Durham vs Bristol vs London

Hey guys,

I've already got a place in Bristol Uni for law but I intend to apply to durham and the london universities (KCL,UCL) in the next cycle.

I was wondering if you guys could kindly give something like a comparison of these universities, especially between bristol and durham(I'll probably end up in either one).

Also, in terms of workload, how do these universities compare with each other?
Do KCL/UCL law students face much more pressure and stress as compared to Bristol/Durham due to the better quality of students?

Lastly, how tough is it to get a first class in these universities?


Would greatly appreciate any help I can get! Thank you

LOL Kingston has better quality students than Durham or Bristol? I don't think so.

I meant Kings College London.

Hey guys,

I've already got a place in Bristol Uni for law but I intend to apply to durham and the london universities (KCL,UCL) in the next cycle.

I was wondering if you guys could kindly give something like a comparison of these universities, especially between bristol and durham(I'll probably end up in either one).

Also, in terms of workload, how do these universities compare with each other?
Do KCL/UCL law students face much more pressure and stress as compared to Bristol/Durham due to the better quality of students?

Lastly, how tough is it to get a first class in these universities?

Still, Kings doesn't have better quality students than Durham or Bristol.

Bristol is a fine university. Why would you reapply? Yes, i would argue that UCL and Durham are better than Bristol. KCL and Bristol are pretty evenly matched. The differences are so small though that you'd be wasting your time.

What factors do you want compared?


Any top university is going to have about the same workload.

Your second question is ridiculous. In theory, Durham has the highest quality of student out of all of 4 of these--their UCAS avg is 500. King's is 460, UCL is 480, and Bristol is 460. So a quantitative analysis of student quality would be Durham>UCL>Bristol=KCL

And for ease of degree classification--go to unistats and look at the breakdown of firsts. It obviously fluctuates each year (and sometimes significantly), but...

Percentage of Firsts:
Durham-7%
KCL-8%
UCL-19%
Bristol-6%

Thanks for your reply!

I'm looking at comparison of maybe prestige / ease of getting a first as from where I come from you won't be taken seriously unless you've got a first!

Well from your percentages, it seems that there's only a small percentage of firsts from Bristol

Seeing that you're doing law at Durham, may I know how many hours of lessons do you get a week?

Also, Durham has formals right? What exactly is that? From what I know, it's a huge get together for meals and in some colleges can be as often as twice a week! Isn't that rather troublesome? (esp. for the colleges which require gowns and formal attire?) I'm not really sure on this so pls enlighten me!

Thanks!

This is correct.

By UCAS avg: Durham>KCL=Bristol

How accurate is the UCAS Avg as an indicatior of the strength of a school's law degree?

Thanks!

Hey guys,

I've already got a place in Bristol Uni for law but I intend to apply to durham and the london universities (KCL,UCL) in the next cycle.

I was wondering if you guys could kindly give something like a comparison of these universities, especially between bristol and durham(I'll probably end up in either one).

Also, in terms of workload, how do these universities compare with each other?
Do KCL/UCL law students face much more pressure and stress as compared to Bristol/Durham due to the better quality of students?

Lastly, how tough is it to get a first class in these universities?


Would greatly appreciate any help I can get! Thank you

Hi, I am interested in studying law at the universities mentioned, what GCSE and A level grades did you achieve?

I'm a first year at Bristol, and I would really really recommend you reconsider Bristol as an option. I had offers from Bristol & KCL, chose Bristol and haven't regretted it at all. I think when you are basing your choice on reputation there is hardly anything between the 3 uni's you have mentioned. There are people here who have had offers from both KCL and Durham and chose Bristol, as I am sure there are people at those uni's who have rejected Bristol.

I would say your choice should be based upon whether you want MASSIVE city = KCL, Big city = Bristol or tiny city = Durham.

Thanks for replying!

May I know what made you choose Bristol over Kings & Durham?

Also, in terms of workload, do these universities vary greatly?

Cheers

I didn't apply to Durham, it was too far north and also I think the city would be too small for me.

I chose Bristol > Kings after going to both open days. I was set on going to Kings until I visited Bristol. I literally fell in love with the city, and also everyone seemed so enthusiastic about Bristol. (I'm on the committee for next years law club, and I know its going to be a great year)

No idea about the workload. I guess they are all pretty similar, law isn't a degree renowned for its lack of work, having said that, everybody does different amount of work. So I couldn't say there was an average workload.

If you have any particular questions feel free to ask though

Thanks for your reply!
Any idea how the cost of living & accomodation vary between Bristol and London?
Is London really a lot more expensive?

Picking a uni based off number of firsts is probably way too technical. An upper second from any of the unis in contention here, is probably sufficient to at least get a job at a city firm.

I don't go to Durham yet, but I'm starting in Oct. From what I understand, its 12 hours of contact time a week. As far as formals, it depends on the college. Some colleges are twice a week, others are once a term.