got to UCL for the name? or go to BRUNEL?

HI EVERYONE,

i missed out on my 1st choice uni UCL, and got my insurance Brunel. for engineering

For my course, UCL is ranked 17th and Brunel ranked 20th so not a big difference.

but OVERALL UCL is 3rd in the country and Brunel is 44th i think...

Brunels civil engineering department is quite good, but i had my heart set on UCL...

ON UCL's website, it says that graduates get equipped with skills to work in mary other industries i.e Banking this is what it says: GIS, finance, law, entrepreneurship and management.

but with brunel it doesnt say anyhting like that and it might not be flexible...

should i retry getting into UCL or just go to Brunel

advice appreciated!

UCL's engineering department is below-par for its reputation. You'll struggle to get into banking with Brunel but you'll be fine elsewhere

It's still UCL though. OP, I would personally choose UCL, but it depends on what you're looking for tbh;

As said above, want less stress, more free time? Then Brunel.
Want a degree from a prestigious university, even if that entails more effort on your part? Then UCL.

That's how I'd take it.

OP doesn't have an offer from UCL and has to reapply. Not worth the gap year imo.

Yeh did not read the line about missing his first choice.

Still though, I -personally- would take a gap year IF I was confident enough in securing a place next time.

That if would be, for instance, being predicted ABB, getting a rejection and then achieving AAB+ or something similar.

Otherwise, OP, if nothing has changed, I doubt UCL would make you an offer next time round.

Yeh did not read the line about missing his first choice.

Still though, I -personally- would take a gap year IF I was confident enough in securing a place next time.

That if would be, for instance, being predicted ABB, getting a rejection and then achieving AAB+ or something similar.

Otherwise, OP, if nothing has changed, I doubt UCL would make you an offer next time round.

also, another thing is the fact that my parents wont let me take year out and just do exams, instead they want me to go uni or go back into school full time!...

but i still dont have a definite answer if my school is letting me back or not... my dad even sat down with me today 1v1 and said "your going to that uni, you can get a masters somewhere else if you want" so it was abit forcified... in essence, if my school dont let me back i'd be forced to go brunel