University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh - pros and cons?

Hi, sorry for another thread like this, but I was wondering if anyone could outline what they see to be the pros and cons of edinburgh, as I'm really struggling to make up my mind for next year!

Thankyou =]

Reply 1

artorscience?

Well you're going to have to make up your own list or tell us which aspects of a city/university are important to you; as we can only give you the generalisms you'll hear about everywhere otherwise. In the meantime, take a look at this thread, which is very similar. And take a look at the Edinburgh wiki which may also answer some of your questions.

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Reply 2

tricks

The pros for me in order:

Ability to switch courses.
The city itself is beautiful.
A good reputation.

Cons:
Price of accommodation!
The very cold winters.
An extra year for English students.

The pros outweighed the cons for me which is why I hope to be there this September! :wink:

Reply 3

guerin

tricks

The very cold winters.

what do you mean by very cold winter? Is it snowing? Can you compare it to any other winter, let's say 'continental' - like in Germany?

other winter, hahah :biggrin:

anyone?

Clubbing isn't brilliant if you like something other than Indie Posing or Dance.

Reply 6

ooze

guerin

what do you mean by very cold winter? Is it snowing? Can you compare it to any other winter, let's say 'continental' - like in Germany?

other winter, hahah :biggrin:

Naah we had snow in Edinburgh only once or twice this Winter. I've never found it to be that cold here to be honest.

Reply 7

tricks

guerin

what do you mean by very cold winter? Is it snowing? Can you compare it to any other winter, let's say 'continental' - like in Germany?

other winter, hahah :biggrin:

Compared to London it is cold. Was up there in Feb and I could definitely feel a difference. Im not sure when compared to Germany, if I remember correctly Germany usually has alot of snow?

Reply 8

20083

Prostitutes and convicts? :s-smilie:

Reply 9

arod

You don't mention which course you are applying for...

- not a "campus" university. King's Buildings (where the science classes are) are quite aways away from the main campus.
- if you live in residence it's about a 30 min walk. Some students have their own cars and drive (it's good to get to know these ones :-) Others bring bikes.

Science students tend to feel abit isolated.

- residence food is not on par with other universities.

- academics (for science) is generally good, work load not as high as other uni's. Maybe because it's spread out over 4 yrs instead of 3?

- quality of prof/lectures varies with the courses.