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is UCL snobbish?
When I called them up I just found them not as friendly as their "competitor" unis i.e. a bit cold. Now it could just be me, but I could have sworn I got the same vibe more than once and this was just when making enquiries for example. Am I right in my thoughts?
Further to this thinking, many years ago, my father studied post grad at LSE. He didn't get a place at UCL but did right away at LSE. When the results came out LSE got about 10 times more merits (literally) and more distinctions awarded by London University than UCL. In fact, they used to print small leaflets showing the data which I was looking through last year sometime.
Perhaps some current students could shed some light on this as maybe I had an isolated experience or perhaps this is the general trend?
Regards
deq
Further to this thinking, many years ago, my father studied post grad at LSE. He didn't get a place at UCL but did right away at LSE. When the results came out LSE got about 10 times more merits (literally) and more distinctions awarded by London University than UCL. In fact, they used to print small leaflets showing the data which I was looking through last year sometime.
Perhaps some current students could shed some light on this as maybe I had an isolated experience or perhaps this is the general trend?
Regards
deq
Hi sir, I am a student going to UCL in september and I had a v astly different expierence. I was a smart kid who had screwed up, point blank. My gcse's my as's were not good enough to deserve an offer from the top unis but literally 14 days after applying UCl gave me a chance to prove myself and for that I am grateful. though they did get annoyed if I asked a stupid question 
. I don't know but i'm grateful to UCL for giving me the chance rather then LSE who straight rejected me based on my GCSE's and AS'S.
If you still think its a snobbish institution I invite you round in October to come chill with us. But like seriously whats up with these merit awards (link so I understand better 0_o), eh, who cares, I definetly liked the more layed back enviorment that UCL seems to be, to each his own . Peace out, but no one likes to be called snobbish 
. I don't know but i'm grateful to UCL for giving me the chance rather then LSE who straight rejected me based on my GCSE's and AS'S.If you still think its a snobbish institution I invite you round in October to come chill with us
. But like seriously whats up with these merit awards (link so I understand better 0_o), eh, who cares, I definetly liked the more layed back enviorment that UCL seems to be, to each his own . Peace out, but no one likes to be called snobbish 
Hey I've just found this one. My experience has been been similar to Crazster's.
UCL was my only choice - I'm doing a particularly rare course, and the other university that does it never even considered me because my estimated grades werent high enough. However last year when I got my A Level results, I discovered that one of my grades wasnt up to scratch (although it wasnt helped by some certain circumstances at my school during my A Level year and letters were sent out to the universities of everyone involved with the problem subject warning that the grades were likely to not be as high as previously expected). So I phoned up UCL as soon as I could get through, and they were really nice and sympathetic and really apologetic about not being able to let me have a place on the course that year because they were already full up with students who reached their grades. Its either that theyre a nice uni, or that they felt sorry for me having no other back-up choices, or perhaps she just wanted to get a hysterical heartbroken 18 year old off the phone quickly so she could deal with the next one
, but she gave me a couple of options - one of which was to accept an unconditional offer for September 2006 on the course I wanted. Which of course I took straight away.
But yeah, apart from that coming out like a bit of a sob story, the message I was trying to give was that from my dealings with them they seem nice and helpful and friendly and not in the least bit snobbish.
It's been a loooooong wait, but they didnt HAVE to keep me a place for this year - essentially I've been given priority over this years A Levellers even though I'll probably be enterring with lower grades than they got.
I dont know whether this is common practice in universities, but seems it seems like pretty fair play to me.
So no... Not snobby in the slightest.
UCL was my only choice - I'm doing a particularly rare course, and the other university that does it never even considered me because my estimated grades werent high enough. However last year when I got my A Level results, I discovered that one of my grades wasnt up to scratch (although it wasnt helped by some certain circumstances at my school during my A Level year and letters were sent out to the universities of everyone involved with the problem subject warning that the grades were likely to not be as high as previously expected). So I phoned up UCL as soon as I could get through, and they were really nice and sympathetic and really apologetic about not being able to let me have a place on the course that year because they were already full up with students who reached their grades. Its either that theyre a nice uni, or that they felt sorry for me having no other back-up choices, or perhaps she just wanted to get a hysterical heartbroken 18 year old off the phone quickly so she could deal with the next one
, but she gave me a couple of options - one of which was to accept an unconditional offer for September 2006 on the course I wanted. Which of course I took straight away. But yeah, apart from that coming out like a bit of a sob story, the message I was trying to give was that from my dealings with them they seem nice and helpful and friendly and not in the least bit snobbish.
It's been a loooooong wait, but they didnt HAVE to keep me a place for this year - essentially I've been given priority over this years A Levellers even though I'll probably be enterring with lower grades than they got.
I dont know whether this is common practice in universities, but seems it seems like pretty fair play to me.
So no...
Not snobby in the slightest.
I've always found UCL to be very activist and open-minded 
It is, after all, built on the foundations of utilitarianism - the greatest happiness for the greatest number Good old Bentham.
What kind of snobby College would keep a mummy in its main cloisters, anyway? lol
It is, after all, built on the foundations of utilitarianism - the greatest happiness for the greatest number Good old Bentham.What kind of snobby College would keep a mummy in its main cloisters, anyway? lol
Hehehe. Thats a very good point actually. I'd forgotten about our good old friend Jeremy!!
(It's been over a year since i touched my RS stuff... please tell me his name WAS Jeremy and that I'm not just an idiot. lol)
(It's been over a year since i touched my RS stuff... please tell me his name WAS Jeremy and that I'm not just an idiot. lol)
Crazster
Hi sir, I am a student going to UCL in september and I had a v astly different expierence. I was a smart kid who had screwed up, point blank. My gcse's my as's were not good enough to deserve an offer from the top unis but literally 14 days after applying UCl gave me a chance to prove myself and for that I am grateful. though they did get annoyed if I asked a stupid question . I don't know but i'm grateful to UCL for giving me the chance rather then LSE who straight rejected me based on my GCSE's and AS'S.
If you still think its a snobbish institution I invite you round in October to come chill with us. But like seriously whats up with these merit awards (link so I understand better 0_o), eh, who cares, I definetly liked the more layed back enviorment that UCL seems to be, to each his own . Peace out, but no one likes to be called snobbish
. I don't know but i'm grateful to UCL for giving me the chance rather then LSE who straight rejected me based on my GCSE's and AS'S.If you still think its a snobbish institution I invite you round in October to come chill with us
. But like seriously whats up with these merit awards (link so I understand better 0_o), eh, who cares, I definetly liked the more layed back enviorment that UCL seems to be, to each his own . Peace out, but no one likes to be called snobbish What were your GCSEs and AS Levels?
my predicted grades were ABB (B in history) which wasnt good enough for the course I wanted to do, but UCL invited me to interview and gave me an offer anyway (AAB w/ A in history), with the chance to prove myself and get an A in history, despite my horrible history teacher not thinking i could do it.
And I did manage it, except I got a C in chemistry, missing the B by about 4 marks, but they let me in anyway.
I know it may not seem much, but compared to unis like oxbridge who straight out reject you if you dont get the grades, UCL have again given me another chance.
They dont seem snobby to me at all.
And I did manage it, except I got a C in chemistry, missing the B by about 4 marks, but they let me in anyway.
I know it may not seem much, but compared to unis like oxbridge who straight out reject you if you dont get the grades, UCL have again given me another chance.
They dont seem snobby to me at all.
naughty_uk2
my predicted grades were ABB (B in history) which wasnt good enough for the course I wanted to do, but UCL invited me to interview and gave me an offer anyway (AAB w/ A in history), with the chance to prove myself and get an A in history, despite my horrible history teacher not thinking i could do it.
And I did manage it, except I got a C in chemistry, missing the B by about 4 marks, but they let me in anyway.
I know it may not seem much, but compared to unis like oxbridge who straight out reject you if you dont get the grades, UCL have again given me another chance.
They dont seem snobby to me at all.
And I did manage it, except I got a C in chemistry, missing the B by about 4 marks, but they let me in anyway.
I know it may not seem much, but compared to unis like oxbridge who straight out reject you if you dont get the grades, UCL have again given me another chance.
They dont seem snobby to me at all.
Yeah I had virtually the same situation. It gave me confidence that UCL is a very accepting uni. I know I can do it, and I was close in June, had I not been let in my confidence would be rock bottom.
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