Geography applicants for 2013 entry

OP

I've seen Cambridge, Nottingham and Bristol this week so if anyone wants a review of any of them, I'll give you my perspective :smile:

I also saw Exeter a couple weeks back. Has anyone here seen Durham? I'm hoping to see it in September but I'd like to hear what anyone else has to say about it :biggrin:

... apart from that I'm pretty much done with my uni searching for now. Phew.

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St. Brynjar

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Could you describe Cambridge & Bristol? Thanks :smile:

I went to Nottingham today and loved it, the most beautiful campus and a great city as well as a very appealing course.

LSE wowed me as well, great area & facilities, the buildings are very modern and the library is impressive. The thing that puts me off is that I want to retain Physical Geography elements, which is impossible there. However if you solely desire Human Geog then I'd definitely reccomend the place.

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OP

Original post by St. Brynjar

Could you describe Cambridge & Bristol? Thanks :smile:

I went to Nottingham today and loved it, the most beautiful campus and a great city as well as a very appealing course.

LSE wowed me as well, great area & facilities, the buildings are very modern and the library is impressive. The thing that puts me off is that I want to retain Physical Geography elements, which is impossible there. However if you solely desire Human Geog then I'd definitely reccomend the place.

Well Cambridge is a very limited description becasue I only went to one college. But my overall impressions of the city was that it was very nice, not too difficult to navigate and was nicely sized to walk around, though cycling would speed things up of course. If you live in the city centre it will get busy and that probably isn't fun, the college I looked at was further out and so was fine in that respect. The stuff about the course and modules can be found online, there's nothing too specific about that.

Bristol I thought was really good on the course side of it. All degrees are a Bsc rather than a BA because of the statistical element that is carried through, regardless of whether you're doing human or physical geography. Loads of people hated it the admissions tutor said, but those skills were incredibly useful afterwards. There's a smaller selection of modules but it means your degree is more focused and you actually learn a lot that can be applied rather than just learning lots of different random things across your 3 years. That's why employability from Bristol is particularly good. If you absolutely hate maths though, it might not be the course for you. The accomodation on the other hand was quite bad. Looked mostly very outdated and in need of refurbishment, but some of the self-catered rooms were nice. It's not campus based, all of the accomodation is enclosed one part of the city, on the outside, whereas the actual university itself is towards the middle. Buses regularly go to and from though.

Hope this helped :smile:

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TempleQC

Original post by Bulbasaur

I've seen Cambridge, Nottingham and Bristol this week so if anyone wants a review of any of them, I'll give you my perspective :smile:

I also saw Exeter a couple weeks back. Has anyone here seen Durham? I'm hoping to see it in September but I'd like to hear what anyone else has to say about it :biggrin:

... apart from that I'm pretty much done with my uni searching for now. Phew.

Are you expecting to get 4A's at AS?

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OP

Original post by TempleQC

Are you expecting to get 4A's at AS?

Well no, 3 As and a B/C in physics. But the admissions tutor said they didn't really care about the 4th AS anyway. Only for really competitive subjects is it seen as carrying significant weight, in an attempt to differentiate between students.

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L'Evil Fish

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Original post by ext

I'm torn between physical geography, environmental geography, and a geography/geology course. idk which one to choose :s-smilie:

which do you think the best is in terms of module topics (interesting, etc), job prospects, and grade/subject requirements?

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Geophysics :biggrin:

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TempleQC

Original post by Bulbasaur

Well no, 3 As and a B/C in physics. But the admissions tutor said they didn't really care about the 4th AS anyway. Only for really competitive subjects is it seen as carrying significant weight, in an attempt to differentiate between students.

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Ah sweet.

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OP

Original post by TempleQC

Ah sweet.

What about you? :smile:

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TempleQC

Original post by Bulbasaur

What about you? :smile:

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If I'm lucky 3A's and a B... But I will require luck lol. It's Physics and Chemistry that will hurt me :frown:

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tooty_fruit

Are you guys planning on reading geography related books to talk about in your personal statement? I think its a bit of a given but most of them seem to be like 400/500 pages long so I'm not sure whether to read all of it or just certain parts which interest me.

Opinions?

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OP

Original post by TempleQC

If I'm lucky 3A's and a B... But I will require luck lol. It's Physics and Chemistry that will hurt me :frown:

Damn :/ my subjects were somewhat predictable in what grades I've got thankfully. Anything between AABC and AAAB is possible but AAAC most likely. Physics is a bitch, agreed. Hopefully you'll get what you wanted :smile:

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OP

Original post by tooty_fruit

Are you guys planning on reading geography related books to talk about in your personal statement? I think its a bit of a given but most of them seem to be like 400/500 pages long so I'm not sure whether to read all of it or just certain parts which interest me.

Opinions?

I've already read 3, for my EPQ I've gotta read two more. All of which I'll try to briefly discuss In my PS. If you're applying for cambridge, who interview, you must actually read the books or you're setting yourself up for looking stupid and could mean the difference between getting an offer and being rejected. Anticipate them to ask you about anything you say in your PS.

You don't have to read ridiculous amounts, just show interest. And the books I've read haven't been overly long. One 500 pages, 200 and 300. Don't worry too much about the length.

Hope this helps :smile:

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student1234567891

i took part in the 2012 thread and i'm holding offers from Durham (firm choice) and Exeter (insurance choice) for BSc Geography, if anyone has any questions then i'd be glad to answer :smile:

Applied to:

Durham
Exeter
Sussex
Royal Holloway
Loughborough

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OP