Im thinking of taking geology

i myself find it pretty interesting, theres alot involved in it, more than just looking at rocks (apart from in earth materials :p:

) the paelo and volcanology courses in it are alot better.

however, you probably wont like it if you dont enjoy travelling. when i was applying nearly every uni was heavily based on field work e.g. mapping, so if you dont like it, its probably best not to take it.

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Minardi

Geology is great, but be prepared to find it hard work in the first semester, if you've never done it beforee. I struggled for a while, as I had no experience and nearly everyone else did, which made life difficult!

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Thats one thing im abit concerned about is having no experience... although i do think i will enjoy travelling. I notice you study at keele? how do you find it? thats one of the places ive applied for.

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that reminded me of another thing, it also depends on what uni you go to. here at soton i have to do a fair bit of oceanography in my course, whereas i know other unis focus more on maths and chemistry, so you may want to work out your preferences like that.

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I'm also at Keele doing geology and for the first semester it was a struggle, but in my year only about a 1/3 of people had done some geology before so we were all in the same boat. It gets easier with time though :smile:

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Minardi

Keele is ace, im sure suzie will agree. With a great department and legends such as Mike Montenari and Ralf Gertisser. Its a great place, I have to say.

Minardi

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Yeah Mike and Ralf are true legends to say the least, and espec Mike's irish coca cola when you go to Pembrokshire hehe :smile:

. Stimo is also a legend, he likes his eggs and sausage a bit to much though on fieldtrips :biggrin:

. In fairness all of the geol lecturers are ace although John can be a bit boring but when he tells his dry jokes you cant help but smile. Keele is amazingly friendly and i get on with everyone so well. I think it's the fieldtrips that help you bond after a hard days work in the field, when you all meet in the pub. It's also funny when you see all you lecturers getting wasted and the demonstrators skinny dipping hehe :smile:

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haha sounds fun :biggrin:

demonstrators skinny dipping? hehe scary :s-smilie:

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cazzyspazzy

haha sounds fun :biggrin:

demonstrators skinny dipping? hehe scary :s-smilie:

Yeah the sight wasn't all that nice, but a hell of a bribe :smile:

, shame Banko left he was mint!

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a bribe? haha ohhh dear :biggrin:

how did u manage to bribe them?

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im not normally a person that does advertising, but come to soton. its an awesome uni, with some classic lecturers, all of whom seem to insult the isle of wight too much :mad:

ts got a good rep for geology, and overall, and is a nice uni in general, and less islolated than keele i think (i got ann offer there 2 years ago, but didnt go on the open day)

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Well i cant argue with that, yeah keele is a rural village compared to soton lol.It is only a 10 min drive to a city though for all the shopping, plus the union is great as it knows with the location people could get bored, so there is something going on every night. I was given offers for both soton and keele, but i instantly felt a warmth at keele that soton didnt give me. I'm incredibly happy here so all is good. Each to their own at the end of the day though... :smile:

Keele rocks, sorry it had to be done :biggrin:

Reply 13

hehe geology rocks! :P

Reply 14

londonboym

I've applied for soton geology, and another couse which i think is physical geography, i hoping to go there but i'll most probly end up in pompey because i only need 3 D's for the courses there lol. Goes to shoe how many people love rocks :rolleyes:

and i've been learning physical geog / geology since year 10, so i should hopefully be alright with the workload etc.

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