It's funny because me and my friend has this argument. He's in a good situation where he is studying for 3 A Level's and already has an A.S. I on the other hand dropped a 4th subject last year and flunked Psychology, so it meant I only had 2 A Levels and had to take up an A.S. this year.
Anyway, I think it's called "St Mary's College" or something like that and I looked at it, but the UCAS points were shockingly low for my subject. I'm aiming for the lower points anyway because of the status I'm in, but I told him he shouldn't be applying to lower universities because he'll have more then enough to get into better ones. However, he pointed out while the Film course obviously didn't have a good reputation, his English one did.
It confuses me overall, but I have this biased to apply for Universities that haven't got the word "College" in them (only one of the Universities I'm applying to has).