Chemical Engineering 2024

Original post by WilliamBluw

Hi,
I’m predicted A*A*A (Chemistry, Maths and geography)
Applied to Imperial, UCL, Bath, Birmingham and Nottingham.
Offer from Birmingham and Nottingham
Rejected from imperial (Geography is not viewed as a relevant A level)
Yet to hear from Bath and UCL.

I am aware I have ages until I have to actually decide, but I’m curious on what people may believe is the best. If I got offers from UCL and Bath they would be my top choices. Heard horror stories from UCL, but I love the idea of living in London. Bath seems incredible but it just doesn’t have the same prestige (I know it sounds snobby) as UCL for me. Wondering if anyone has their offers back and what to do.

What were the horror stories?

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Original post by WilliamBluw

Hi,
I’m predicted A*A*A (Chemistry, Maths and geography)
Applied to Imperial, UCL, Bath, Birmingham and Nottingham.
Offer from Birmingham and Nottingham
Rejected from imperial (Geography is not viewed as a relevant A level)
Yet to hear from Bath and UCL.

I am aware I have ages until I have to actually decide, but I’m curious on what people may believe is the best. If I got offers from UCL and Bath they would be my top choices. Heard horror stories from UCL, but I love the idea of living in London. Bath seems incredible but it just doesn’t have the same prestige (I know it sounds snobby) as UCL for me. Wondering if anyone has their offers back and what to do.

Bath have great industry links and are ranked better than UCL for chemical engineering. The city is also rlly nice, much nicer than London. Honestly living in London is a negative, it’s expensive and just bare people, there’s a reason why all london year. 13 students always go to edinborugh, Bristol and bath they’re tryna get out of here

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Original post by TWaynefromthe9

What were the horror stories?

Just a really low student satisfaction, it’s quite low for how high their course is meant to be. One post said something like “the lectures just don’t care about the students”. I don’t know though.

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Original post by TWaynefromthe9

Bath have great industry links and are ranked better than UCL for chemical engineering. The city is also rlly nice, much nicer than London. Honestly living in London is a negative, it’s expensive and just bare people, there’s a reason why all london year. 13 students always go to edinborugh, Bristol and bath they’re tryna get out of here

You see bath is really pretty. I think for me personally london just seems cooler. I maybe making a mistake. I also looked into UCL’s Integrated Engineering Programme, which seemed interesting. But also graduate prospects are quite low, and I genuinely want to become a full time engineer (I think a lot of people who go to London use chemical engineering to get better at modelling for finance). I’ve applied to bath’s placement year.

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Original post by WilliamBluw

You see bath is really pretty. I think for me personally london just seems cooler. I maybe making a mistake. I also looked into UCL’s Integrated Engineering Programme, which seemed interesting. But also graduate prospects are quite low, and I genuinely want to become a full time engineer (I think a lot of people who go to London use chemical engineering to get better at modelling for finance). I’ve applied to bath’s placement year.

Yh honestly bath sounds like a great option to firm then, placement year is crucial if u wna break into industry and actually be an engineer.

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Let us know when you hear back from UCL and bath

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mazpapi

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I'm in the same situation too. I've got an offer from Bath and am waiting on UCL right now. I'm leaning towards UCL mainly because it's in London and also the prestige, and I don't even know if I want to be an engineer after I get my degree, so I'm not too fussed on the course rankings. I mainly chose the subject to keep my options wide because of the transferrable skills you get from the degree. I also assume internships from top firms would be more accessible with UCL compared to Bath, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Original post by mazpapi

I'm in the same situation too. I've got an offer from Bath and am waiting on UCL right now. I'm leaning towards UCL mainly because it's in London and also the prestige, and I don't even know if I want to be an engineer after I get my degree, so I'm not too fussed on the course rankings. I mainly chose the subject to keep my options wide because of the transferrable skills you get from the degree. I also assume internships from top firms would be more accessible with UCL compared to Bath, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Firstly, congrats on your offer when did you receive it?

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Original post by mazpapi

I'm in the same situation too. I've got an offer from Bath and am waiting on UCL right now. I'm leaning towards UCL mainly because it's in London and also the prestige, and I don't even know if I want to be an engineer after I get my degree, so I'm not too fussed on the course rankings. I mainly chose the subject to keep my options wide because of the transferrable skills you get from the degree. I also assume internships from top firms would be more accessible with UCL compared to Bath, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Secondly, I think if you look at graduate prospects it’s actually higher for this course in bath. I think that’s down to the industry focus in bath over UCL.

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