Picking between bath and warwick (maths)

Hi I’ve just got my offers from Warwick (maths- A*A*A) and bath (computer science and maths A*AB)
I know Warwick is a better course but Bath offers a lot more in terms of placement years plus it’s a broader course. However I would like to predominantly keep to the maths so I was just wondering if anyone could help me weigh up the two?
Thanks
Daniel

Both fantastic choices. Would you prefer to study straight maths (albeit on a course with lots of options) or a joint maths/ CS degree? That would seem to be the first question.

Warwick is generally considered one of the best maths department in the country, alongside Oxbridge and Imperial. Bath is also very good, although I think Warwick is really in a separate league to Bath. In terms of breadth in maths specifically Warwick has a wider range of options (Bath is a little more narrow). Whether "adding in" CS makes a difference is up to you - although it's worth noting there are several programming modules you can take in the maths course at Warwick which I believe are also fairly common options.

In terms of placements it depends on what you're aiming for - for software engineering and similar a good placement year can make a huge difference. However if you want to pursue investment banking or management consulting bear in mind Warwick is a target uni and Bath isn't, which does make a difference for those two specific areas. Outside of those in general your employability isn't really going to be linked to the uni so much, and a placement year would help but you can gain sufficient experience through appropriate internship etc.

Bear in mind the actual day to day life at each uni is going to be quite different - Bath being based in small city with a larger nearby city (Bristol) available to you, while Warwick is basically a suburb of Coventry and the nearest cities are Coventry and Leamington Spa (neither I think particularly known for their social or cultural scenes unlike Bath and Bristol). So that is worth keeping in mind.

Also consider if your Warwick offer requires you to take STEP.

Thank you very much. Im going to go see the unis on offer holder days to properly get a feel for the both of them but I think you are right course wise as well as the fact I can pick up other modules ie physics

The big thing for me is the city, I’ve been to bath before and it’s a very nice city and it’s got bristol very close as you say… and I’ve not hear the greatest things about Coventry… but at the end of the day it’s not the most important thing.
Thankfully I don’t need to do step bc I got a 7.2 in TMUA 😅
The other question I had was regarding doing my masters at a different university (preferably Oxbridge) even though I have applied for a masters at Warwick. Is it possible to drop down in third year?

Thank you very much. Im going to go see the unis on offer holder days to properly get a feel for the both of them but I think you are right course wise as well as the fact I can pick up other modules ie physics

The big thing for me is the city, I’ve been to bath before and it’s a very nice city and it’s got bristol very close as you say… and I’ve not hear the greatest things about Coventry… but at the end of the day it’s not the most important thing.
Thankfully I don’t need to do step bc I got a 7.2 in TMUA 😅
The other question I had was regarding doing my masters at a different university (preferably Oxbridge) even though I have applied for a masters at Warwick. Is it possible to drop down in third year?

Also, @artful_lounger is correct, Warwick is definitely a tier above Bath in terms of the Maths course, and you'll be doing the new and improved Maths course, which started in 2022. However, Bath is undoubtedly an excellent uni and the only significant difference career prospects wise would be in Investment Banking/Quant Finance etc.

Would you mind explaining the difference between the actual course structure for maths at Warwick vs Bath, and if L110 is really that different to G100. Also what makes Warwick so much better for investment banking? Currently trying to choose between them for which offer to put as my first choice.