Where should I be looking at? Geography 2009

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Reply 20

meesha

well in the future i wanted to be an environmental lawyer and i guess land economy is more directed towards that.

Reply 21

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meesha

well in the future i wanted to be an environmental lawyer and i guess land economy is more directed towards that.

It may be better to do a LLB and specialise in environmental law with a LLM.

Reply 22

meesha

i've got lse cam and durham edinburgh on my list. i need one last one for geography (preferably a combination with economics or something else)
any ideas?
or should i just apply for two courses to lse?

Reply 23

trm90

You could try applying to UCL or QMUL as well? They have decent geog courses which can be combined with an economics minor.

Reply 24

arkbar

Nottingham,UCL,Bristol?

Reply 25

meesha

is geography at a levels required for ucl because the undergrad prospectus says so but i'm not too sure.
i want a place close to london
hows kings for geography and history?

Reply 26

UltimateJ

Tom

A lot of people are saying Oxbridge, but your A-level subjects aren't ideal.

Take the above with a pinch of salt, though. Depending on the college, the preferred subject lists are only more-or-less official, and even at somewhere like Trinity (which publishes them, and makes clear it's not keen on applicants doing less-difficult A-levels) a good interview performance and evident passion for Geography might still carry you though.

I have no intentions of applying to Cambridge, so my subjects are not really an issue. Anyway, it's funny you should say "less-difficult" A-levels. I for one find sociology to be a lot more work, and harder technique-wise than geography. But hey, I suppose they just have to generalise.

Reply 27

UltimateJ

arkbar

Nottingham,UCL,Bristol?

Yeah, I'm looking into Nottingham, the course looks good, as does the campus/uni.

UCL is bang in the center of London, and I don't fancy that (shame because it has such a good course/reputation for geography). Then there is Bristol, I'm already applying to Durham so I don't want to fill two of my spaces with very very competitive Unis.

(BTW, are you doing geography at Durham? If so, what GCSE/A-level grades did you get? I don't want to be nosey but I'm finding it difficult to find out exactly how competitive it is)

Reply 28

arkbar

I did do geography at Durham, I graduated this year,I'm now doing an MSc at Imperial.
I had AAB at A-level,as did many of my friends, but the offer is now AAA I think.

Reply 29

dd1989

Tom

Land Ec is very different to Geography btw. It's more like a combination of Economics and Law with some of the social/planning side of Geography thrown in.

Yup, I'm doing Spatial Planning + Geog at Aberdeen and the bulk of the Planning side of the course is Economics, Land Economy, and Law - The economics is a complete nightmare!