Geology and Earth Sciences 2017 - Applicants Thread

yes mate i received 4 offers this week from Southampton, Leeds, Durham and Bristol. How is your application going?

Wow congrats! I got an offer from Leicester but I'm still to hear from Durham, Leeds, St Andrews and Edinburgh urgh

I didn't apply to Durham as I wasn't sure about some of the module choices, but that was just what I thought I would be interested in doing and I also wasn't too keen on having to pick options for the first year. That was partly because I wanted to do more options than you seemed to be able to choose in the first year. I applied to Imperial, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Oxford for a mixture of geology and geophysics courses. I'm reading Earth Sciences at Oxford ( Worcester College).

Wow congrats! I got an offer from Leicester but I'm still to hear from Durham, Leeds, St Andrews and Edinburgh urgh

Unfortunately, you won't be hearing from St Andrews or Edinburgh for a while. They usually don't give out offers until end of Jan/Feb time. Source: Just graduated from St Andrews BSc Geology

Thanks for the advice! But that is so frustrating! Ah well there's nothing i can do to speed it up. Anyway, how was St Andrews??

Np, I think it's the same for most schools at St Andrews. They tend to wait until near the end or just after the UCAS deadline. Geology at St Andrews was amazing. I initially got in to do a BSc in Geography but took Geology modules in first year as I thought it would compliment it well. Within 1 semester I had fully converted to BSc Geology and eventually only ended up doing 1 module in Geography lol.

It's a very tight-knit department with most of the lecturers and professors having an open-doors policy. Coupled with the field-based focus (you'll do lots of fieldtrips - I ended up travelling to 9 different countries as a result of my degree!) you'll get to know not only your classmates but, also your lecturers very well. Which really comes in handy during your review essay and dissertation.

The first 2 years give you plenty of breadth and then in 3rd and 4th year you're given more choices. Some schools are more specialist e.g. Aberdeen = oil, Exeter = mining. St Andrews gives you a taster of everything in classes, let's you apply in in the field, then prepares you to move on to an MSc where you can really specialise in what you're interested in.

IIRC Edinburgh tends to be very similar in this regard. I remember there was a talk last year when we had students from Edinburgh and Glasgow visiting. The Glasgow ones were amazed at how much time we spent in the field compared to them. Dunno much about Leicester but, Durham is really good too for their Geology.

Has anyone received any offers yet from the unis they have applied to? If so, which ones??

Yes!! I have received offers from Exeter, Durham, Leeds and an interview offer from Imperial How is your application going?

Congrats on your offers and interview!
I've only got an offer from Leicester but i've applied to Durham and Leeds but I haven't heard anything from them yet. When did you send your application off and when did you receive offers from Leeds and Durham?

Thanks! I was buzzing when I got them :'
I sent my application on the 13th October and received an offer from Leeds on 24th October and Durham the day after Leeds, so they do take a while to come in.. I wouldn't worry about it at all Which are your two favourite unis?

A levels taken: chemistry (predicted A*), mathematics (predicted A*), and Chemistry (predicted A).

I have applied to:
oxford- earth science msci
leeds- Geological Sciences (International)- (offer received A*AA)
bristol- geology with study abroad- (offer received AAB)
exeter- geology msci- (offer received AAB)
Birmingham- geology with an international year (offer received unconditional)

your talented taking 2 a levels in chemistry

Yeah hopefully the offers will come in the next few weeks and Durham is definitely my favourite, I just love it there! And my second favourite is either Leicester or Edinburgh, but Scotland is just so far away ahh. What are your two favourite?

Yeah hopefully the offers will come in the next few weeks and Durham is definitely my favourite, I just love it there! And my second favourite is either Leicester or Edinburgh, but Scotland is just so far away ahh. What are your two favourite?

Yes!! I have received offers from Exeter, Durham, Leeds and an interview offer from Imperial How is your application going?

I'm sure they will! Let me know how you get along I live really close to Durham, it's a great student city, and it's so close to loads of amazing places, like the Lakes, the Dales and the coast as well! My two favourites are Imperial and Leeds, Durham was up there but I'm not sure just because it's so close to home...