Warwick or UCL for Maths: current students' experiences.

Id like to hear from current students as well. I feel I would enjoy UCL as a university and London as a city more for its student life. Possibly do better on their course.

But I feel that id enjoy the course at Warwick more. I don't have to decide Until June than goodness. Well really I wanna decide by the 20th since I may need to apply for UCL accommodation by the 31st.

so bump

Not sure about basketball, but there's a sports centre about 10 minutes from UCL that a lot of sports societies use. There are also sports halls in a few of the UCL halls (accommodation), but I don't know if you can just turn up and use them.

No outside modules in the first year, 1 in second and up to 2 in third. If you're on the MSci course you shouldn't be taking non-maths modules. Nothing's stopping you from attending lectures of modules you aren't registered for, though.

The work load really, really depends on your natural ability, so it's hard to say. Everyone has free time though.

Support: as much as you want, you can always visit lecturers during their office hours to ask questions. There's more structured support in first year as well.

Sorry to be brief. Everyone has exams at the moment so you probably won't get many replies. If you have any more questions feel free to ask, but I might not get around to replying for a few weeks

I'd suggest Warwick, if you have the grades.

- Large sport center on campus, relatively close to all accomodations
- Warwick is known for its very flexible math course. You can take basically any module offered by the university (unless there are timetable clashes)
- We have a very large and new math department, math is one of Warwick's best courses and a lot of focus is given to math. Lots of students, resources, support (supervisions, classes, tutorials,...) etc. I've heard that UCL's math department is just one floor in some building, we have our own building.

Its a few floors :P
I know all that, But I still prefer the Student Life at UCL.It's in London so there is a lot to do in terms of sports etc, culture, music food. Also you get access to other Uni of London Universities like LSE and King's. I also like that at UCL you get the chance to study at some of the best Unis in the World, better than the Warwick options. The only thing I prefer about Warwick is the course. SO its course vs Uni I suppose. I can say I love Maths, hence its a really hard decision for me. UCL also has a much better international rep in case I wanna work abroad.
If it helps I'd like to do a PhD as it stands, but i may change my mind!
The only difference between UCL grades and Warwick, is Warwick needs STEP or AEA.

Its a few floors :P
I know all that, But I still prefer the Student Life at UCL.It's in London so there is a lot to do in terms of sports etc, culture, music food. Also you get access to other Uni of London Universities like LSE and King's. I also like that at UCL you get the chance to study at some of the best Unis in the World, better than the Warwick options. The only thing I prefer about Warwick is the course. SO its course vs Uni I suppose. I can say I love Maths, hence its a really hard decision for me. UCL also has a much better international rep in case I wanna work abroad.
If it helps I'd like to do a PhD as it stands, but i may change my mind!
The only difference between UCL grades and Warwick, is Warwick needs STEP or AEA.

Not sure about basketball, but there's a sports centre about 10 minutes from UCL that a lot of sports societies use. There are also sports halls in a few of the UCL halls (accommodation), but I don't know if you can just turn up and use them.

No outside modules in the first year, 1 in second and up to 2 in third. If you're on the MSci course you shouldn't be taking non-maths modules. Nothing's stopping you from attending lectures of modules you aren't registered for, though.

The work load really, really depends on your natural ability, so it's hard to say. Everyone has free time though.

Support: as much as you want, you can always visit lecturers during their office hours to ask questions. There's more structured support in first year as well.

Sorry to be brief. Everyone has exams at the moment so you probably won't get many replies. If you have any more questions feel free to ask, but I might not get around to replying for a few weeks

Thanks for the feedback. I've been able to build up more of a picture of university life and the maths department now. One last thing: if, say, I decided upon starting my degree that I would rather switch to a joint degree, i.e. Maths with Economics, would UCL accommodate such a change?

I have a question about the year abroad. How had is it to get a place to go do a year abroad?

Thanks for the feedback. I've been able to build up more of a picture of university life and the maths department now. One last thing: if, say, I decided upon starting my degree that I would rather switch to a joint degree, i.e. Maths with Economics, would UCL accommodate such a change?

How do you know you prefer student life at UCL? Isn't that what this thread was supposed to establish?
Warwick has the biggest Student Union in the UK (as far as I remember, and if it isn't, then it's definitely one of the biggest), with a huge number of societies for any culture, food, activity, etc. you can think of. I agree that Warwick's exchange program is not that good.
However, I am not sure just how much UCL trumps Warwick in terms of international prestige. For math, Warwick definitely wins, especially in academia. If you plan to do a PhD, a math degree from Warwick will help you far more than a degree from UCL.

Anybody got any last things to mention before I firm tomorrow?

What did you firm OP?

UCL, you?

Well I really like London and London is one of the best cities in the world. I doubt Warwick's Campus or Coventry can match that experience.
Generally when you look at world rankings from various sources (American etc). UCL is usually very high up the tables. Whilst Warwick is relatively much lower. Which suggests to me UCL's international rep is much better overall.
As it stands though I'm thinking of firming Warwick, purely for the maths department