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I think pretentious sums it up pretty well, but to be honest I think it'd be an amazing experience regardless and if I got a full scholarship I'd have a very hard time saying no, even if I got into the course I've been wanting to do for years at Warwick

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Reply 141

Variable

Original post by Slovebeach

lol gotta love comma splicing!

Just saw an email from NCH. It was the standard xmas greeting but also mentioned their new economic's hires:

"Eric Golson (BA Chicago, PhD LSE) and Jungyoon Lee (BA Cambridge, MSc LSE)
will join us as Lecturers for Economics. Eric is an award-winning
teaching fellow in Economic History at the LSE and holds the Economic
History Society Anniversary Fellowship at Oxford. Jungyoon received
Distinction in her MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics at
the LSE, and is submitting her PhD there in June. Daniel Swift (BA
Oxford, PhD Columbia) will join us from Skidmore College as a Senior
Lecturer for English. His recent book 'Bomber County' is (among other
things) a study of Second World War poetry, and his other other
interests include Shakespeare, early Modern literature, and religion
and literature."

Had to google Skidmore College (unfortunate name lol). Had never really heard of the collge but they are in N.Y state so it's an east coast school.

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Reply 142

NoSpeakNewSpeak

I've known about this University for a while now, but didn't consider that it would be anywhere near finished when I was starting University. And yet, it turns out that it'll be finished by September 2012! I'm considering applying, but I'm still a little wary. This is a project after all, and although it may turn out extraordinarily well...it could also have the opposite effect! Luckily I'd be applying for 2013 entry as I'm going on a gap year, so I wouldn't be one of the guinea pigs!

Just wanted to know what everyone else thinks of it? And if anyone is considering applying?

I have to admit...those fees?!?! I could apply for a scholarship though I suppose...

Reply 143

crocker710

Original post by NoSpeakNewSpeak

why on earth would you go here ... Go to a decent uni with a good humanities department.

Total fees for the year are £18,000, costs such as accommodation, books, stationery, computers, optional summer school, optional language courses, University of London Union subscription (currently £20 a year), University examination fees, personal expenses, food, entertainment and pocket money are not included.

gtfo.

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Reply 144

A level Az

Seriously...you'd be better off at a good university. This college is just going to be for the elite who can pay the fees ten times over. Plus you have those pretentious ***** giving the lectures.

Reply 145

undergradstudent

Original post by A level Az

Seriously...you'd be better off at a good university. This college is just going to be for the elite who can pay the fees ten times over. Plus you have those pretentious ***** giving the lectures.

Any employer is going to look at a NCH graduate and ask 'why did you pay £18,000 to attend NCH, was it because you couldn't get into any good public unis?' - not exactly the impression any job applicant wants to give!

Reply 146

alexmagpie

Putting aside my ethical feelings about the NCH, I'd only pay double fees if I was certain that the course will be twice as good as somewhere else top in my subject. Last I heard they still didn't have accreditation to hand out degrees (that may have changed) - and it's not like you'll have superior resources other than famous lecturers - the library and all societies are shared with UoL.

And I'll probably get negged for this, but as they say they're offering 20% scholarships, I wouldn't like to spend my university life where 80% of my peers are happy to pay £18k a year for their education. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to keep up with them financially in socialising etc.

Reply 147

undergradstudent

Original post by alexmagpie

They can't give out degrees. They just teach people the syllabus for University of London external degrees and charge £18,000 a year for tutoring people through the course! Their students can't even play sport for UoL teams so it seems like a very, very poor deal to me.

Reply 148

alexmagpie

Original post by undergradstudent

Cheers, I wasn't sure if that had changed or not. Also OP, don't expect a student loan. You're basically paying 18k a year for a University of London degree. I doubt the NCH is going to attract the esteem it thinks it deserves, so in ten years it might well be meaningless on your CV.

Reply 149

oggdeferrer

I got an offer for English with Philosophy - D3 D3 D3 (Pre-Us). I was thrilled, until I discovered they expect a £1500 deposit by Jan 2nd... As someone who could barely afford the train-ride up - this was not the most pleasant news! Hopefully they will waive this after I fill in the means-testing bit! Interview was good - interviewed by Naomi Goulding and Suzannah Lipscombe, who were lovely!

My parents (who have zero say in my education, I hasten to add!) were impressed by the extra bits to the degree (science literacy, critical thinking, ethics etc) and if I were lucky enough to win a scholarship would be very keen to see me there - I'm less keen, I don't really think that it is where I want to study. If they are expecting people who can cough up 1.5k easily, I don't really want that environment. That may sound like a hideous generalisation - but after being at a big public boarding school, I want a more socially mixed environment! I miss my state school!!

Reply 150

MWM

Original post by oggdeferrer

About the £1.5k, I think I herd from a friend that you get it back if you decide not to join them and you get it back when you finish you degree, although inflation will have eroded its value a bit.
Do you have a deadline by which you must reply to their offer ?

Reply 151

oggdeferrer

Original post by MWM

Oh yeah, you get it back - it's completely refundable - I could pay it and have it back the next day if I wanted! But the problem is that I don't have £1.5k, nor can I get £1.5k! I have until the 2nd January to reply (28 days after receiving the offer) - but it differs for everyone, which I think is a bit rough. Especially because then you have to pay the first term's fees by May, when the announce the scholarships... I don't see why the deposit cannot wait until then as well?

Reply 152

MWM

Original post by oggdeferrer

The way I see it is that they have to be incredibly flexible. If you are a good student, then to be honest they need you more than you need them (provided you have offers from other places), If you let them know that the £1.5k will be a problem, and that you cannot pay the first terms fees until you know whether you get an exhibition or scholarship I am pretty sure they aren't just going to reject you. This is basically because, provided you are a strong applicant, they need you.

Reply 153

gallitout

I think if many of you were to read the prospectus in detail, or perhaps visit NCH and talk to some of the staff, you might alter your opinions. The fees structure, social scene and education are being reported extremely poorly in this thread.

In terms of the College being a social bubble, you are connected to ULU, and secondly you're in Bedford Square, in a city where things actually happen, rather than a damp middle England town.

The fees are just being guessed at here. Between scholarships and exhibitions, which are means tested, they're trying to avoid appearing financially elitist. In many ways, it's incredibly egalitarian, in that the richest pay their £18,000 and this allows some of the less well off to still study there.

Finally, between the diploma, contextual course and BA you should (they tell me) end up with the equivalent of 1 3/4 of an ordinary undergraduate course, in 3 years.

And at the end of the day, I want to go to university to learn as much as I possibly can, not because it would be convenient for my career. Even if the name NCH doesn't mean much when I'm 40 or 50, hopefully the experience I had there will count for something.

The question seems to be whether those who apply this year are guinea pigs or innovators.

Reply 154

thompsonic7

My friend applied, and got an offer. She's not going.

Reply 155

kka25

Original post by thompsonic7

My friend applied, and got an offer. She's not going.

lol. What happened?

Reply 156

thompsonic7

Original post by kka25

lol. What happened?

She also got an offer for Oxford.

Reply 157

kka25

Original post by thompsonic7

She also got an offer for Oxford.

Oxford? I've heard about this Uni :tongue:

She should choose NCH rather then this Oxford Uni :tongue:

Reply 158

New College of the Humanities

Hello all,

Some really interesting thoughts throughout this thread.

We are hosting a Questions and Answers forum on The Student Room this week (http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=710). If you have any questions about the New College of the Humanities offering, please do post them today and we’ll get back to you with an answer as soon as possible!

Very best regards,

Jane Phelps

Reply 159

River85

Original post by Variable

Rents are alot cheaper outside London esp up North, do you guy's have electricity yet? or do you still study by candle light?! :wink:

I know that's supposed to be a joke, but I'll take the bait. The electric light bulb was invented by Joseph Swan (Sunderland born chemist working in Newcastle) and the first building and street in the world to be lit by electric light are in Newcastle (Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Grey Street respectively).

So, yes, we had electric light before London :smile: