Did you intentionally choose RG unis?

It depends what you mean by prestigious I mean their is Prestigious for the UK in which case Yes Durham and Warwick are definitely prestigious. For UK top 5 is creme le crem and top ten is Elite

Top 20 is kind of okay you can live with that but will always feel a sadness within.

However their is also internationally and if you want something that stands out globally the rankings get a bit skewed, for example Bath and Loughborough may rank high in the UK but internationally they rank below universities they top on the UK leagues. I want to get something that has prestige internationally as well as in The UK.

I basically added the rankings from the global best for maths and the global best institutions as a whole and divided by two, with rounding to get a list of world class rep universities the general Rule I go with is top 100 is world class but it is hard to get both high scores for maths and high scores for institution as a whole so I allow multiplier of 1.5 to allow a score of 150.

Id normally say top 10 so I allow top 15. A* grade prestige
Then top 30 so I allow 45 A grade prestige
top 50 so I allow 75 B grade Prestige
Top 100 so 150 C grade Prestige



Prestige Category A*
3. Cambridge
5. Oxford
11. Imperial

This category is the elite of the elite world class no comparison delighted if you get into here, go all out to get into one of these 3

prestige Category A

28.Edinburgh
42. UCL
42. Warwick

This Category is the top of the world class whilst been just outside the ultimate glory Still really Elite and highly prestigious you can be delighted with this but not quite as happy as A* category

Prestige Category B
53.Manchester
57. LSE
59. Bristol
74. Kings

This category is world class But not world class Elite you can be satisfied with this but will always have the pain of knowing whilst your technically got into world class you didn't get into Elite world class. I guess can be satisfied with this.

Prestige Category C
76. Nottingham
79. Birmingham
95. Glasgow
110. Leeds
150. Durham

This is category is kind of just scraping world class you can definitely live with going into this category but you will always feel you let yourself down. you still got yourself Prestige but its kind of like just scraping it.


This can be misleading though I mean world if your not worried about international reputation then Bath and LoughBorough are very strong universities and Durham fairs a lot better rather then Just scraping in.

there are still some universities that have very good career prospects and still worth going to like Surrey, It doesn't have Prestige but it is a very strong university.

Prestige matters a lot to me though.

Surrey and Bath aren't RG? Damn, I've got a few people on FB I need to unfriend...

Warwick is not and will never be above Durham, Bristol and KCL.

And LSE totally wipes the floor with it. And then throws it in the bin too.

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I still need to apply

All this guy is interested in is Maths.

i wish i was smart enough for a russell uni. Alas, despite so many hours of valid revision ive fallen and while my GCSE's were A*AAB my AS' were BBCD and A2's are likely to be the same/worse ;(
rather sad really, knowing so many people are smarter than you. Don't get me wrong i highly doubt anyone here is the smartest person doing A levels and whatnot and i was never the smartest but i remember being a little kid and thinking "im going to go to somewhere like Oxford" but my natural intelligence has led me to only applying to pretty crap unis.
Oh well, a unis a uni and ive gotta be grateful im applying to (five of) them

fyi i applied to keele, greenwich, reading, portsmouth and Chester (doubt ill accept a possible offer there, know absolutely nothing about it, rest of them ive either attended open days or friends doing the course i desire went to the open days)

I put down two:

- Queen Mary's
- UCL

I like UCL sooooo much in general and I like the course. I picked Queen Mary's as they are quite supportive and not far from home. I did think about applying for Kings due to status and being near home but I didn't like it, now that I have had a chat with someone working there it looks nicer than expected and looked at ICL for status, being near home and being great for the sciences but I can not apply as they need Maths A-Level for Chemistry. However, prefer UCL 100% to 99% of all the universities I have seen and looked at. The 1% is for Surrey which I love just as equally (I know that is not a RG).

I'd say the QS rankings are quite good for undergrad, with Times HES & ARWU only being good for postgraduate studies.

"The QS rankings put student experience at the absolute top, emphasizing the importance of a diverse and international student body, student faculty ratio, and a good reputation from big employers (this is a very subjective and arbitrary one). This ranking is perhaps suited to those who do not intend to do research after university, and go straight for the job market. It also highlights good teaching which I guess is always important in a university education."

QS Methodology: http://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings/methodology

This methodology is a lot better (in my opinion, at least) than that of any national ranking. The Guardian rankings place Coventry above Edinburgh, Bristol, and King's...

i wish i was smart enough for a russell uni. Alas, despite so many hours of valid revision ive fallen and while my GCSE's were A*AAB my AS' were BBCD and A2's are likely to be the same/worse ;(
rather sad really, knowing so many people are smarter than you. Don't get me wrong i highly doubt anyone here is the smartest person doing A levels and whatnot and i was never the smartest but i remember being a little kid and thinking "im going to go to somewhere like Oxford" but my natural intelligence has led me to only applying to pretty crap unis.
Oh well, a unis a uni and ive gotta be grateful im applying to (five of) them

fyi i applied to keele, greenwich, reading, portsmouth and Chester (doubt ill accept a possible offer there, know absolutely nothing about it, rest of them ive either attended open days or friends doing the course i desire went to the open days)

I'm planning to apply to:

University of Cambridge (1st choice)
Imperial College London
University College London
King's College London

All for Computer Science I'm Y11 atm but am planning my future, it's never too early