QMUL vs SOAS

whilst social life is important, both will be fairly similar as both are in london, actually look at they syallabuses of the two courses, see which appeals to you more, and look at which one you would be happier at for the next 3 years

I have seen the syllabuses (syllabi?) for both unis, and they seem good. SOAS is obviously more international, but QMUL deals with the principles of the subject. I wouldn't mind studying either.

Which just adds to my dilemma

I have received offers from both SOAS and QMUL for Politics and Economics, but am having trouble deciding which one to go to.

Atm, I'm leaning towards QMUL because the social life seems to be better than SOAS. I've heard of so many people dropping out of SOAS because the social life is not amazing, to put it lightly. But then again, both unis are in the middle of London, so I can always find something do. I've been to both unis, and both seem equally friendly in my opinion.

So my dilemma is which one is better, both academically and socially. I plan to live in Halls for my first year at least, so the social life has to be good. And I consider employment prospects to be important, but they seem to be basically the same for both unis according to league tables.

Can someone who goes to either uni tell me what student life is like? And if your doing my course, it would be extra helpful if you could tell me what the course is like as well.

Thanks

The social life is good at both, but different.
At SOAS, there's a lot of weird stuff, alot of leftys and macrobiotic food festivals and Kurdistan festivals and Parties for Palestine and it's very very political. It's an odd place, where almost everyone smokes weed/does drugs. Take that literally. The halls are jokes though - right on King's Cross road, and they're fun. The union is a disaster though, so bad it's a joke. It's like Hollyoaks bad. It's a grotty bar with overpriced alcohol that's like falling apart. Lots of Orientals from abroad. Lot's of fun. Slightly higher rated academically than QM.

QMUL - great union (well, in comparison. It's a bit commercial and soulless for me). In Mile End (vs Bloomsbury ), pretty typical campus uni. Erm, not sure what to say, I do Pol at QMUL but spent more time at SOAS last yr, and now I have another friend at SOAS.

Any questions about Pol at QMUL ask me specifically

There's loads of South Asians at QM and loads of internationals at SOAS.

Thanks so much for this. I'm gonna look into it a bit more. I still have loads of time to decide. And I'm waiting for LSE to get back to me.