University open days, some info please

I'd say Southampton over Warwick or Bath for any sort of Engineering. Do you know if you want to do Macro or Micro Engineering. Also Cambridge is General Engineering but if you apply as a specific engineer then it makes no difference, they take your interest in your discipline into account.

i'd really like to go read engineering at cambridge as the course is really well suited to my situation. i'm just wondering how i can tailor a personal statement to justify my decision to apply for general engineering, as well as specialised courses. the problem i have, as mentioned, is that so few "good" universities offer the general course, so i'll need to apply for other courses too.

also i'm unsure as to whether to do macro/micro engineering. I presume macro engineering is large scale projects etc. ? and micro is the opposite?

Macro is large like civil, mechanical, aero and micro is electronic, nanotech stuff. Not sure where systems lies in that. You can say that you are interested in engineering, how you find all of it so fascinating that you would rather study it as a whole before deciding what to speicalise in.

How could I word a personal statement if applying to a general engineering course in amongst other specialised courses? I see what you're saying, and agree with it, about general engineering but the dilemma i face is applying to other specialised courses.

May I ask how you worded your ps (just a sort of overview) as you applied to a general and specialised course?

thanks
mitch.

hi

currently i am unsure as to exactly which course i wish to do at university. I know I want to go into engineering but haven't yet made a decision as to which type of engineering/which course i would like to do.

I have very much considered a general engineering course, which would be perfect, but am well aware as to the limitations on university choice I will have for that course.

so the problem i have is i want to aim high, to go to a university renowned for the course i eventually decide to do, but i don't know what to do about open days. obviously i will want to visit the university before i apply, but because essentially i don't know which i would like to go to i am unsure as to how many/which open days to go to.

currently @ AS level i take the 3 sciences, maths and f. maths and *think* 5A's is a possibility. I have plenty of work shadowing placements organised for varying fields of engineering also.

i have considered the following universities, cam, bristol, bath, imperial, durham, warwick (but having done some research the last 2 aren't really renowned for their engineering).

is it a good idea to go to all their open days? hopefully once i have finished all my placements i will have a concrete idea about which course i want to do - but until then i presume it's a good idea to attend the open days of all the universities i'm considering.

sorry for the wall of text :P i'm really looking forward to some helpful information/advice from people who were/are in a similar situation.

many thanks
mitch.

Warwick isnt for you. You seem to actually want to be engineer and Warwicks course is for some strange type of people who are not proper engineers Listening to you, Id more easily imagine you at Durham tbh (which I dont like but...). I think it should be five of those 6 six unis with Durham (who offer general eng...) and without Warwick. We are also quite good for any sort of engineering but I cant imagine you studying at Lufbra tbh I think your choices are pretty fair with all this impressive background and grades, just dont go to Warwick and waste your engineering career ;] Good luck

cheers for that alexy .. will have a more in-depth look @ the warwick course!

Apart from General Engineering at Cam, what other courses are you applying for?