University of Southampton

Southampton

Southampton Oceanography Offers?

Hello............

Just wondered if anyone on here has applied or got a place for Oceanography or Marine Bio at Southampton..........I can't find anyone else who has applied/got a place on it........

Reply 1

The_Gene_Genie

Take it I'm on my own then................oh well; three years of solitude..........

University of Southampton

Southampton

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Reply 2

LouisianaPuuurchase

The_Gene_Genie

Take it I'm on my own then................oh well; three years of solitude..........

Seems so doesn't it :p:

Sounds very interesting though!

Reply 3

bourney

Ive applied for marine biology, got an open day/interview on the 28th

Reply 4

The_Gene_Genie

bourney

Ive applied for marine biology, got an open day/interview on the 28th

Good luck. Hope it goes well and you get in..............its an incredible place.

Reply 5

bourney

The_Gene_Genie

Good luck. Hope it goes well and you get in..............its an incredible place.

Thank you. From looking at the website and seeing what everyone on here says about it, I'll probably put it as my firm, if i get an offer of course.

Reply 6

The_Gene_Genie

bourney

Thank you. From looking at the website and seeing what everyone on here says about it, I'll probably put it as my firm, if i get an offer of course.

Yep, the facilities certainly put Plymouth and Bangor to shame (I've accepted Plymouth as my insurance), don't know about St Andrews though.

Reply 7

bourney

The_Gene_Genie

Yep, the facilities certainly put Plymouth and Bangor to shame (I've accepted Plymouth as my insurance), don't know about St Andrews though.

Yeh, that's what I was thinking of doing, I'm looking forward to the open day, I've only hear good things about the campus's and the National Oceanography Centre looks the business.

Reply 8

alex p

The_Gene_Genie

Yep, the facilities certainly put Plymouth and Bangor to shame (I've accepted Plymouth as my insurance), don't know about St Andrews though.

shame 1st years dont use NOCS :p:

1st year youll spend most of your time at highfield with only a couple of pracs at NOCS, and that used to be the same for 2nd years but i think all pracs and lectures are down there now for 2nd years and onwards

Reply 9

Johnni

I am applying for a masters but i have been to the NOCs and it was very impressive. We went on the ship Callista during the open day which was great. The dept as a whole (ocean/coastal studies) is better than Plymouth & Bangor which i seen also.
Shame you won't be in there much during the 1st yr.

Reply 10

michelinman

Johnni

is it really? I've got an interview on the 11th Feb and then a visit to Plymouth on the 14th and then Bangor on the 16th...
who else has applied to SOES for Oceanography this year?

Reply 11

Johnni

michelinman

is it really? I've got an interview on the 11th Feb and then a visit to Plymouth on the 14th and then Bangor on the 16th...
who else has applied to SOES for Oceanography this year?

I guess it comes down to personal prefernce but i though the dept as a whole was better than the other uni's i applied to. The only drawback is that the NOCS centre is a little out of the way in terms the rest of the uni campus but with regular buses it is not that much of a big deal.

Reply 12

Shebzski

To be fair, I do geophysics and I had to go down to the NOCS twice a week in the first semester for geology and it's really not that bad. You get a free bus pass in the first year so it's no problem at all, unless you have particular problems at getting up at 8:30am.

It's a good facility and soton itself is a great uni.

Reply 13

hothedgehog

Yes, the NOC's amazing, i'm a first year geologist so we do the same and just went down for 3 hrs of geology twice a week. Also don't worry about not meeting many people on your course, there aren't that many SOES students compared to everything else! I think there are only about 50 geologists in the whole first year! :O