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Default Top 3 courses which define a university's prestige?
 
I would say:

Law
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Business School

Not medicine because apparently all medicine schools are identical. Not Science/Engineering because they are undersuscribed. Not art/humanities courses because well, they are art/humanities courses .
 
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Science and engineering are only undersubscribed at non-prestige universities...so i would say it is a good measure.
 
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erm... why not arts and humanities?
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Default Re: Top 3 courses which define a university's prestige?
 
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Science and engineering are only undersubscribed at non-prestige universities...so i would say it is a good measure.
Nope. Even at Imperial CS (their premier course) has 4/5 applications to 1.
 
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Originally Posted by prospectivEEconomist
Nope. Even at Imperial CS (their premier course) has 4/5 applications to 1.

Strange. We're oversubscribed for Maths here this year
Meant to be 250 places, but there's 286 students.
 
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For some people their subject is a substitute for porn, sometimes it's a religion, and in extreme cases it's a way of life.
 
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For some people their subject is a substitute for porn, sometimes it's a religion, and in extreme cases it's a way of life.

So i take that as:
Adult film studies
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Philosophy
 
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Originally Posted by prospectivEEconomist
Nope. Even at Imperial CS (their premier course) has 4/5 applications to 1.

CS is not the most competitive course at IC.
 
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Default Re: Top 3 courses which define a university's prestige?
 
Originally Posted by prospectivEEconomist
I would say:

Law
Economics
Business School

Not medicine because apparently all medicine schools are identical. Not Science/Engineering because they are undersuscribed. Not art/humanities courses because well, they are art/humanities courses .

In UK, I agree wholeheartedly.

In other countries, however, engineering is equally respected or more so than Economics is.
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Originally Posted by marcusmerehay
So i take that as:
Adult film studies
Religious studies
Philosophy

Theology.

Adult film studies hmmmm might be sociological.
 
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Default Re: Top 3 courses which define a university's prestige?
 
Originally Posted by prospectivEEconomist
Nope. Even at Imperial CS (their premier course) has 4/5 applications to 1.

I don't see where you're going with that.. you've just confirmed his point; Imperial's oversubscribed for engineering (which is as he said it would be)..

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Originally Posted by NDGAARONDI
Theology.

Adult film studies hmmmm might be sociological.

That reminds me. I must remember to continue with my Open University degree in Gynaecology...
 
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I don't see where you're going with that.. you've just confirmed his point; Imperial's oversubscribed for engineering (which is as he said it would be)..

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They make 2-3 offers than the number of places so on average they reject maybe 2 candidates per place.
 
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Originally Posted by prospectivEEconomist
They make 2-3 offers than the number of places so on average they reject maybe 2 candidates per place.

Looking at it from the other way, you could say they could fill their quota at least 4 times over (even including those that wouldn't accept if offered) given the number people applying.. hardly seems undersubscribed. More importantly though, as HCD mentioned, CS isn't the most competitive course at Imperial - AeroEng, for example, has more than 9 applicants per place..
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1. Engineering
2. Sciences
3. Medicine

Never: Economics, Business or whatever else.
 
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I'd say for most TSR users it will probably be:

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Originally Posted by prospectivEEconomist
Nope. Even at Imperial CS (their premier course) has 4/5 applications to 1.
"Premier Course" is computing?
 
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Looking at it from the other way, you could say they could fill their quota at least 4 times over (even including those that wouldn't accept if offered) given the number people applying.. hardly seems undersubscribed. More importantly though, as HCD mentioned, CS isn't the most competitive course at Imperial - AeroEng, for example, has more than 9 applicants per place..
Agreed. Then we can look at subjects like EEE which are renowned for being insanely hard. I would also argue against the existence of a "premier course" at Imperial.

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I would say:

Law
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Business School

Not medicine because apparently all medicine schools are identical. Not Science/Engineering because they are undersuscribed. Not art/humanities courses because well, they are art/humanities courses .

lol, business school, and law and economics for that matter..

I would definitely say more traditional subjects.
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for me Business Management - Accounting and Finance, Economics, Mathematics
 
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