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How competitive is philosophy at UCL? gulp

Hi,
I was just wondering, is philosophy at UCL really competitive? According to their website, typical offers for V500, straight philosophy, is AAB. So....i dunno...i've been surfing around the forums and looking at how 90% of the applicants have amazing grades :eek:

straight A*s for GCSE and predicted straight As for A2. thats really quite intimidating haha :biggrin:

anyhow...my grades were:
GCSE: 3 A*, 5 A and 4 Bs
AS:
Chinese A (I dropped this cuz apparently unis don't look at it if i'm chinese.. :frown:

)
Maths A
History A
Chemistry B (i dropped this subject)
Economics C (i declined this grade) :p:

Further maths AS ?

So now my prediction for A2 is only AAB(for econ) plus 3 extra AS grades for general studies, chinese and further maths.

i hope those grades are fine...sighs, 3 or 4 people from my school in hk already has offers....some others with letters sayin they've received their apps....i havn't received anything yet.....w00t. hmmmmmm i dun think its likely a uni would give so many offers to 1 school? *sigh
any help would really be appreciated :hmmmm:

Reply 1

alexk13

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I already have ABB at A-Level, and am considering applying to UCL for philosophy, i know the requirements are AAB, but there was extenuating circumstances, so im hoping that might help

Reply 2

Byu6

OP

I just received mail from UCL, they gave me 2 passages from Hume and want me to analyse, assess and evaluate them. quite daunting.

anyone else receive the same thing? :redface:

Reply 3

El Scotto

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Byu6

I just received mail from UCL, they gave me 2 passages from Hume and want me to analyse, assess and evaluate them. quite daunting.

anyone else receive the same thing? :redface:

thats quite a good way of accessing someone!

what passages are they?

Reply 4

uthinkilltellu

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Byu6

Hi,
I was just wondering, is philosophy at UCL really competitive? According to their website, typical offers for V500, straight philosophy, is AAB. So....i dunno...i've been surfing around the forums and looking at how 90% of the applicants have amazing grades :eek:

straight A*s for GCSE and predicted straight As for A2. thats really quite intimidating haha :biggrin:

anyhow...my grades were:
GCSE: 3 A*, 5 A and 4 Bs
AS:
Chinese A (I dropped this cuz apparently unis don't look at it if i'm chinese.. :frown:

)
Maths A
History A
Chemistry B (i dropped this subject)
Economics C (i declined this grade) :p:

Further maths AS ?

So now my prediction for A2 is only AAB(for econ) plus 3 extra AS grades for general studies, chinese and further maths.

i hope those grades are fine...sighs, 3 or 4 people from my school in hk already has offers....some others with letters sayin they've received their apps....i havn't received anything yet.....w00t. hmmmmmm i dun think its likely a uni would give so many offers to 1 school? *sigh
any help would really be appreciated :hmmmm:

ahh. they'll accept you if you can answer:

1) this is the question. what is the answer?

2) Find a flaw with Rene's 'Cogito Ergo Sum' argument.

good luck :biggrin:

Reply 5

Byu6

OP

uthinkilltellu

ahh. they'll accept you if you can answer:

1) this is the question. what is the answer?

2) Find a flaw with Rene's 'Cogito Ergo Sum' argument.

good luck :biggrin:

HAhaa i guess i'm gonna fail then.

Anyhows, i'll try my best =]

My 1st question is on Hume's argument against miracles as a violation of the laws of nature
2nd is to evaluate how we value individual liberty and cites the example of how smoking and drinking alcohol is legal, but drugs are not, when 'there should be no reason to treat it differently'

Quite interesting

Btw, i'm a Hong Kong applicant whos gonna be attending a Cambridge interview next week on the 6th...ya think i cld request for a UCL interview on the 8th or sumthin? or 7th? or should i just scrap that notion and focus on my essay...because i think i'm doing this because i can't receive interview :s-smilie:

...

i duno, just a thought. :confused:

Reply 6

110111

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Byu6

My 1st question is on Hume's argument against miracles as a violation of the laws of nature

Look at the section "Hume's Argument Against Justified Belief in Miracles" in
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/miracles/

Also
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-epistemology/

Reply 7

110111

8

Byu6

2nd is to evaluate how we value individual liberty and cites the example of how smoking and drinking alcohol is legal, but drugs are not, when 'there should be no reason to treat it differently'

Essential reading:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberty-positive-negative/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paternalism/

Some background:
http://www.meta-religion.com/Philosophy/Biography/John_Stuart_Mill/philosophy_of_john_stuart_mill.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/personal-autonomy/

Reply 8

Byu6

OP

Thanks soooo much pooh bear, those are really informative and helpful links,
i owe u big time :p:

hmmmmmmm,
anyways, i've been reading alot about how people are invited for interview in UK in ucl, i'm from hk but going to england next week for my Cambridge interview. is it wise to ask if UCL is interested in interviewing me while i'm there? just a random question :smile:

, i'm gonna visit UCL anyways during my trip.

cheers

Reply 9

110111

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Byu6

Thanks soooo much pooh bear, those are really informative and helpful links,
i owe u big time :p:

You are welcome.
The stanford philosophy site is good.
Another interesting site that I sometimes enjoy reading is http://www.iep.utm.edu/
I am currently reading articles on Evil from both sites

Byu6

going to england next week for my Cambridge interview. is it wise to ask if UCL is interested in interviewing me while i'm there?

Probably.

How competitive is philosophy at UCL? gulp

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