Which should I put as my insurance? Glasgow or Edinburgh?!

Sorry, I've got a bit lost here with all the grades! Can you give us a clearer idea of your question?

Glasgow, the city isn't that bad.

I suppose... but I prefer Edinburgh

But it is not really an insurance if they won't take you on to the course you want to do without an A in maths which you don't think you will definitely get.

Will St Andrews drop to ABB?

Hi,

I have offers to study Geology from St Andrews (AAB), Glasgow (AAB), Edinburgh (ABB - A in Maths), Durham (AAB) and Meteorology at Reading (AAB - BBB)

Here's some information about what I think of the universities...

My first choice is St Andrews...

Glasgow: They said at the open day that they often take people with ABB come results day + last year it was in clearing for a couple of weeks after...
I think the university is great, but I don't know what I'd think of living in Glasgow for 4 years...

Edinburgh: I prefer this uni over Glasgow. Even though the offer is ABB (the A is in Maths). I am pretty confident that I'll get an A in Geography, so if I got in the A in Maths to get into Edinburgh I'd have AAB overall... so enough for St Andrews... On the open day they said that if I got ABB, but with the A in another subject I should phone and they might be able to find space on another course, however that's a risk...

So which do I put as insurance? I could put Edinburgh as Insurance, try and get a place there if I miss out on AAB, then if I don't get a place there phone Glasgow clearing... what do I do?

I don't really care about Durham and Reading...

Thanks in advance!

What's wrong with Durham and Reading? Personally I don't think you should risk it just because Edinburgh told you there might be room. Why apply to the others if you don't like them?


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Hi,

Yeah I think I agree with you about Edinburgh - it is a risk... But is it worth taking as Glasgow will probably be in clearing? So if Edinburgh have no places I could apply to Glasgow through clearing... Maybe...

And actually, 'don't care' is a bit strong... Im very grateful for the offers, as they're both great unis however, after doing some thinking I prefer the Scottish university system as I'm still not entirely sure what degree I want to graduate with!

Thanks

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Ah. I see. Yeah, I'm kind of in love with the Scottish unis right now, though I have not been to Scotland. You don't know though if Glasgow will be in clearing for your course though. Do you want to risk it?


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What are you applying for? Where you looking?

Well last year it was in clearing for a couple of weeks but who knows for this year so maybe best not to take the risk!
I starting to like Glasgow as a city more too... Maybe I will put it as my insurance... They did specifically say they take people who have just missed out on AAB

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I'm applying to Edinburgh, Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff and Reading for Italian. I really like the look of Glasgow though.


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And so which do you think you'll put as firm and insurance?

Glasgow has quite a bad reputation as a city, but the west end in particular is actually lovely! (Not at all biased heheheh)

I was reading on on the city of Glasgow vs Edinburgh and I kept hearing Glasgow is a bit rough and more of a party city. Still looks beautiful though.

Glasgow has quite a bad reputation as a city, but the west end in particular is actually lovely! (Not at all biased heheheh)

Yeah I'm not really one for parties/clubs! Talking about crime, Glasgow is known for being slightly rougher than other places however according to the results on a Crime statistics website the university area is safer than the Edinburgh university area!

http://www.crime-statistics.co.uk/compare/universities/University%20of%20Glasgow_The%20University%20of%20Edinburgh

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Yeah, but I've read that Edinburgh is a pretty "small" city. Obviously not in populations, but more in the sense that you'll see people you know and it's not too hard to get around on foot.