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Help - advice on Universities needed!!

Soo I am starting to really look at Universities but am totally stumped. I want to do English and Eng Lang combined but not TOO high grades and not too low grades. EG I love Oxford Brookes - BBB. I am looking for a great course for english and english lang, a great CU and a great social life with people of the same kind of academic ability as me. This may be vague but I am just soo confused about what to do!! Helppppp :confused:

Reply 1

Forget that

English is such a completive course i'm struggling to find mid-range grades.
nearly all mine are AAA, AAB.
Kent has BBB (i think) but i'm scared if i miss out on the grades then i won't get in anywhere!

Reply 2

anonrambler

Original post by Forget that

If you are going for pure English at Kent, you are more than likely going to be required to achieve AAB/ABB. http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergrad/2012/subjects/english-literature

Reply 3

Forget that

Original post by anonrambler

If you are going for pure English at Kent, you are more than likely going to be required to achieve AAB/ABB. http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergrad/2012/subjects/english-literature

lol, thanks yeah, I was just looking on their website now
That means i have currently: zero backup options
yayyyy :dance:

Reply 4

anonrambler

Original post by Forget that

lol, thanks yeah, I was just looking on their website now
That means i have currently: zero backup options
yayyyy :dance:

Realistically you should be fine! Just work hard, and keep your eye on the prize. besides, kent are notoriously lenient with admissions.

Reply 5

Forget that

Original post by anonrambler

Realistically you should be fine! Just work hard, and keep your eye on the prize. besides, kent are notoriously lenient with admissions.

apparently its not such a good uni? But to tell the truth doesn't look that bad to me...
its probably TSR members shooting down anything that isn't oxbridge :smartass:

Reply 6

Language_student

Original post by raven+writing desk

English courses are almost always going to have fairly high grades because they are very popular and consequently they are more competitive. What kind of grades do you think you will be (realistically) aiming for?

I recommend the website Unistats (http://unistats.direct.gov.uk) as it is very helpful at comparing university courses and allows you to see the average entry requirements for each course. I used it a lot when choosing courses. On Unistats, entry requirements are shown in terms of UCAS points but it's easy to translate those into A Level grades (an A* at A Level = 140 points, an A is 120, a B is 100, a C is 80 etc).

Also, don't be afraid to choose five different universities with a range of entry requirements. When I applied, the advice given to me was to choose widely but to make sure I had some insurance choices in case I didn't make the grades.

Good luck! :smile:

Reply 7

anonrambler

Original post by Forget that

apparently its not such a good uni? But to tell the truth doesn't look that bad to me...
its probably TSR members shooting down anything that isn't oxbridge :smartass:

I think it is just people acting elitist/ narrow minded/ recognising the university's independence as a punishment, rather than a choice. If Kent was such a terrible institution, it wouldn't achieve so highly in all of the league tables, and it wouldn't demand as high admission tariffs. Some of the courses (English, History and a few others) demand the same grades as a handful of Russell Group universities, and the research quality in some areas (History in particularly) matches that of the golden 5 (according to the 2008 RAE). The university is also one of the original 'Glass Plate' institutions (alongside York, UEA, Warwick, Lancaster, Essex and Sussex), and manages to academically compete against its peers (with the exception of York and Warwick).

Bare in mind, it is by no means the 'best' university, but it is worth a look in to. As for the negative connotations... I guess that its unwillingness to join a university group (much like Aston), is its downfall.