always pick a course that is accredited if you can. if you don't, then you will find it hard to get jobs, according to a student I spoke to. Geological firms value accredited courses because they will know the base content of the degree, thus, they will know what you should know by the time you graduate. it does make a difference. what unis are you thinking of applying to?

Thank you for answering! The universities I have filled in currently are: Exeter, Liverpool, Royal Holloway and Southampton. I am considering applying to Leicester, but don't know which one to switch it out for! Portsmouth is only there as a lower entry requirement back up, and at the same time I don't quite see myself at Royal Holloway so I have reached a bit of an impasse. :s-smilie:

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FlyHigh_er

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Original post by Owlette

Thank you for answering! The universities I have filled in currently are: Exeter, Liverpool, Royal Holloway and Southampton. I am considering applying to Leicester, but don't know which one to switch it out for! Portsmouth is only there as a lower entry requirement back up, and at the same time I don't quite see myself at Royal Holloway so I have reached a bit of an impasse. :s-smilie:

If you know that you can get the grades for any of the other ones then you don't necessarily need a lower one. I didnt apply to anything under ABB. But if you're wary then apply. I would say swap Royal H for Leicester. But it depends on what you think you can do

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cclelaine

Got an offer from durham! Anyone else?

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Juvula

Original post by cclelaine

Got an offer from durham! Anyone else?

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When did you send your application?

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Dolanja

Original post by cclelaine

Got an offer from durham! Anyone else?

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Congrats, what are the conditions? :biggrin:

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Dolanja

Just received an offer from Edinburgh, very surprising, thought that they waited until February - March to give out places.

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Charlottecl

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Original post by Dolanja

Just received an offer from Edinburgh, very surprising, thought that they waited until February - March to give out places.

congrats, when did you send your UCAS?

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Dolanja

Original post by Charlottecl

congrats, when did you send your UCAS?

Thanks

Early october-ish, between the 10th and the 15th.

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Charlottecl

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Original post by Dolanja

Thanks

Early october-ish, between the 10th and the 15th.

ah right, i sent mine on the 18th of october, so i hope to hear from them soon! congratulations i really want an offer!

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Dolanja

Original post by Charlottecl

ah right, i sent mine on the 18th of october, so i hope to hear from them soon! congratulations i really want an offer!

Hopefully they'll get back to you soon then :biggrin:

Are you from Scotland by chance? They might give out all the Scottish offers at a later date or something similar, out of all the people that I know that have applied to Edinburgh this year and in previous years, most of them didn't get offers before Christmas. :s-smilie:

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cclelaine

Original post by Juvula

When did you send your application?

Around 9-10 Oct

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cclelaine

Original post by Dolanja

Congrats, what are the conditions? :biggrin:

AAA

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Charlottecl

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Original post by Dolanja

Hopefully they'll get back to you soon then :biggrin:

Are you from Scotland by chance? They might give out all the Scottish offers at a later date or something similar, out of all the people that I know that have applied to Edinburgh this year and in previous years, most of them didn't get offers before Christmas. :s-smilie:

Nope I'm from Newcastle, someone in my school has an offer and the sixth form staff were surprised because Edinburgh are one of the slowest usually, loads of uni's seem to be offering really quickly this year, Glasgow gave me an offer in like 3 days or something haha

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deecharrl

Original post by Dolanja

Yeah, applied already and I ended up applying for the 3 year, mostly because it has lower entry requirements, the first and second year is the same and you can switch to the MGeol at the end of a year with satisfactory performance. I really needed a uni that I liked that had ABB, so there we go. It's a weird system they have, but I'm not complaining :biggrin:

How about you, where are you applying to?

Are you going to do the 4 year course? I really want to and I think I'm gonna apply for it but quite concerned over finances... hahah

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Dolanja

Original post by deecharrl

Are you going to do the 4 year course? I really want to and I think I'm gonna apply for it but quite concerned over finances... hahah

Yeah, definitely going for the 4 year. Leicester is the only one that I applied to that is a 3 year, and that's only because it's so easy to change between them.
I was lucky enough to meet a climate scientist and geologist over the summer, and the #1 thing that they recommended was getting a masters, and ideally doing it in a 4 year course, rather than paying extra + taking longer to do a research masters. Apparently it's a lot more difficult to compete in the field without a masters these days and with a BSc you're kind of limited to things like mudlogging. I mean, it's another year without work like you said, which is expensive, but it's so worth it in the long run. :smile:

You should definitely apply for it :biggrin:

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Dolanja

Original post by Charlottecl

Nope I'm from Newcastle, someone in my school has an offer and the sixth form staff were surprised because Edinburgh are one of the slowest usually, loads of uni's seem to be offering really quickly this year, Glasgow gave me an offer in like 3 days or something haha