Okay, I have a dumb question...I've asked it on this forum before but didn't get a response. I am an American and I have been accepted to English MA programs at UCL, King's, Goldsmiths, and Queen Mary. I was rejected by Cambridge and am waiting to hear from Oxford. I have what I guess the UK considers "high 2:1s" or a 3.74 GPA (honors). I know that UCL and Kings are considered competitive, excellent schools...but for some reason I keep feeling like I just "got in" because it seemed so easy...I mean, I got into every single Univ. London program I applied to. How competitive are these schools -- really?? UCL and King's, in particular. I know that MA programs tend to be their "cash cow" or whatever, but that shouldn't necessarily affect their selectivity, right?
So....can someone from the UK who has a real sense of the competitiveness of these schools please lemme know what you think? I'd really appreciate it. All I have to go off are the various rankings...those can be helpful, but not really.
I guess that before I fork over around $80,000 for tuition, room, and a living stipend, I would really, really like to see what a rejected applicant looks like.