French at Warwick or St. Andrew's?

Hello, everyone

Just got an offer from Warwick (Quite content about that), but now I have a difficuilt decision to make: what to choose between French and International Studies - Warwick or French Spanish with Managment - St. Adnrew's. (Provided I get AAA I'll switch to French Spanish and IR at St. Andrew's).

So which uni do you think I should choose?

Thanks for your help

It all depends on what place you prefer, which one is the furthest away from home, what you can do here or you can't, which course do you prefer and all. List all the pro-cons to help you, but whatever people say, it should be your decision, both unis are excellent and I'm sure you'd have a great time at both

The pro-cons cancel each other out, as in the two unis are the same for me, appart from the fact one is a bit higher in the rankings than the other
Thank you for your reply, btw

The course in St. Andrew's sounds nicer, and it's MA (though there's a difference between the one that you actually study for), however Warwick is a bit more recognized worldwide, from what I know anyway.

Haha, I know, I started to put here common mistakes I found on TSR, it confuses me sooo much sometimes when I read posts . When I arrived on TSR I was genuinely stuck on some post until I'd actually discover that they made a mistake. But like you sort of translate from English to your mother tongue (French for me) and you're just like "eh, wth does that mean ", haha.

EDIT: Don't forget that the Prince William went to St Andrews and lots of people know the uni thanks to him

Haha, now imagine me translating from French to English (4th language is being learnt through English) then into French, then into Russian and finally into Kazakh takes a long time to do the process the other way round, so everyone who is French would think that I'm a bit stupid

Good point about Prince William by the way

Well I'm doing French at Warwick, so if you have any specific questions about the course, feel free to ask! I get the impression you're leaning towards St Andrew's though.I wouldn't worry about their reputations because as far I know they're probably about equal really. As other people have said, visit them both to get a feel for them. Both are great unis and I'm sure you'll have fun wherever you go

Thanks for that! The first question would be about the year abroad, how are you finding it? And the French department, how good is it?

I'm loving the year abroad so far! It's such a relief seeing as I'd been a bit nervous about it leading up to this year. I chose to go for the Erasmus option because I really didn't think teaching was for me. We had the choice of going to uni in Grenoble, Bordeaux, the Sorbonne, Nanterre, Caen, Dijon and Martinique, and despite being very tempted by Martinique in the end I opted for Grenoble, which I'm really pleased about! At Warwick the year abroad doesn't count at all for your degree, so you can concentrate on making the most of the year and meeting lots of French people rather than stressing over exams! Although some of the courses at uni have been a bit boring others, like translation, have been really good and will be very useful for next year. Plus you really don't have to do very much to get the credits you're supposed to try and get. Next term I'll only have 2 days a week at uni, so I'm going to do some volunteering and maybe try and get some work experience (although that probably won't be easy!)

Anyway yes, so it's all going well and the French students have been much more friendly than I'd thought they would be! Our tutors at Warwick have kept in touch to make sure we're getting on ok! The main problem for me with the year abroad is financial given the crappy state of the pound at the mo, but hopefully that will be sorted out by the time you go!

I have found Warwick's French dept really good. It was recently rated joint 2nd in the UK for research, and on the whole I have been very impressed with the teaching. The module options tend to be quite literature-based, so if you really hate literature I would probably advise going to St Andrews instead. However a new lecturer who specialises in history and politics has joined in the last year, so we now have a pretty good selection - especially for the final year- including modules in French literature, politics, film, media and history.

I'm afraid I have no idea about what International Studies is like, but I hope I have been of some help!

Wow, thank you so much! That's really really helpful! The modules for French seem awesome and the year abroad is quite exciting! What about the language lab, are they any good? (I really want to learn Spanish!)