UCL Arts and Sciences or adjustment? Dilemma!!

Got the results today, A*AAA in Maths, F.Maths, Spanish and History respectively. I have exceeded my firm conditions of AAA for UCL's Arts and Sciences BASc course but am still having doubts about the course. I know UCL is good and the course is exciting and looks enjoyable but I'm scared people will turn their noses up at an interdisciplinary course and see me as a 'oxbridge reject' for going to UCL (I didn't apply to oxbridge but still).

I don't know if I should continue with this or go in for adjustment and try a course in say straight maths or try somewhere else?

Congrats on those fantastic results!

Don't just jump into a course like straight maths (or whatever else) if it's not something you've seriously considered. Remember this is something you'll be studying for 3 or so years and will take a lot of time and effort, so don't jump straight into it. If you're having doubts about the course itself (the one at UCL) in terms of your interest in the content, that's fair enough but please don't worry about people thinking of you as an 'Oxbridge reject' or having people turn their noses up at you because it's an interdisciplinary course as this should in no way have an impact on what you decide to do. It's your life and your interests, study whatever you want!

Remember you picked UCL and that course for a reason, and you've said it yourself - that it looks exciting and enjoyable. If you're still feeling that then go for it. Also remember there's no harm in looking at other courses though if you're having doubts about UCL since you can still keep your firm place and enquire with other unis about Adjustment. Good luck!

Thanks you for the reply! Yes it is true that this course does look like what I want and I will really enjoy it but for me uni has always been a means to get a job (yes I know it's an awful mentality) and the cynical comments of a very small minority about this course has troubled me because it contradicts why I am going to uni. I want to get into investment banking and I know this kind of course can be good because it combines mathematics with a foreign language and the more analytical skills associated with the humanities. Perhaps I'm just buying into outdated viewpoints but this decision about where to go and what to study does seem to be deemed as deciding your life.

Something you'll soon learn is that depending on the career you want to go into, the degree you actually study doesn't have a massive impact on your application to that career. Stressing the depending on the career though, I'm not saying you can study history then become a doctor It's about the skills and work experience you gain throughout your degree. If you're really concerned, you could always contact potential employers and get their opinion on it, but it seems you're really interested in the course and have thought it through quite a lot.

I'm actually working for Merrill Lynch at the moment and they seem to not really care about what your degree is in as long as you have a first or a 2:1 from a decent uni. Hmmm maybe I'm just being narrow minded and have got into this mind set that I need to have a first in maths from Cambridge to succeed. I will definitely have a look around and think a little more. Thank you so much for your advice!

Got the results today, A*AAA in Maths, F.Maths, Spanish and History respectively. I have exceeded my firm conditions of AAA for UCL's Arts and Sciences BASc course but am still having doubts about the course. I know UCL is good and the course is exciting and looks enjoyable but I'm scared people will turn their noses up at an interdisciplinary course and see me as a 'oxbridge reject' for going to UCL (I didn't apply to oxbridge but still).

I don't know if I should continue with this or go in for adjustment and try a course in say straight maths or try somewhere else?

I think the BASC is a fascinating idea with lots of potential. But I don't think the core modules are really very academic as of yet (aside from the language). They almost seem like the kind of thing you would take as an orientation not half a degree. I think one module a year that was designed to bring disciplines together plus a language would deb better. Leave 6 choices of substantive modules and creates more depth. Would also let that one module be more intense.

I understand what you mean, and this is an element of it that puts me of slightly. You do have the choice of 4 modules a year so my plan if I do continue with it is to pick them very carefully to give me enough specialism so that after I have the opportunity to take on further study in masters so that I have a bit more academic vigor and specialism.