophy, English Literature, and Geography. My college doesn't offer Latin or Greek (state school!) unfortunately and they only introduced Classical Civ when I began A2 which was sod's law really haha


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Congratulations on your offers too! Well, I'll firm Oxford, but if I get an offer from UCL I might make it my insurance as their grade requirement might be lower. We'll see. What is your first choice?

Oh, that really is sod's law- but at least your subjects all sound great I think I would have liked to do philosophy if I had the chance! I am happy with my subjects though.

Yes, I have been looking at rankings and as you said they are indeed misleading: one ranks a particular uni over another while another ranks them the opposite way. I have received two more offers today from Reading and UoManchester, so at this point I would give more weight to their locations, maybe?

Sorry for posting in this topic, I could not find anything strictly related to Masters in Classics.