Turning down a prestigious uni for a lower-ranking one?

UMIST was a very prestigious university, hence why it was merged with Victoria University of Manchester and kept on, despite Victoria having it's own technology department.

No, that's not what I said at all. Don't try and twist my words. I think a year in industry is invaluable but it changes nothing about how good the actual degree is.

He went to a very prestigious university in his field. You're literally just talking nonsense now.

Prestigious Universities offering placement years,

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/computing/industry/placements/

http://www.bath.ac.uk/internal/placements/

http://mecheng.ucl.ac.uk/mesh/your-studies/programmes-and-modules/year-abroad-placement-year/

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/computer-science-with-a-year-in-industry-bsc.aspx

Imperial isn't a year. Bath isn't RG.

I don't. But "prestigious" universities tend not to offer them. Regrettably.

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Actually I think more and more are now. I think this is because it's becoming more and more apparent that they (and, in fact, industrial experience generally, not necessarily confined to a formal year out in industry) is really valuable, and something that students are placing more emphasis on now.

Hi! I am still waiting for offers from all the unis I have applied for (Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee) but I am 80% sure I am going to choose Aberdeen if I get an offer. Even tho Edinburgh ranks higher, I can only do International Relations but I would perfer to do a double major. So I am in the same situation. I think choosing the uni which you feel more comfortable at is the best thing to do. You are going to spend about 4 years there after all

Actually I think more and more are now. I think this is because it's becoming more and more apparent that they (and, in fact, industrial experience generally, not necessarily confined to a formal year out in industry) is really valuable, and something that students are placing more emphasis on now.

Was UMIST in the Russell Group? The usual loose definition of "prestigious".

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I don't know but it was an extremely prestigious and well regarded university in its field. I'm starting to suspect that you don't really know what you're talking about.

And for what it's worth

Aberdeen Engineering grads earn substantially more than Edinburgh grads
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-for-all-subjects-by-university
(median earnings after 3 years - Aberdeen £43,500, Ed £35,200, after 1 year Ab £32,300 ed £29,400 and 5 yrs it's ab £49,000 Ed £36,700)

(and the economist study is a pile of crap with *****y sample sizes - the LEO data looks at HMRC and DWP data to work out earnings)

How old were you when umist was taken over by Manchester?

Why do RG unis have higher entry requirements then? Surely if it makes no difference then all universities would recruit students equally and have the same requirements. The fact is that non-RGs aren't as good so they have lower entry requirements in order to try and get students to apply there.

Dear goodness. You actually believe say, that St Andrews or Bath aren't as good as some RG universities??

St Andrews and Bath have the same entry requirements as RG unis. Ok I'm literally done with this level of stupidity.

You initially said:

I fail to see how quoting you directly was a "level of stupidity". You literally said that "non-RG aren't as good so they lower entry requirements". When I mentioned non-RG unis that do have high requirements and strong reputations, you responded with an ad hominem response, and for the umpteenth time in this dialogue, failed to offer any sensible, coherent empirical evidence to support what you said. Simply repeating your subjective, biased opinion over and over again doesn't mean you are correct.

I posted this as I felt this was apt summation of how this dialogue has went.

Lol just yesterday I firmed a top 60s Uni and made a top 15 Uni (RG) my insurance. (My highest ranking Uni offer was top 10). I picked convenience and ease of available resources over something intangible as "prestige".

Obviously I was talking about the ones that have lower requirements, not the ones with the same requirements. It was just easier to say "non-RG unis", I would've thought it was pretty obvious what I meant. But as I said, I can't deal with your level of stupidity.

I've provided so much evidence in this thread, if you still believe the reputation of the uni doesn't matter then fine. But you're deluding yourself.

I hope, for your sake, that this doesn't bite you in the near future.

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