Joint degrees 2012! :P

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Original post by somebodytoldmexo

Aaah, awesome! Have you visited Leeds? I won't be until if they give me an offer but I really liked the look of it from the prospectus :smile:

Oh Leeds was my favourite by FAR. I loved it :biggrin:

just everything you can want in a uni :biggrin:

and don't get me started on the gym :P

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somebodytoldmexo

Original post by Georgiana1605

Oh Leeds was my favourite by FAR. I loved it :biggrin:

just everything you can want in a uni :biggrin:

and don't get me started on the gym :P

Aw that's good news! Need an A in French though I believe, I'm predicted an A but I got a B at AS so am retaking, we'll see! :smile:

Reply 22

Jabberwox

Original post by SophiaKeuning

English Literature and History. :biggrin:

I was thinking earlier, does doing a joint give you an advantage or not? I mean, it must be harder to persuade two admission officers from two different subjects, rather than just the standard one...

In the degree you cover both subjects but in much less depth. That's why some people would much rather do singles because you cover one subject in a great deal of depth.

In terms of convincing the admission officers, you have to be clever with your personal statement and sort of intertwine the two subjects. Kind of hard if you're doing two totally unrelated subjects but English Lit and History are closely related in terms of analysis, evaluation, essay writing, context etc so I think you'll be fine :smile:

if it comes down to it, just do separate sections on both subjects if you're finding it really hard.

Reply 23

Jabberwox

Original post by Cabine Sono Qui

I guess it's an unusual combination in the sense that not a lot of uni's offer it, but (human) geography and economics overlap in so many areas. In fact, there's even a field called economic geography.

English and Psychology - now that's an unusual combination! Good luck with your application :smile:

Yeahh I suppose I've always associated economics with numbers and geography with rivers and mountains :colondollar:

but if they're related in many ways, that's always beneficial :smile:

Yeah it is - the personal statement, boy is that tricky :eek:

but fingers crossed it'll be okay! Thanks, you too! :biggrin:

Reply 24

chocoholic.

History & politicsss :smile:

Birmingham, warwick & dont know about the rest, yet!

Reply 25

Morganb804

Original post by chocoholic.

History & politicsss :smile:

Birmingham, warwick & dont know about the rest, yet!

I'd love to go to Warwick (doing the same subject)... not even worth applying though :frown:

Good Luck

Reply 26

PandaFaerie

Mines a pretty equal split tbh - slight more labs on the forensics side though :smile:

Reply 27

aeterno

Original post by somebodytoldmexo

Yes! French and Politics, applying to Lancaster, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Sussex :smile:

Original post by Georgiana1605

omg another person doing french and pol! its a miracle! :biggrin:

for me - leeds, warwick, exeter, l'boro and perhaps b'ham :smile:

missed open days for warwick and bham so unsure :s-smilie:

You two are cool kids :colone:

Now I'm going to leave this thread because I will have graduated by 2012 :emo:

Reply 28

raman1

I want to do law and psychology. But I dont know what unis I can apply to because of my horrible horrible AS results 2E's in Maths and Chemistry and 2C's in Biology and Psychology :frown:

Im retaking to get all A's - im even retaking chem unit 2 eventhough ive dropped it AQA Chem is sooooooo hard i wished i neva picked it

im so confused wid my life atm

Reply 29

Pi!

Original post by rajabilal

my maths teacher did maths and dance for her degree. which i thought was odd

When my dad was looking at unis, he found somewhere that did Computing and Serbo-Croat.

Reply 30

Shelly_x

Im just going into my second year of a joint degree. When you guys start ill be in my third :frown:

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chocoholic.

Original post by Morganb804

I'd love to go to Warwick (doing the same subject)... not even worth applying though :frown:

Good Luck

Awww... Why dont u persuade your teachers to give u higher predictions?
Where are you thinking of applying? :smile:

Reply 32

Morganb804

Original post by chocoholic.

Awww... Why dont u persuade your teachers to give u higher predictions?
Where are you thinking of applying? :smile:

Well I'm in a rather awkward position... I've already got 3 A-Levels in Sociology, History and English Language (ABB respectively) but as you'd be aware you need an A in History... so I'm doing another year at 6th Form to acquire an additional A-Level (English Literature) plus an AS (Govt. & Politics) and retakes to get the A in History. Hopefully I will be predicted A's in these new subjects (I've certainly been putting the work in to warrant such a prediction)

With Warwick being able to be incredibly selective I'd rather use my choices on more reachable Uni... though saying that I do still have a 'in my dreams' option... that option being Nottingham (Don't know why but I really love the sound of Notts)
My other 4 choices are York, Lancaster, Southampton and Leicester.

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chocoholic.

Original post by Morganb804

Hmmm damn Warwicks selectiveness!
All i've got atm is birmingham & warwick, my hearts set on birmingham for some reason, having said that i have not visited warwick uni yet.

Reply 34

jamie_jca

Original post by Georgiana1605

omg another person doing french and pol! its a miracle! :biggrin:

for me - leeds, warwick, exeter, l'boro and perhaps b'ham :smile:

missed open days for warwick and bham so unsure :s-smilie:

And a third for French/Politics :smile:

Definately applying for Leeds, possibly Nottingham, maybe Glasgow, maybe Cardiff, maybe Sheffield. I'm quite hazy on my less firm choices

Reply 35

Georgiana1605

Original post by jamie_jca

And a third for French/Politics :smile:

Definately applying for Leeds, possibly Nottingham, maybe Glasgow, maybe Cardiff, maybe Sheffield. I'm quite hazy on my less firm choices

I'm finding it so hard to find a decent middle-grade choice for this combo :frown:

Sheffield was gunna be it, then I visited and hated it D:

Anybody looked at Lancaster for French and Pol?

Reply 36

blondie :)

Politics and Sociology! :biggrin:

I don't know anyone else who is... :colondollar:

Reply 37

jleong92

french and linguistics :biggrin:

hopefully... :redface:

my friend is studying chemistry and women's studies...

Reply 38

lil_miss_rapunzel

I'm going into my second year of Maths and Chemistry within Natural Sciences :smile:

Don't forget the option of doing a course like Natural Sciences or Combined Honours in Arts/Social Sciences where you can combine subjects too :smile:

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jamie_jca