[shake_it]

I submitted sworn translation of my graduation diploma and I am waiting for their response.

Do you know (from your experience) how long will it take for my offer to turn unconditional? I am too impatient

[melissa38]

(Original post by shake_it)
I submitted sworn translation of my graduation diploma and I am waiting for their response.

Do you know (from your experience) how long will it take for my offer to turn unconditional? I am too impatient

Hi, it took a week and a half for my offer to turn unconditional. I was in the same situation as you and sent them a sworn translation (I'm not from the UK). You just have to be patient!

Does anyone know what the next step is once your offer is unconditional? There's no need to accept the offer again I suppose? They don't say much on the portal so I thought I would ask.

[uni2012]

Quick question! Online it says that the first term of this year ends December 14- does this mean that any exams I have to take will also be finished by that date as well?

[dirtyoldriver]

(Original post by uni2012)
Quick question! Online it says that the first term of this year ends December 14- does this mean that any exams I have to take will also be finished by that date as well?

On the whole there are no formal exams at the end of the first term anyway. Your earliest exams will be in January

[anotherlawstudent]

(Original post by life_is_art25)
I agree with everything Borderline said, I'm currently holding a conditional offer as well for Law except I did English literature, History, French and Geography.

As for the LNAT, there's a variety of help guides out there which are useful in getting you to familiarise yourself with the questions. The real thing will be done in a computer centre online and the minimum current requirement for LNAT is 20, although they definitely look at your Essay (you have a choice of 3 essay titles).

Make sure you register in the summer before you take it as places can fill up really quickly and also look at the LNAT website. Download their simulation exam and don't get too stressed. LNAT is only a small fraction of what they look for in a potential candidate.

http://www.lnat.ac.uk/lnat-preparati...ice-tests.aspx

Best of Luck

P.S: Forgot to mention that the LNAT guides are neither essential nor necessary and in fact can cost quite a bit. Only buy them if they consist of practice questions and look at reviews beforehand to make sure you get the best one.

Okay thankyou so much, if you don't mind telling me, what grades did you get from the A Levels that you took and what Law are you taking at UCL at the moment?

[Funtry]

I went to the Open Day today, and I'm interested in studying chemistry. Whilst I loved the department, the library and the whole campus, the accomodation kind of put me off. We were made to do a self guided tour around Ramsay Hall and Ian Baker House(?).

Ramsay Hall I found too big, the TV room seemed quite regimented, and the common room seemed a bit bland. Ian Baker house on the other hand was too small! Only 4 people per house. I am just wondering if there are any further options for accomodation or are they all similar? Preferably I'd like halls that are split up into say, wings, or smaller halls, like at Imperial, or flats/houses that are slightly larger than just four people, with say 6-10 people living in them.

Also, to anyone who has stayed at either of the two halls I visited, how were they?! Was the social life good (providing you put the effort in) or was it just too small/busy?

[Freiheit]

(Original post by Funtry)
I am just wondering if there are any further options for accomodation or are they all similar?

Not sure if you have seen this:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-stu...student-houses

[kim192]

Does anyone here have to fill in the CAS form to get visa? I could not log in the portico with my email address as username and I am sure that I used the right password, the service kept saying that I used wrong password or username and did not let me reset password online as before. I need to fill the form asap, otherwise UCL would not issue letter for me to get visa,I appreciate all your help. Many thanks.

[Mother_Russia]

(Original post by Funtry)
I went to the Open Day today, and I'm interested in studying chemistry. Whilst I loved the department, the library and the whole campus, the accomodation kind of put me off. We were made to do a self guided tour around Ramsay Hall and Ian Baker House(?).

Ramsay Hall I found too big, the TV room seemed quite regimented, and the common room seemed a bit bland. Ian Baker house on the other hand was too small! Only 4 people per house. I am just wondering if there are any further options for accomodation or are they all similar? Preferably I'd like halls that are split up into say, wings, or smaller halls, like at Imperial, or flats/houses that are slightly larger than just four people, with say 6-10 people living in them.

Also, to anyone who has stayed at either of the two halls I visited, how were they?! Was the social life good (providing you put the effort in) or was it just too small/busy?

I lived in Ramsay Hall, and I absolutely loved it. I was in the London block (the one above reception), so it's a bit segregated from everywhere else. You really get to know your corridor, and so you have about 20/30 friends already by freshers week! (More if you're in New York!). Yeah, the tv room and common room aren't great, but we hardly used them really (only for parties), and mainly hung around on our own corridors. Ramsay's also great in the fact that all the corridors are 'open', and aren't self contained flats, so even if you don't like anyone on your own corridor, you can meet people on other corridors really easily. It's also catered, which is much more social and you go down to breakfast and dinner together, and can meet other people in halls there. It's also the most central hall (most of the others are Kings Cross and Camden way, where you'll probably be living in 2/3 year), so it's nice to be so close to uni in first year. It's also the closest to the popular UCL haunts in Soho. Yes, Ramsay may be a bit more dingy than other more modern (and more expensive) halls, but it's the halls that's full of freshers (no post grads or anything), and every year known as the 'party halls'.

Also, Ian Baker has 6-8 rooms per flat...not 4?

[dirtyoldriver]

(Original post by Funtry)
I went to the Open Day today, and I'm interested in studying chemistry. Whilst I loved the department, the library and the whole campus, the accomodation kind of put me off. We were made to do a self guided tour around Ramsay Hall and Ian Baker House(?).

Ramsay Hall I found too big, the TV room seemed quite regimented, and the common room seemed a bit bland. Ian Baker house on the other hand was too small! Only 4 people per house. I am just wondering if there are any further options for accomodation or are they all similar? Preferably I'd like halls that are split up into say, wings, or smaller halls, like at Imperial, or flats/houses that are slightly larger than just four people, with say 6-10 people living in them.

Also, to anyone who has stayed at either of the two halls I visited, how were they?! Was the social life good (providing you put the effort in) or was it just too small/busy?

Ramsay is arguably the most sociable - its very big and loud and fun, which is good though it depends what you're looking for. If you don't want to be disturbed at 2am or whatever it may not be the place for you.

There are plenty of places with larger flats than that. If you go on the UCL accommodation website it pretty much outlines how each hall is laid out. If you want catered you're between Ramsay or Ifor Evans, which is large-ish corridors and flats with something like 6 being the minimum and 20 being the maximum. If you want self catered your options are way more open and it varies a lot.

BUT all this said - whether or not you set your heart on somewhere you are not guaranteed it. You can try and engineer your form but ultimately the decision is entirely up to the gods of the accommodation office and you will go where they put you. However they do tend to pay attention to your price limit and most important factor (the latter takes less importance than the former).

[shake_it]

From your previous experience, are there any interesting events between 18 and 23 of December at UCL? I am wondering if it's worth it to stay there before Christmas or come back home.

[PJ991]

there will be something going on in London.

[dirtyoldriver]

(Original post by shake_it)
From your previous experience, are there any interesting events between 18 and 23 of December at UCL? I am wondering if it's worth it to stay there before Christmas or come back home.

Most big student events will be before the end of term. As PJ991 says, you will find something to do but it likely wont be uni related. Unless you fancy the ski trip

[Funtry]

(Original post by Mother_Russia)
I lived in Ramsay Hall, and I absolutely loved it. I was in the London block (the one above reception), so it's a bit segregated from everywhere else. You really get to know your corridor, and so you have about 20/30 friends already by freshers week! (More if you're in New York!). Yeah, the tv room and common room aren't great, but we hardly used them really (only for parties), and mainly hung around on our own corridors. Ramsay's also great in the fact that all the corridors are 'open', and aren't self contained flats, so even if you don't like anyone on your own corridor, you can meet people on other corridors really easily. It's also catered, which is much more social and you go down to breakfast and dinner together, and can meet other people in halls there. It's also the most central hall (most of the others are Kings Cross and Camden way, where you'll probably be living in 2/3 year), so it's nice to be so close to uni in first year. It's also the closest to the popular UCL haunts in Soho. Yes, Ramsay may be a bit more dingy than other more modern (and more expensive) halls, but it's the halls that's full of freshers (no post grads or anything), and every year known as the 'party halls'.

Also, Ian Baker has 6-8 rooms per flat...not 4?

That sounds good then, thanks! It's just most of the other accomodation I've seen says that the social life centres around the common rooms/kitchen, so that was why I was worried. Sounds good though

I was told it was 4 and the flat that we looked at was 4? I don't know, maybe that was just the smallest flat, and most are larger.

[Funtry]

(Original post by dirtyoldriver)
Ramsay is arguably the most sociable - its very big and loud and fun, which is good though it depends what you're looking for. If you don't want to be disturbed at 2am or whatever it may not be the place for you.

There are plenty of places with larger flats than that. If you go on the UCL accommodation website it pretty much outlines how each hall is laid out. If you want catered you're between Ramsay or Ifor Evans, which is large-ish corridors and flats with something like 6 being the minimum and 20 being the maximum. If you want self catered your options are way more open and it varies a lot.

BUT all this said - whether or not you set your heart on somewhere you are not guaranteed it. You can try and engineer your form but ultimately the decision is entirely up to the gods of the accommodation office and you will go where they put you. However they do tend to pay attention to your price limit and most important factor (the latter takes less importance than the former).

I don't mind that, it's kinda what I'm looking for, something really sociable. I have no preference between the two, although self-catering may help me for when I move out. I understand that, but I'd still have to apply there!

Thank you

[dirtyoldriver]

(Original post by Funtry)
I don't mind that, it's kinda what I'm looking for, something really sociable. I have no preference between the two, although self-catering may help me for when I move out. I understand that, but I'd still have to apply there!

Thank you

Ahh you don't apply to specific halls - you put down your preferences/the type of thing you're looking for and they allocate you according to that, which is why you often get a lot of complaining post-results day when halls have been assigned as a ton of people are invariably disappointed!
To be honest I would recommend self-catered on the grounds that catered is a huuuuge rip off - you're essentially paying £30 a week for only 12 meals a week (breakfast and dinner mon-fri, breakfast sat + sun) when your entire food bill for self catered can easily be less than that.

[Mother_Russia]

(Original post by Funtry)
That sounds good then, thanks! It's just most of the other accomodation I've seen says that the social life centres around the common rooms/kitchen, so that was why I was worried. Sounds good though

I was told it was 4 and the flat that we looked at was 4? I don't know, maybe that was just the smallest flat, and most are larger.

Yes, that's definitely the case for self-catered halls. I know that Astor College is very similar to Ramsay in the fact that they have open corridors (not self-contained flats) and they have big kitchens where they meet up.

Hmm, maybe it is 4 to a flat! They have very large kitchens though. Maybe it is 4, and I had double vision at the time

Also, don't get your heart set on one accommodation, as you don't actually choose which halls you want, but you write out your wants and the accommodation office allocate you. But you can tailor what you want, and I knew I wanted Ramsay from the start, and got it

Also, I found catered really good in first year. As you could organise your money a lot better, and you knew you'd get two great meals a day. And I survived without lunch during the week, as I'd had such a good breakfast. Also, location

[Mother_Russia]

^^ post obviously plugging Victoria Hall, look at all previous posts.

Wembley is extremely far away from UCL, private halls are ridiculously expensive, full of international families and post grad (inmy experience) and why should these private halls baby you through university; you should move on to the 'real world' with private landlords.

[Mother_Russia]

(Original post by hkl1994215)
does anybody know, or have stats on how many applications each departments in ucl get every year? and the acceptance rate?

If you look in the prospectus, some departments state how many applicants they get, and how many places they have. Not all of them do it though.

According to http://www.timeshighereducation.co.u...orycode=411729 , on average UCL have 10 applicants per place. In reality, the ratio is obviously a lot higher for subjects such as medicine and economics.

[GStevens]

Apologies if this has been asked already.
On the LLB are the 4 1st year, 1st term modules; Contract, Criminal, Property I and Public, studied concurrently?

Thanks