My chances to UK 🇬🇧 universities

Original post by medizzerparis

Any comment about my project ??

Are you EU or International for fees?

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Original post by Doonesbury

Are you EU or International for fees?

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French citizenship --> EU fees ( £9k per year )

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Heyok

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If you didn't study in Lycee Henri IV or Louis le Grand, you don't stand a chance for Uk unis.
Joke, you should be ok with your grades

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Original post by Heyok

If you didn't study in Lycee Henri IV or Louis le Grand, you don't stand a chance for Uk unis.
Joke, you should be ok with your grades

We have an expert of French secondary education, but honestly I was scared to see that :angry:

. It's just one minute after I saw it was a joke :u:

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Heyok

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Original post by medizzerparis

We have an expert of French secondary education, but honestly I was scared to see that :angry:

. It's just one minute after I saw it was a joke :u:

I would cut one hand just to live or study in Paris.
Why UK?

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Original post by Heyok

I would cut one hand just to live or study in Paris.
Why UK?

I would like to improve a lot my English level and I want to discover London and England. I want to see other than France

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Original post by medizzerparis

French citizenship --> EU fees ( £9k per year )

In which case Glasgow will be fussy as EU places are capped. Imperial is competitive anyway.
If you are on target for Bristol's requirements an offer is likely.

Also why did you apply to 2 courses at both Glasgow and Imperial? It's a bit of a waste of 2 choices...

Edit: so just re-checking your OP against the universities requirements:

Original post by medizzerparis

1. MEng Aeronautics Engineering - Imperial
2. MEng Mechanics Engineering - Imperial
3. BEng Aerospace Engineering - Glasgow
4. BEng Mechanics Engineering - Glasgow
5. BEng Aerospace Engineering - Bristol

[required subjects highlighted]
Mathmatics : 14.5
Physics : 13.5

Imperial asks for 15-17 in relevant subjects (I'd expect a 17 to be reqired for Aero or Mech Engineering)
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/study/ug/apply/requirements/ugacademic/
Glasgow asks for 15 in required subjects
https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_245718_en.pdf
Bristol asks for 13 to 17 in required subjects (more likely to be 16+ for Aero)
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/international/countries/france.html

Unfortunately your Maths and Physics are on the lower side so I'd say your application may not be competitive as it stands. :frown:

(edited 6 years ago)

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tyson69

Glasgow usually makes very high conditional offers to EU students if they dont do A Levels so it is very likely they will ask for the same grade or even higher than Imperial

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tyson69

u are going to be underage for the whole of the first year??

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Original post by Doonesbury

In which case Glasgow will be fussy as EU places are capped. Imperial is competitive anyway.

If you are on target for Bristol's requirements an offer is likely.

Also why did you apply to 2 courses at both Glasgow and Imperial? It's a bit of a waste of 2 choices...

I applied to both universities because I want to study Aeronautics Engineering

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Original post by tyson69

u are going to be underage for the whole of the first year??

Yeah, I'll be 17 when I'll begin undergrad studies

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Original post by medizzerparis

I applied to both universities because I want to study Aeronautics Engineering

So why apply to Mechanical also? That's the waste.

And see my edit to that post please - it's important.

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Original post by Doonesbury

So why apply to Mechanical also? That's the waste.

And see my edit to that post please - it's important.

Don't worry I just saw it 😊
I said before my secondary school is one of the most selective of the county, so for example a 14 here is better than a 15.5 in an other school. My recommandation letters prove my school is harder than the average, and I think Imperial will take care of this, if not the uni will not ask for this 😙

You can work in Aeronautics when you've graduated from Mechanics course. So I also applied for because I would improve my chances to get UK universities.

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Realitysreflexx

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Original post by medizzerparis

Don't worry I just saw it 😊
I said before my secondary school is one of the most selective of the county, so for example a 14 here is better than a 15.5 in an other school. My recommandation letters prove my school is harder than the average, and I think Imperial will take care of this, if not the uni will not ask for this 😙

You can work in Aeronautics when you've graduated from Mechanics course. So I also applied for because I would improve my chances to get UK universities.

Why not go to a grande ecole? UK unis are expensive and the UK is sort of in disarray, with Brexit and even university strikes! a mess for a developed country, we dont even have lectures this week, possibly delays in summer exams.. but further those are really difficult uni choices... maybe a safety school would have been advisable.. if the UK is your dream i would spread the risk if it comes to reapplying. Generally you take 3 top schools and 2 safer schools.

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Original post by medizzerparis

Don't worry I just saw it 😊
I said before my secondary school is one of the most selective of the county, so for example a 14 here is better than a 15.5 in an other school. My recommandation letters prove my school is harder than the average, and I think Imperial will take care of this, if not the uni will not ask for this 😙

It doesn't work like that.

You can work in Aeronautics when you've graduated from Mechanics course. So I also applied for because I would improve my chances to get UK universities.

It doesn't improve your chances if you don't meet the requirements for either course. It would improve your chances to get into a UK university if you had applied for Aero at 2 further universities with lower requirements.

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tyson69

Original post by medizzerparis

Yeah, I'll be 17 when I'll begin undergrad studies

dont worry, me too but only for a month (I turn 18 the 20th october). Im also an european student (Spain) with an offer from Glasgow and other unis for economics.
hope to see u in glasgow this september!!

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Original post by Realitysreflexx

Why not go to a grande ecole? UK unis are expensive and the UK is sort of in disarray, with Brexit and even university strikes! a mess for a developed country, we dont even have lectures this week, possibly delays in summer exams.. but further those are really difficult uni choices... maybe a safety school would have been advisable.. if the UK is your dream i would spread the risk if it comes to reapplying. Generally you take 3 top schools and 2 safer schools.

UK unis > FR grandes écoles
London > Paris

Why ?? In UK ( Imperial for example ), you study Aeronautics and Technical subjects from the 1st year. In France, you must study 2 years of Math ( not applied to engineering, just math ), Physics ( also not applied to engineering ), French literacy ( so unuseful ), philosophy ( less useful than French ) and English ( courses are not applicable to live and to study fully in English environment ). After these 2 years, you can apply to engineering schools where you'll also study "humanities".

I prefer anglo-saxon system where YOU choose your own steps

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Realitysreflexx

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Original post by medizzerparis

UK unis > FR grandes écoles
London > Paris

Why ?? In UK ( Imperial for example ), you study Aeronautics and Technical subjects from the 1st year. In France, you must study 2 years of Math ( not applied to engineering, just math ), Physics ( also not applied to engineering ), French literacy ( so unuseful ), philosophy ( less useful than French ) and English ( courses are not applicable to live and to study fully in English environment ). After these 2 years, you can apply to engineering schools where you'll also study "humanities".

I prefer anglo-saxon system where YOU choose your own steps

Ahh thanks for that insight into the french system🇫🇷. doesnt sound very fun, even though you specialise in your subject here they do throw in some filler courses to push each specific unis agenda though lol. At least they do at mine. But its enjoyable i like it :smile:

but go to a lower ranked uni then your aspirations :/

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Just to add, if you do unfortunately get 5 rejections then you still have UCAS Extra as an option now, and also Clearing later in August.

https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/apply-and-track/track-your-application/extra-choices

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