Psychology at uni with BBB/ BBC

Hey
sorry but could anyone point out any good(ish) unis that would accept my grades for a course in psychology. I'd prefer to do something containing alot of mental health/ clinical psychology in, or something more practical.
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sorry. thanks xx

Reply 1

Nel48

I had an offer from Sheffield Hallam of 300 points - BBB at A-Level. I had a look around - looks like a good department, but doesn't seem to do well in the rankings for some reason. Not sure about the content of the course though sorry.

Reply 2

NSW

Bangor wants 260 - 300 points. I dont know how good it is, but a friend who got AAA is going there to do psychology, so it must have something going for it.

if your into all that league table stuff you could always work from the top down and pick out the ones with the lowest entry scores. actually, i just noticed on the guardian league tables online you can search by tarriff band. within your range of points it goes Bangor, Napier, Plymouth, Essex, Northumbria, Nottingham Trent, Portsmouth, Anglia Ruskin, City University, Westminster, and so on.

Reply 3

fairygirl21

Goldsmiths (UoL) want BBC.
Kent want ABC/BBB too i think.
also Glasgow & a lot of the other Scottish unis usually require BBB, but best to check this.

is there any way you could get one of your B grades up to an A?

Reply 4

LatinMachine

With regard to wanting the course to contain a lot of mental health/clin psych stuff, you're probably not going to get that. Clinical Psychologists train for years to do that sort of work, you're not going to get it at Undergrad level (EDIT: although I've just seen your other thread on Lincoln, I didn't know that course existed!). What you could try is a course in "Applied" Psychology? That might have more of a practical slant to it. But watch out, if you think you might want to do Clinical Psychology or something like that as a profession, make sure the course has GBR (Graduate Basis for Registration, in case you don't know, it's a kind of certificate from the British Psychological Society which states that the Uni course accredited contains a certain number of key units necessary to be able to complete a postgraduate degree).

As for the "good(ish)" part, the problem is that because Psych is such a popular subject, the best Universities ask for AAA/AAB. Some Universities at the bottom end of the top 20 can ask for ABB/BBB. You might not get to an old "established" University, but what you can try are one of the Unis regularily rated as Top New Uni of the Year (by the Times, I think), such as Oxford Brookes or University of the West of England (http://www.uwe.ac.uk/).

You'll need to do more in-depth searching, search on the UCAS website. Finding the right University and Course takes time. :smile:

Most courses are pretty similar, but there can be subtle differences. The main structure of a course goes like this:

Year 1: You have to do a broad range of topics (including Statistics and Neurophysiology, many applicants do not realise this and are put off, but don't be, they can be fun!).

Year 2: Still a broad range of topics. Some Universities may give you a choice as to what you can study, but most don't.

Year 3: Now this is real choice :biggrin:

You can selet your own modules and do a dissertation or research project on whatever you like. This is where you could put your interest in Clin Psych to good use.

Sorry that's been a bit long! But I hope it helps: my main advice is to really read the stuff about the courses. I've spoken to several people who went into it thinking it would be just like A-Level so they didn't bother to really think about it, and of course, they regretted it. On the other hand, I've spoken to others who love it! Good luck with applying! Jen x

Reply 5

abc137

Oxford Brookes

Also, London South Bank University have a Psychology with Clinical Psycholgoy degree and it only requires CC or CCC, not too sure if it gives GBR though or if it's good but it has clinical psychology with your grades.

Hope that helps a bit x

Reply 6

xavier2k3

City University require BBB, Goldsmiths require BBC. Goldsmiths is the better course, but City is the better location. Goldsmiths in in the UoL Faculty but City isn't. There are pros and cons everywhere. I've been to visit and look around both and chose City.

EDIT: Both are in the top 20 unis in the UK for psychology. Goldsmiths has had a marked improvement this year in its psychology department, in saying this, these facts are all based on ratings.

regards
--marty

Reply 7

schmeeble

Have you looked at Essex?

Reply 8

evolvedFrom

Don't come to Goldsmiths if you can't work independently and if you have an attitude about roughin it from time to time (both accomodation wise and just the general lack of staff mummying you through things). There are some amazing lecturers here though. And the course is well structured with a strong emphasis on research.

Beyond that, City is well worth a look in if you wanna be in London...(Who wouldn't?) :biggrin:

Reply 9

Ashtray88

Um, Kent also offer a psychology with clinical psychology undergraduate course but I think the entry requirment is ABB/BBB

Reply 10

blahblah08

Kent and Aston both give BBB offers.

Reply 11

zoea85

Goldsmiths probably have one of the best quality courses for Psychology when compared with other uni's with the same entry requirements (BBC) so they would be a good catch. They were the were the second best uni that I visited out of my UCAS choices, and that includes Exeter and Royal Holloway (which I expected to be better). I think the only reason Goldsmiths don't have higher requirements is probably because their location leaves a bit to be desired and it puts people off who want a nice pretty campus but if you want the uni for the course then I'd say Goldsmiths is definitely one to seriously consider.