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Bath or Loughborough?

Hi everyone!

Ok, so I have all 6 of my offers through, and I'm pretty much stuck on the decision as what to have as my first choice. I'm looking at doing business/management courses, and my two favourites are Bath (AAA offer, ouch! - not exactly kind!) and Loughborough. I've been to both (briefly) and both places are really pretty.

So I was just after other opinions really, I don't live in England so I have no concept of what sort of nightlife/things to do are in these two areas.

cheers

oh yeah, and happy new year to the forum! :-)

Reply 1

babylon

tgowing

Hi everyone!

Ok, so I have all 6 of my offers through, and I'm pretty much stuck on the decision as what to have as my first choice. I'm looking at doing business/management courses, and my two favourites are Bath (AAA offer, ouch! - not exactly kind!) and Loughborough. I've been to both (briefly) and both places are really pretty.

So I was just after other opinions really, I don't live in England so I have no concept of what sort of nightlife/things to do are in these two areas.

cheers

oh yeah, and happy new year to the forum! :-)

hey, i'm assuming u've applied for Business Administration at Bath because I have too. I think u should definitely have Bath as first choice and perhaps Loughborough as second. Bath is a better uni academically and is more recognised for Business management. I haven't been to Loughborough but I have seen the area of Bath and I think it's beautiful.

Reply 2

4Ed

15

tgowing

Hi everyone!

Ok, so I have all 6 of my offers through, and I'm pretty much stuck on the decision as what to have as my first choice. I'm looking at doing business/management courses, and my two favourites are Bath (AAA offer, ouch! - not exactly kind!) and Loughborough. I've been to both (briefly) and both places are really pretty.

So I was just after other opinions really, I don't live in England so I have no concept of what sort of nightlife/things to do are in these two areas.

cheers

oh yeah, and happy new year to the forum! :-)

Bath is cool, AND the uni is much more respected academically.... besides u can come and watch THE premier rugby team in England kicking ass... :biggrin:

Reply 3

material breach

12

Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in England and loughtborough is in the middle of no where so i would base my choice on that!

Oh and yeah big up bath rugby team have seen them a few times this season and if we dont win the league it will be a joke!

Reply 4

Unregistered

tgowing

Hi everyone!

Ok, so I have all 6 of my offers through, and I'm pretty much stuck on the decision as what to have as my first choice. I'm looking at doing business/management courses, and my two favourites are Bath (AAA offer, ouch! - not exactly kind!) and Loughborough. I've been to both (briefly) and both places are really pretty.

So I was just after other opinions really, I don't live in England so I have no concept of what sort of nightlife/things to do are in these two areas.

cheers

oh yeah, and happy new year to the forum! :-)

bath is better overall academically but loughborough has a good reputation for business. neither has great nightlife-bath people travel to bristol whilst loughborough come up to nottingham, both are pretty places but bath is quite expensive. both place an emphasis on sport but loughborough is arguably better, it really depends on what areas are most important to you

Reply 5

nero076

Both similar in that they have good sports and good facillities, and Loughborough is certainly an up and coming uni

However, Bath is acamdemically much better, its rated best outside oxbridge/london in this years times guide, I applied there for economics but was rejected :mad:

As for the offer, AAA sounds a little cheeky to me as their average alevel score last year was just under AAB. This means that if you get AAB you may still get in, but I could be wrong.

Reply 6

theECONOMIST

1

LOL!!!
Why not say, shall i live in the South of England or the north.
You take your pick but iknow what most with a bit of common sense would do.

Reply 7

HammaL

11

Common man u can't compare bath with loughbrough ...specially for something like management.....Go for bath MAn!...anyone can get AAA if they really want it...

Reply 8

Leeroy

yeh i agree with these guys, bath definitely. Also if you choose Bath and dont get the grades then you can easily get in to Loughborough as your insurance.

Reply 9

tgowing

OP

thanks for the advice everyone, think thats that decsion made then! Have now sorted going down to Bath for open day in feb, so that should give me more of an idea on life down there.

cheers for your help

good luck to everyone!

Reply 10

babylon

tgowing

thanks for the advice everyone, think thats that decsion made then! Have now sorted going down to Bath for open day in feb, so that should give me more of an idea on life down there.

cheers for your help

good luck to everyone!

hey, i'm planning to go down there for the open day too.....which day is urs on? I rejected the 1st date they gave me (11th) so they've given me 25th, but I'm not too sure.

Reply 11

Bigcnee

11

Speciez99

Oh and yeah big up bath rugby team have seen them a few times this season and if we dont win the league it will be a joke!

I support Bath and have seen them this season, but I think Wasps will kick our ass.

Reply 12

tgowing

OP

Wonkey,

I'm going down for the one on the 11th, then away on me hols for a week afterwards. I think thats the main business school open day, but they're obviously happy enoguh to reschedule if you can't make it.

Anyone else going down on the 11th?

Reply 13

babylon

tgowing

Wonkey,

I'm going down for the one on the 11th, then away on me hols for a week afterwards. I think thats the main business school open day, but they're obviously happy enoguh to reschedule if you can't make it.

Anyone else going down on the 11th?

well i'm still deciding whether to go or not cos no1 else that i know of has applied to Bath for the same course. I don't really fancy going that far on my own, probs get lost. lol.

Reply 14

babylon

tgowing

Wonkey,

I'm going down for the one on the 11th, then away on me hols for a week afterwards. I think thats the main business school open day, but they're obviously happy enoguh to reschedule if you can't make it.

Anyone else going down on the 11th?

u don't live in england?! and you're coming just for an open day? where r u from?

Reply 15

SirWhale

theECONOMIST

LOL!!!
Why not say, shall i live in the South of England or the north.
You take your pick but iknow what most with a bit of common sense would do.

North is deffinetly better than the south

Reply 16

JOsh04

id go for loughborogh.......great sports

Reply 17

Me2

1

Bath is a really nice university! we stayed there on our year 10 geography trip (tip: get the right key for your door!!!), but the campus is really nice, as is the eating part, and they part we were staying in was en-suite (the only en-suite university we stay in on our trip, this included Bangor and Birmingham universities). and the room was the nicest out of all the universities we stayed at

Reply 18

tgowing

OP

wonkey,

I'm from the isle of man, although i doubt you've ever been there. So yeah, it means I have to fly to get wherever I want to go. So its slightly irrelevant where I go to uni in england cos I'm not exactly going to be close to home wherever i go! lol.

For those whose geography isn't that good watch the national weather tonight and look left of the Liverpool/Lancaster area, the isle of man is a little island between there and Ireland. Quite a cool place to live though, as any one that watches top gear will testify, no speed limits outside the villages, you can drive a car (or anything for that matter!) at 16, oh yeah, and our pubs don't have to close at some poxy time like 11 either!! I was in england the other day and got mightily confused when a bell rang in the pub I was in at 11 o clock! hehehe

Reply 19

babylon

Quite a cool place to live though, as any one that watches top gear will testify, no speed limits outside the villages, you can drive a car (or anything for that matter!) at 16, oh yeah, and our pubs don't have to close at some poxy time like 11 either!! I was in england the other day and got mightily confused when a bell rang in the pub I was in at 11 o clock! hehehe

lol.....yeah i know where the isle of man is.........but i haven't been. no speed limits is SO cool......would love to zoom down there. so can u get p*ssed at pub past midnight?

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