I was conditionally offered ABB for Edinburgh to start in 2016. My predicted grades were A*A*A and I ended up getting AAB, so went. I also applied to Leeds, my second choice, but my offer was AAA and they rejected me on the AAB. I study English Literature and History at Edinburgh and absolutely love my English course, but the student life is quite bleak (in my second year now and time is crawling at a glacial rate). I'd say look into student satisfaction and societies, do a bit more research before going through with either. In my opinion the two are more or less equal with regards to status and graduate employment rates for arts courses. Edinburgh is genuinely full of Surrey toffs who've never had a job or gone on public transport and are somehow all still mourning Amy Winehouse. I can't do anything fun socially because everyone around me says its a fire hazard or has too much sugar. I'm not a crazy kook either, just a regular kid who wants to God-forbid light a candle every now and again. Very sheltered, very similar group of people. Very, very wealthy, and very middle class. I have a friend at Leeds and have been to visit him and it seems a lot more like a typical student life. Friendly people, no name dropping, go out every now and again, seem relatively happy. I was going to take a Philosophy course last semester but dropped it in the second week because it was all stuff covered in the AS level course I'd done at school, but good lecturers. Can't speak of Leeds Uni classes. But, ramble over, do your research before. They're similarly valued, similarly old, pretty cities, similar size, but, in my opinion, very different students.