Kings College London vs Brunel

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I'd say Brunel and Queen Mary are pretty much similar going by their entry requirements, but i heard Queen Mary's Mile End campus is a ****hole.
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yeah ive heard alot of bad stuff about their campus (I'm gonna live in my nans flat so its not too much of a big deal for me)
im stil lworried about its reputation, lots of people say Iwont be able to get a good finance job if Igo there. But Kings college is so hard to get into if I want to go to a uni in London.

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jabed786

Queen Mary's fine. It's definitely got a better rep than Brunel. QM is a good back-up choice if you don't get into King's.

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jabed786

Queen Mary's fine. It's definitely got a better rep than Brunel. QM is a good back-up choice if you don't get into King's.
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thanks for the reassurance that QM has better rep :smile:

It might be my Firm or Insurrance, it depends if Kings College will even give me an offer and if I can get the grades.

I am gonna try persuading the college to predict me AAB even though everything points against it lol like my **** AS results and there own primary predictions (BBC).

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menameis

Yeah, im sure a 2.2 from anywhere is pretty much useless.

For placement and internships it is probably true unless you have extenuating circumstances but you can do a Master's with 2:2.

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jabed786

Yeah, im sure a 2.2 from anywhere is pretty much useless.

actually I read an article from the Times that a 2.2 is becoming increasingly accepted by employers because it gives them a wider pool of potential employees

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prospectivEEconomist

I would ignore it. Aim for a 2.1, and nothing less.

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kentdm

Original post by menameis

I need advice on deciding where to go. At Kings i would end up doing Computer Science whereas Brunel - Economics. I am not so much into CS but already know alot of the stuff which i will be covering in modules within CS, I am more persuaded to go there because of the great reputation the uni has. As for Economics, i dont know much about it but it is more related to the industry i want to work in (Accountancy/Trading/Banking/ etc). Which would be the best option considering the fact that i want to end up working in finance?

Its up to you.! but I am a KCL Computer Science with Management Student first year student and I must say a lot of employers do value KCL students. KCL is a pretty good uni, but you must understand that Computer Science is nothing compared to Economics as CS is nothing like 'walk in the park'. CS degree is very insense, a lot, many, many programming involve..- including discrete mathematics.

As a CS with Management Student, I pretty much enjoy both programming and economics. Economics is pretty easy as it involves researching information and statistics. Whereas, programming is hard. Its nothing you've done at school, trust me ! I know!!! In basic terms, I can probably do economics even with eyes closed lol.....Programming is pretty tough. If you were in my shoes, you'll feel the same.

I highly recommend Kings to anyone. Best choice I have made in my life. Remember kings is in top 20 in the whole world. They have many connections and they teach you to become a professional programmer and managers.