Why is Aston uni underrated?

Aston is good for pharmacy/optometry also ^

What options extra did Sheffield offer you? Placement years are always possible, what makes Aston good is that they are geared towards it e.g fully resourced department/database to help you secure the placement

After graduating I started a consulting job for a small firm, then quit and am currently in the final stage of Big 4 / IBM applications (consultancy). During my MSc I also had a 10 month internship with Deutsche Bank who offered to partner with me for my dissertation project.

As long as you're happy with your choice, that's the main thing. It's funny to observe that UCAS points are more important than your actual degree/institution for a lot of graduate jobs. Once you're past the initial stages of application, recruiters couldn't care less where you're from, as long as you perform during interview/assessment centre.

If you want specific grad jobs then you need to focus on

1. Getting a 2:1
2. Experiencing as much relevant employment/activities to set you up for competency interviews
3. Commercial Awareness / Exercising your brain (slightly harder to explain, but should come naturally)

That's why it's pretty funny seeing people get caught up on 'X is better than Y!', as with the current popular graduate recruitment processes, nobody really gives a ****

- I'm not against the merge of ethnicities but I felt like it was massively out of proportion to the real world.

For the sake of clarity, exactly which "real world" are you talking about?

Do people get into aston university with three B's, and what's the foundation optometry course all about?

It's optometry course is ranked top in the UK.

Do people get into aston university with three B's, and what's the foundation optometry course all about?

that didn't really answer my question. LOL

Can't say they do, at least with the business school. It is AAB or AAA, mY offer was AAA last year.

True. I was thinking that it might be less likely for there to be students with 3Bs cos their entry requirements are AAA. But, as always, it will depend on the competition levels.

Will Aston be your firm?
Hopefully you should be fine

My offer for Beng electrical engineering is BBB, but my Meng fast track offer is AAA.

It's sad you didn't like the campus, as I'm fairly confident academically Aston would serve you better than Sheffield for business

In what regard? Aston has a weaker reputation but a stronger business school whereas, Sheffield has a stronger reputation but a weaker business school. Sheffield would probably stand you in better stead because employers in general look at the overall univeristy rating. Although I'm not bashing Aston, I think it is underrated.

In what regard? Aston has a weaker reputation but a stronger business school whereas, Sheffield has a stronger reputation but a weaker business school. Sheffield would probably stand you in better stead because employers in general look at the overall univeristy rating. Although I'm not bashing Aston, I think it is underrated.

Mainly the fact they are geared towards compulsory placement years, which are invaluable when lots of grad jobs come from internship offers, and 1 year in industry allows you to gather experiences to nail competency exams.

Actually a lot graduate schemes don't put much emphasis on which uni you're from, as long as you have a 2:1 and enough UCAS pts. They care about how well you do in their application tests, where 1 year of experience really shows