What degree are you taking/planning on taking?

Psychology and neuroscience sounds so fascinating, but I doubt I'd be smart enough to even consider studying something so complex! How are you finding the degree?

its so interesting i enjoy it so much even though its hard work. i was worried about taking neuro joint honours but i really think anyone can study anything if they're interested in the field. it's all about motivation and applying yourself more than anything else. i absolutely cannot do maths for the life of me and yet here i am two years in having passed my stats module each year! if i can do it anyone can haha

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Themysticalegg

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MA Public Policy
Doing it out of interest part time. :biggrin:

Absolutely do not need it currently.

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RainbowIceCream

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I’m going to Queens Uni in Belfast this September to start Psychology BSc 🤗

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A Rolling Stone

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i don't know if i'm allowed to post here as i've already graduated, but it was in cell biology/biochemistry.

i was extremely lucky to have benefited enormously from it as biology really is a useless subject unless you want to do a PhD and go into academia. the only subject more useless is psychology.

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RainbowIceCream

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Ahh well.... I’m looking forward to getting my teeth into the psychology course anyway 😆

Original post by A Rolling Stone

i don't know if i'm allowed to post here as i've already graduated, but it was in cell biology/biochemistry.

i was extremely lucky to have benefited enormously from it as biology really is a useless subject unless you want to do a PhD and go into academia. the only subject more useless is psychology.

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gjd800

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I read 3x philosophy degrees

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MidgetFever

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LLB Law at the University of Sheffield. Loving it so far :h:

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LivingGunn

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I'm in year 11 but I'm considering law, forensic science or environmental science (taking biology, chemistry & english lit at a-level).

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A Rolling Stone

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Original post by RainbowIceCream

Ahh well.... I’m looking forward to getting my teeth into the psychology course anyway 😆

you'll be fine just make sure you do work experience every single summer, (working behind a bar is even better than something psych related unless it's an official internship)... a weekend job would be good too if you can manage it on top of everything else

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Claydo66

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Cambridge natural sciences would be the dream.

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particle_01

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Good Luck! Do you think Southampton is up there as one of the best Uni's for Physics? Equal to Warwick?

Original post by Sinnoh

Finished A-levels, waiting for results day :bebored:

if I get the grades it's physics at Imperial, if I get slightly worse grades then physics at Southampton.
For most of year 12 I was pretty certain I wanted to do aerospace engineering, which is actually why I chose those two unis initially

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samb1104

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Original post by A Rolling Stone

i don't know if i'm allowed to post here as i've already graduated, but it was in cell biology/biochemistry.

i was extremely lucky to have benefited enormously from it as biology really is a useless subject unless you want to do a PhD and go into academia. the only subject more useless is psychology.

What do you do now?

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RainbowIceCream

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Thank you- hopefully fingers crossed 🤞🏻

Original post by A Rolling Stone

you'll be fine just make sure you do work experience every single summer, (working behind a bar is even better than something psych related unless it's an official internship)... a weekend job would be good too if you can manage it on top of everything else

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Sinnoh

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Original post by particle_01

Good Luck! Do you think Southampton is up there as one of the best Uni's for Physics? Equal to Warwick?

Thanks! As it happens I did apply to Warwick and Birmingham too. I chose Southampton because they had nice course options - specifically, I applied there for Physics with Space Science, which just generally seemed more interesting - since I'd abandoned doing aerospace engineering (but still liked the idea of doing it) I thought it was a nice compromise - I'd learn about orbital mechanics, spacecraft design, space physics, stuff like that. Warwick didn't seem to have that.

Comparison is difficult and I had a hard time weighing Southampton up against Warwick at one point. I'd been rejected from Cambridge and if I didn't get into Imperial I was trying to decide whether I'd firm Warwick, firm Southampton (which had the lowest offer at AABC, so an insurance would be pointless). However, I never intended to have Warwick be my insurance because it was A*AA.
If I had wanted to go down a more purely physics-oriented course programme, or maths with/and physics, I'd have gone for Warwick.

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particle_01

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Thank you. Well hopefully Insurance option won't be needed

Original post by Sinnoh

Thanks! As it happens I did apply to Warwick and Birmingham too. I chose Southampton because they had nice course options - specifically, I applied there for Physics with Space Science, which just generally seemed more interesting - since I'd abandoned doing aerospace engineering (but still liked the idea of doing it) I thought it was a nice compromise - I'd learn about orbital mechanics, spacecraft design, space physics, stuff like that. Warwick didn't seem to have that.

Comparison is difficult and I had a hard time weighing Southampton up against Warwick at one point. I'd been rejected from Cambridge and if I didn't get into Imperial I was trying to decide whether I'd firm Warwick, firm Southampton (which had the lowest offer at AABC, so an insurance would be pointless). However, I never intended to have Warwick be my insurance because it was A*AA.
If I had wanted to go down a more purely physics-oriented course programme, or maths with/and physics, I'd have gone for Warwick.