Most overrated and underrated universities in Britain?

This.

And to fool all the coventry yobs. If they realized there was some place of learning in their city then they would smash it. Calling it Warwick confuses them enough to keep it safe from harm.

Im from Coventry and I love this! We were taking a trip to use their Library the other day and 3 members of my history class asked what bus they needed to get to Warwick in order to get there...

The city isn't all bad, there's a small corner which is nice. The rest is a hole though.

Goldsmiths is so overrated. It's a glorified community college.

Would you care to elaborate?
I'd hardly describe it as ' a glorified community college' seeing as the typical offer for the English course is AAB-AAA this year. Also, it's less competative to get onto the art course at Oxford than it is to get into Goldsmiths for art...

That's exactly what I said when I got an offer there:

I enrolled on the Media and Communications course, entry requirements were AAB - "That's like the entry requirements for a Law or medicine course! Everyone will be smart there!" I said. So wrong.

No one on my course actually had AAB. Most students came through from Access courses (never took A levels) or were let on the course with lower grades. The high course requirements are just there because it's a popular, oversubscribed course. Not because it's academically challenging.

The students in my seminar groups never did the reading before a seminar, they chatted or texted in the back of the classroom like teenagers, didn't know what simple words like "connote" or "juxtapose" or "the former and the latter" meant.

The SU was tiny, it was a little hall under a bridge, there were only about 40 societies to choose from. The area wasn't great, the crime was high and I was mugged in my freshers week.

I dropped out after a term and it was the best choice I've ever made to leave there. Some people might like it, and everyone is different. But I really hated it. It didn't suit me at all, I'd strongly advise against any of my friends from going there.

It's really good for Art. If you want to do Art then goldsmiths is the place to be. Produces some fantastic YBAs and brilliant resources for art students. But not for the other courses.

My entry to this thread for underrated - University of Manchester. Its UK rankings are laughable, given its international rep.

There's nothing wrong with access courses, they're probably more helpful for doing a degree than A-Levels because they prepare you for the sort of things you will be taught.
That does sound a bit rubbish though, you must have been unlucky with the intake that year, because i have to say that my experience of the uni is completely different, but you're completely entitled to your opinion.
But, I must completely disagree with you concerning the SU. I know it's small (and it is the bridge, bot under the bridge) but it's size just makes it more personal and fun, i think. But, yeah, the societies aren't great, i'll agree withe you there!
I have found the area really good! I have a friend at Reading who said that 2 girls got raped during freshers and i've not heard of any crime to G/S students at all apart from an attempted mugging. The students just fit it as part of the community and most of the pubs are student pubs, but obv your experience must have really put you off!
I guess it just suits some people, after all there is a clear 'type' of person who attends there - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=SFG

Overrated: Exeter

Underrated: Surrey, Oxford Brooks (might be biased with the first one)

Does Manchester have that good of an international rep? Hmm, very interesting...

Just pray you get an LSE offer. That's all I can say

Couldn't agree more, Bristol is VERY over rated. They, as an academic unit, are very rude. They havn't got much to offer except their 'high status', but to be honest with the way they have treated many applicants this year I think as you say, they may be about to slip off of their pedestal.