Imperial or Loughborough for Mechanical Engineering?

I have offers from both but I'm having trouble choosing between these two unis for my course, just looking for some opinions on what people think about them.

I think I will enjoy the course more at Loughborough, that it has better facilities, staff and satisfaction but Imperial has better job prospects and reputation. Is that really worth me choosing it over Loughborough though?

Also, if your good at sport, in my case hockey, but nowhere near good enough to play for top unis like Loughborough, will I still be able to train and play it?

Hello
I would say definitely Imperial. It has the big name, the reputation and it is also in London!
I think they also have good teams as well, check in the BUCKS website.
Wherever you go, bare in mind that all the Unis have 3-4 teams for all types of people, so you will be able to play Hockey, anywhere you go

I have offers from both but I'm having trouble choosing between these two unis for my course, just looking for some opinions on what people think about them.

I think I will enjoy the course more at Loughborough, that it has better facilities, staff and satisfaction but Imperial has better job prospects and reputation. Is that really worth me choosing it over Loughborough though?

Also, if your good at sport, in my case hockey, but nowhere near good enough to play for top unis like Loughborough, will I still be able to train and play it?

lol its funny how you always mention reputation all the time as if thats the only thing to life, don't go to a university just because its apparently got a good "reputation" you go where you are happy the most.

QFT

lol its funny how you always mention reputation all the time as if thats the only thing to life, don't go to a university just because its apparently got a good "reputation" you go where you are happy the most.

I don't know anyone that has studied in Imperial and regretted it though

Might want to take a look at their first/second year failure rates and come back to us about that one

I don't know anyone that has studied in Imperial and regretted it though

Yeah there is a reason for that!
If you've ever went to Uni and experienced London's Uni life as well, you should know how easy it is to get distracted and start partying evert single night!
This think in comparison with the competitive environment of Imperial and the difficulty of an Engineering course lead to failure

I don't know anyone that has studied in Imperial and regretted it though

Thanks for all the advice guys, I think I'm going to pick Loughborough.

But just to be difficult I went to see bath yesterday and quite liked it, it felt a lot more cosy than Loughborough and its much more pretty.

So now I'm stuck between Bath and Loughborough, any advice?

Thanks for all the advice guys, I think I'm going to pick Loughborough.

But just to be difficult I went to see bath yesterday and quite liked it, it felt a lot more cosy than Loughborough and its much more pretty.

So now I'm stuck between Bath and Loughborough, any advice?

Now you do.

Thanks for all the advice guys, I think I'm going to pick Loughborough.

But just to be difficult I went to see bath yesterday and quite liked it, it felt a lot more cosy than Loughborough and its much more pretty.

So now I'm stuck between Bath and Loughborough, any advice?

Hello
I would say definitely Imperial. It has the big name, the reputation and it is also in London!
I think they also have good teams as well, check in the BUCKS website.
Wherever you go, bare in mind that all the Unis have 3-4 teams for all types of people, so you will be able to play Hockey, anywhere you go

Not sure if you have picked and I am too late. I am a loughborough Mech Eng first year and also got offers from both (bath) but picked loughborough. Tbh they're pretty similar in terms of ranking depending where you look. Reason I chose loughborough was because as much as I preferred bath as a place (loughborough's called the bubble for a reason) the reputation with industry in terms of contacts etc seemed stronger at loughborough and i wasnt too wrong. My personal tutor has close links with red bull racing and so we got a chance to have a tutor meeting with a representative from rbr! I also know mercedes have been in to give presentations aswell to name a few. The other thing about loughborough is the department just had this 'stronger' feel to it than bath and i can tell you it's fantastically thorough but saying that i have no idea what bath are actually like. In terms of content i know loughborough (from experience!) is one tough tough course (toughest on campus along with aero) and will test you. There research is strong and that has many benefits that i cant really explain here because its easier to experience it but as one example we were given a project worth 30% of our module grade and because our tutor (like all) are actively involved in research projects it just so happened he had written a paper on something directly related to our project! it meant we could go try the experiments out and learn the advanced theory to put in our project!
One of my good friends (lives opposite me) in loughborough plays first team hockey and anyone in uni first teams for major sports generally tends to be people who may well go pro. Friend in question has represented Holland for hockey and even in second team there are those similar to him! Standards are pretty high to make uni teams even if there is four! For football even the lowest standard of interhall football is pretty damn high! But hockey isnt the same in that once you get to interhall its a pretty poor standard and the uni fourth team really isnt anything special. That said the facilities are second to absolute none and even if you dont think you'll get in (you may very well surprise yourself...) then local clubs offer a perfectly viable option (another friend plays for a local club and he's decent). Your level of sport will undoubtedly improve while at loughborough i promise you that!
Obviously i am going to be heavily biased towards loughborough but i hope it gives you or anyone reading an insight into loughboroughs advantages of which there are many. Loughborough would have been my last choice on location or even how great the campus is since I got an offer from UCL (London!), Nottingham, Bath and Newcastle (!) but it really was the best in terms of course and i dont regret it. yes they work you hard and yes it can be annoying being the only people in year 1 who have to go to the library out of exam period or have a packed timetable (my friend does 6 hours a week i do 22 on a bad week!) but it's very challenging and stimulating. Just one last thing with regards to location. I dont really buy into this whole go where you feel comfortable. I absolutely love london and while loughborough is sufficient there is no comparison. But UCL just wasnt as good as loughborough for the course. As long as it isnt REALLY bad then location shouldnt be top of priorities. Three, four years doing a degree at a quality institution that will set you up for the rest of your life is small sacrifice compared to location. I would have picked imperial if i had got an offer out of the two but then i wouldnt of taken into account failure rates as pointed out here. Sorry for the really long post but its best to be honest. The important thing is that you have committed to a good future by doing mech eng!