Mathematics at UCL

Snap, I live in a similarly as **** town, and I know it's a common, maybe even clichéd, thing to say but I actually can't wait to move away for university. Of UCL and Imperial, I get the distinct feeling that UCL is the more, for want of a better word, 'fun' place to be and Imperial the more studious, academically focussed uni - and whilst sharing a similar reputation with employers, despite Imperial having the better reputation for maths, if I had two unconditionals from them, I think I'd go for UCL. Ah well, if Cambridge doesn't work out, UCL and London are both brilliant places to spend three years at/in.

Taking all of my maths modules this January was my original plan to free up timetable space for STEP and AEA preparation.. but yeah, that didn't happen how I would've liked - I have 4 modules in Summer now. Btw, how long do you reckon it would take to self-teach Core 4? It's pretty much crucial that that's nailed before any serious STEP work begins. Anyway, I'm not worrying about my maths and further maths grades for my offers too much, should be A*A* it's just the final A that will ever be in any real doubt - but even then I'd need to get low/middling Bs in my A2 modules to drop down a grade.

I taught myself C4 in a week Although that was half-term, so I wasn't doing much else. It's not horrendously challenging, really. Ooh, are you doing both STEP and AEA? I'll have STEP II and STEP III this summer, plus two German exams and three maths modules, and there was me thinking that 5 exams was a light workload - I had 14 last summer I don't think the a-level requirement is really the hard bit; it's STEP that's horrible.

Hi. New here, just thought I'd join a few thread I do IB - my offer is 39 with 7 in math higher level. How does UCL compare with Warwick in terms of the course?

I can't speak about the course at UCL, but the one at Warwick is very good. To be honest, i'm quite surprised that people on this thread planning to apply to Cambridge are also planning to keep UCL as their insurance and ignoring Imperial and Warwick. Don't get me wrong, i think UCL is a great uni, but after oxbridge the next step down in terms of reputation would go to the latter two. Warwick is strong in the pure side of maths, while Imperial i'd imagine is strong in the applied side. Of course, if the decision is based on something other than academia, then fair enough.

There's a comparison of Mathematics departments at several universities done by someone at Manchester. I think prospective applicants would find it very useful; google it if you get a chance.

I can't speak about the course at UCL, but the one at Warwick is very good. To be honest, i'm quite surprised that people on this thread planning to apply to Cambridge are also planning to keep UCL as their insurance and ignoring Imperial and Warwick. Don't get me wrong, i think UCL is a great uni, but after oxbridge the next step down in terms of reputation would go to the latter two. Warwick is strong in the pure side of maths, while Imperial i'd imagine is strong in the applied side. Of course, if the decision is based on something other than academia, then fair enough.

Hi. New here, just thought I'd join a few thread I do IB - my offer is 39 with 7 in math higher level. How does UCL compare with Warwick in terms of the course?

I can't speak about the course at UCL, but the one at Warwick is very good. To be honest, i'm quite surprised that people on this thread planning to apply to Cambridge are also planning to keep UCL as their insurance and ignoring Imperial and Warwick. Don't get me wrong, i think UCL is a great uni, but after oxbridge the next step down in terms of reputation would go to the latter two. Warwick is strong in the pure side of maths, while Imperial i'd imagine is strong in the applied side. Of course, if the decision is based on something other than academia, then fair enough.

There's a comparison of Mathematics departments at several universities done by someone at Manchester. I think prospective applicants would find it very useful; google it if you get a chance.

Wow, 39 with a 7 in HL maths? That is rather high for a maths department which is nothing more than a joke.

Seriously, you guys share your building with the UCL union. Have fun.

I think they're generally high for Mathematics courses. I hope I can receive an offer from Imperial soon to spare me the decision of location vs course strength =/

I wouldn't know but some unis have high offers so they can get a good score on the 'average tariff score' on the league tables but offer places to students who fail anyway. Bath is a huge offender of this, in fact Bath is a pretty fail uni for the entry requirements they're making you get (i.e. comparable to oxbridge and london)