Is Reading a bad uni?

Basically I want to study nutrition and food science and I'm thinking about firming Reading because their course seems amazing and the facilities are great. However, I'm predicted A*AA and I'm worried that Reading will be below my potential and I will feel out of place there. Can anyone help me?

Not sure about ur course but for real estate, reading is the best in the country

Basically I want to study nutrition and food science and I'm thinking about firming Reading because their course seems amazing and the facilities are great. However, I'm predicted A*AA and I'm worried that Reading will be below my potential and I will feel out of place there. Can anyone help me?

I'm also predicted pretty high (A*A*AA although I'm more likely going to get something like AAAB) and I've applied for law. I firmed Reading because it seems great. When I went to an open day I spoke to 1st and 2nd year students who were in similar situation and they all said they love it, so you should definitely do it if you like it

My current flatmate rejected an oxbridge uni after getting A*A*A*A*A (can't remember which uni at this second) to come to Reading, admittedly his course isn't widely offered but still. Reading is certainly good. The campus draws a lot of people too. I wouldn't be surprised if within 5 years we're ranked in the top 20, which given how good some uni's are in the UK, is really good.

At the end of the day, if you feel like you'd do better in St Andrews or Warwick or something, and you prefer the universities "feel", location, atmosphere and campus, then go there. But frankly, for this sort of intermediate-high level uni, I think we're the best. Once you get outside the top 13 (going off Guardians league tables), there's no uni that I would of gone to over Reading given the choice, regardless of grades.

Another thing - A first from Reading is far better than a 2:2 from Southampton or whatever, so don't go somewhere much higher if you think it'll drastically impact your results.

Oh also, A level grades don't mean you'll find it easier. A Level is very different from Uni work. If you had people pushing you through your A levels or went to private school or whatever, you cannot sit back and think you'll be fine just because you've shown your capable of getting good grades (bar 1st year, for most). University is all about showing to employers that you can learn how to learn efficiently and independently. If you need people to tell you when to revise, you won't do as well as you think.

Basically I want to study nutrition and food science and I'm thinking about firming Reading because their course seems amazing and the facilities are great. However, I'm predicted A*AA and I'm worried that Reading will be below my potential and I will feel out of place there. Can anyone help me?

Reading isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination, but in my honest opinion A*AA is wasted potential at reading and you probably would be a little out of place.

guessing ur mates course is real estate?

That's what I was worried about but the thing is the only other uni I would consider would be Leeds and although the uni has a better reputation and apparently an amazing social life, the facilities and the course at Reading seem better and the course is accredited at Reading which it isn't at Leeds. Surely, the quality of the course is more important than the overall reputation of the uni?

That's what I was worried about but the thing is the only other uni I would consider would be Leeds and although the uni has a better reputation and apparently an amazing social life, the facilities and the course at Reading seem better and the course is accredited at Reading which it isn't at Leeds. Surely, the quality of the course is more important than the overall reputation of the uni?

Between the 2 there's no real difference however going to either will be selling yourself short.

If you want my honest advice, take a gap year and reapply to places like Imperial/oxbridge and failing these going to Edinburgh, KCL or Manchester even if for broader subjects like biological sciences.The 3 "realistic" alternatives are (relative to other UK institutions) global power houses in biological sciences so if you fall short of the very best these will still place you much better than your current choices.

Another reason I would advocate a gap year is that Food sciences is a painfully specific degree, it would be wiser to choose something broader like nat sci/biological sciences and then if you're still interested in food sciences take a 1 year msc in the subject, this way you can still break into whatever industries you felt food sciences would allow you to get into as well as having many more avenues to take your career into.

I don't want to take a gap year and I don't want to change what course I'm studying. I'm genuinely really excited to have chosen Nutrition and food science, it's exactly what I want to study and I don't like the look of anything else. I don't want to spend 3 years studying something I don't want to do, accumulating debt and then have to go and do a masters when I already know what I want to do as an undergrad. Also, the career prospects as a food science graduate are actually really good.

Out of curiosity, what jobs do food science grads go into? Mainly Nutritionists?

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No, that's only a small part of the jobs they do actually. There are things like new product development, quality assurance, food manufacturing, ingredient sourcing/supplying, product marketing and promotion, so it's pretty broad within the food industry