Ask a Current UCL Student: The Official Thread

Any current UCL psychology students? Would love to hear from you about the course structure and how you feel about the course

Bit of a late reply, but I'm a first year psychology student

The course is good so far. The content we do this year is rare to do in first year (we do PSYC120 courses that would generally be done in the second year). It helped stop things getting boring in the second term, where most universities would still be doing modules like statistics and introduction to experiments. We had an amazing course called Evidence and Enquiry - a bit weird, but definitely interesting, and the lecturers for that were very funny.

In terms of work load, it does get pretty intense starting from the first reading week. You hand in 8 lab reports over a term and a half, on top of seminar essays and work outside of lectures. You get good feedback (depending on your tutor), though, which is very helpful when it comes to exam time (which I'm in the middle of right now )

If you have any questions, feel free to ask

URGENT PLEASE HELP

Hey, I'm so stuck choosing unis and if I go to UCL I need to accept by the 31st may (2 days left to decide) otherwise I'll have to look for private accom. The neuroscience course looks amazing but (as well as having lived in London my whole life) my main problem is that from the impression I've got (from open days etc) the tutors seem really stern. I'm scared because I think I'd do better in a more supportive/helpful/non-judgmental environment where I won't feel stupid asking questions or not understanding stuff. Please can a current student (neuroscience or related) tell me if my view is correct or not?!

Can't speak for that course but for most the people who teach you in small group settings are PhD students, not the lecturers. Another thing, maybe the tutors seemed stern because they're sick of the open days haha, they probably have work they wanted to be getting on with but UCL force all departments to have weekly open days during "offer giving season". I wouldn't generally worry too much about the tutors, though, as contact time them is only a few hours a week, the overall experience at university is every hour of the week and location, for example, makes a much bigger difference imo.

Good luck with your decision!

Thanks so much! I only went to an open day in the summer though, and other unis' lecturers seemed so much more pleasant lol. I'd worry that because they 'have work to be getting on with' they wouldn't have time to help the students?

Open days on the whole are pretty fake so don't base your decision on the lecturers from other uni's being "nice". You'll find most uni's are very similar with things like this anyway


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Thanks so much! I only went to an open day in the summer though, and other unis' lecturers seemed so much more pleasant lol. I'd worry that because they 'have work to be getting on with' they wouldn't have time to help the students?

Any law students here? What's it like - teaching, content, facilities, etc?

Also, for accommodation - I only got the offer holders booklet with my offer letter and it has two sides of A4 dedicated to accommodation. UCL's website isn't very helpful either, so price and location aside, I can't really find anyway of discriminating between them - there don't seem to be any pictures of rooms/facilities at each place. :/ Am I wrong and missing something?

Hello,
I've had an offer from UCL, which I signed up as my firm choice to study italian and art history.
I'm currently doing french baccalaureate, and I'm worried I might not meet the general entry requirements by a small margin. (AAB equivalent, 14/20 overall)
I get my results next week. Do you think there is any possibility of negotiating if I achieve higher grades in specific subjects (English, Italian...)
Thank you