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Reply 20
I am slightly doubting my decision to apply to St Andrews, because it's far off and stuff, but I can't find any other university, besides the ones I already chose, that are at the same level for International Relations so I don't really regret it.
Reply 21
I'm kind of regretting not going to a London based university. I have a lot of friends in London and it's expensive and tedious getting there and back from Colchester.
I regret not doing a straight science degree. I wanted to become a primary school teacher so thought it best to study education studies and science (best of both worlds), but as it turns out, the science part is barely above a-level and I no longer wish to become a teacher. I really miss chemistry :frown:
Reply 23
I SO wish I'd opted for speech therapy rather than a general degree I've just started! So unmotivated since I have no "goal" at the end since a general degree doesn't take you to a specific job!
Reply 24
*KS*
I SO wish I'd opted for speech therapy rather than a general degree I've just started! So unmotivated since I have no "goal" at the end since a general degree doesn't take you to a specific job!


same here, except I wish I'd applied for podiatry (or physio/ optometry)

which course are you doing at the minute?

:smile:
not so much where i wouldve applied, but where i shoudlve gone.

got into ucl bristol warwick and edinburgh. all more reputable than southampton, where i currently am.
i wish i picked a uni that was nearer home.
Im pretty happy with my course now i changed it.
I wish I had picked a different course, like one that would actually give me a hope of getting a job. Plus I wish I had decided to come to uni when I was 18, but I was too mentally ill at the time, and I have only recovered sufficiently three years ago. :s-smilie:
alibali_73
Lol well that's two of us....people i know have started getting interviews from oxbridge now, and i'm happy for them, but just really regretting not applying. :frown:


oh God I know how that feels! A lot of my friends applied to Oxbridge and all they talk about these days is their upcoming interviews which makes me feel erm.. slightly jealous lol :redface: I shouldn't, but I can't help it. :biggrin: I think if I don't get into my first or second choice uni this year, I'm gonna take a gap year and have a shot at Oxford.
Reply 29
Yep, I regret not applying for history at Cambridge. I regret not applying for history (or law) full stop, every day of my miserable life :frown:
Reply 30
I actually generally regret coming here, I don't like the place or the course. It was my own fault though for not doing enough research in the first place.

However, I'm dropping out this week, coming home and spending the next two years re-doing my A-levels, working and later applying elsewhere. Huzzah.
Reply 31
I would say I slightly regretted taking history at university. If I could go back in time I would most certainly not take the opt-out at secondary achool (during the 2rd year) and apply to study two languages here at UCL. But the good thing about UCL is most single honour courses allow you to take a foriegn language in the language centre.
Reply 32
abc101
Yep, I regret not applying for history at Cambridge. I regret not applying for history (or law) full stop, every day of my miserable life :frown:


Oh so what did you apply for then? and why didn't you apply for history?
Reply 33
Vincente
I would say I slightly regretted taking history at university. If I could go back in time I would most certainly not take the opt-out at secondary achool (during the 2rd year) and apply to study two languages here at UCL. But the good thing about UCL is most single honour courses allow you to take a foriegn language in the language centre.



Lol yeh i was thinking of definitely carrying on with a language at uni with the history course. But i think i heard that the UCL history course isn't very broad, or something like there isn't a very good choice or something?
Reply 34
Lizzielizard
oh God I know how that feels! A lot of my friends applied to Oxbridge and all they talk about these days is their upcoming interviews which makes me feel erm.. slightly jealous lol :redface: I shouldn't, but I can't help it. :biggrin: I think if I don't get into my first or second choice uni this year, I'm gonna take a gap year and have a shot at Oxford.


Yeh definitely do that. i think i will as well. I was actually thinking of just reapplying completely next year for oxbridge but then i thought there's no point sacrificing offers (if i get any this year lol), especially as i'd quite like to go to LSE as well. And i actually get a bit depressed now when people tell me their oxbridge interviews lol....i'm like, yeh that's really great.....
Reply 35
alibali_73
Lol yeh i was thinking of definitely carrying on with a language at uni with the history course. But i think i heard that the UCL history course isn't very broad, or something like there isn't a very good choice or something?


It's a surprisingly small department for a university the size of UCL, which would have implications for the breadth of modules available yes.
Reply 36
Tomber
It's a surprisingly small department for a university the size of UCL, which would have implications for the breadth of modules available yes.


It's a small dept? ah should have went to the open day after all.....lol but i think you can take some modules from other london universities?
Reply 37
alibali_73
It's a small dept? ah should have went to the open day after all.....lol but i think you can take some modules from other london universities?


Yeah it's certainly smaller than my one at Leicester. I suppose the federal system should in theory make up for that - though I can imagine that must be a bit of a nightmare with timetabling and administration.
Reply 38
But i think i heard that the UCL history course isn't very broad, or something like there isn't a very good choice or something?


I think this is certainly the case in the first year for the UCL and SSEES/UCL history course. Both the courses aren't very broad simply because of the core modules which we have to pass to advance to next year. One of the beauties of studying within the UoL is the chance to study in a different college (each are world class in the area which they specialise on) and something no other university in the country can offer.

It's a surprisingly small department for a university the size of UCL

No it isin't. The main history course has about 90 students whilst the SSEES one has nearly 60 in each year. So it is of reasonable size comapred to other departments within UCL, which only has around 11,000 undergraduates anyway.
Reply 39
Vincente



No it isin't. The main history course has about 90 students whilst the SSEES one has nearly 60 in each year. So it is of reasonable size comapred to other departments within UCL, which only has around 11,000 undergraduates anyway.


OK, yeah I was talking about it's size relative to other history departments around the country, and in terms of faculty size more than student numbers. But as you rightly say the federal system does mean that it doesn't necessarily need to be as broad as other departments elsewhere.

Out of interest, how is the split of the UoL going to affect the system of taking modules from other colleges, with colleges like LSE and Imperial becoming independent?

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