Geology/Earth Science 2014 Entry

Oh that's good then, and your subjects are good. By the way, not that you don't want to, but don't feel like you have to do geology a level just because your school does it if you don't want to, because most applicants don't have it, because if you eventually feel like you want to drop it because of teaching in your school etc you probably can't as it wouldn't look right. Not saying you are picking it because of that, just making a point because geology doesn't require the subject at A Level.


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Thanks but I really want to do Geology! I think it will just let me see what kind of topics you study and I have a really keen interest in things like fossils and volcanoes and it goes well with Geography

anyone thinking of firming Edinburgh or Imperial? I am seriously having issues deciding...

I absolutely love Edinburgh but I'd feel so guilty turning down imperial!

What area of geology are you all thinking you want to go intonow?

Anyone going to ucl on Wednesday? Do you know if they are emailing us a programme of the day?

Anyone who has an offer for Earth sci at Oxford willing to share their reasons for accepting or rejecting their offers. Daughter torn between her imperial and oxford offer. Thanks

Hello there!

Wow, congradulations to your daughter. I cannot speak on behalf of her of course but my main reason that I will choose Oxford EarthSci over Imperial is because of the course and the teaching itself. I applied for Geology and Geophysics at Imperial, so we may not be in the same position but I felt that talking to the tutors at both universities, the course at Oxford suited me better and will allow me to gain a wider scope of the subject (obviously I don't know very much at this point, but this is what I felt).

Also as both courses at both unis are highly respected, with excellent opportunities to go abroad and 90%+ graduate employment, I felt that I could weigh my decision more on how I feel about the universities themselves and which one I preferred overall... I know that this may be a lot different for your daughter, but after visiting both I felt more at home at Oxford - the people were friendlier and I preferred the city to the area that Imperial is in.

I realise this is a hard decision - I hope I've made the right one and hope this helps (even if it's just a little bit!). Best of luck to her