UCL or Warwick...

On your list, in my humble opinion, Edinburgh would be the best place to live! But other factors count.

Looking at your pros and cons it does appear that you want a university within a large city or within very close proximity and I think UCL and Edinburgh fits the bill here. But I think you have made it clear that you wish to select either Warwick or UCL. If its worth noting if you choose UCL most of the halls are quite expensive and will eat up most of your student loan in your first year (unless you are prepared to live in Camden which is 20mins bus journey away). But if you are prepared to pay for a 'closer' hall you are effectively within the doorstep of what London has to offer, ranging from: museums, shops, galleries, sports, FOOD and places where famous musicians perform. This is something which no university outside of central of London could offer! There is nothing better than getting good international food from Chinatown or Bricklane or getting imported German white beer from a proper German pub!

As for UCL itself, well it has its international reputation and as a result you will have a very diverse student body. Your department is also within the UCL campus itself so there isin't any worries of having to travel to the opposite side of London to get to your lecture or classes. Also one of my friends is on the course and you may study some unique modules ithin the UoL system and in particular the Courtauld Institute. Sorry but I can't offer any more information about your course but I can notify you more information about UCL itself if you wish.

yeah the moduel choice of my course attracts me alot, its all just so interesting where as warwick it focuses on older history of art and UCLs more modern and diverse.

as for UCL...is it hard to like make friends and get close to people cuz ur in such a large city and not in a confined campus? and is the accomodation really bad?

My friend on that cours is on her 3rd year so I can't gurantee the module selection being avaiable throughout your course, though contact the department to be sure because many courses here at UCL are part of the intercollegiate system! As for London itself yes it can be a little unfriendly especially during rush hours! But at the same time if you've been around the centre there is a international/diverse and city buzz about the place as well....it always feels so lively. The people around aren't too bad to be honest but that said I'm from the suburbs of the south east and I don't randomly strike conversations with random people like some of my friends from the 'north.'

Making friends isin't too bad but I had a bad experience at first. First you will be living in student buildings each 200+ and most of them are very close to each other so meeting friends isin't a problem. Although it is certainly a bit harder than most other campus universities because at the end of the day UCL, KCL, LSE etc are situated right at the heart of London and instead of staying in so-called 'studenty' areas within a campus and many students venture out and participate in different parts of the capital along with the other 6 million inhabitants (hence less of a student community). Thus this is completely different to Cambridge whereby its a student city and has a great emphasis on student community due to the college system.

At the end of the day if you make friends early on (there are societies and department events as well) then you will be fine. Hope this helps.


HHmmmm I can see Illigan trying to again sell Warwick in everyway possible. In fact I haven't really seen any run down buildings around the UCL campus or accomodation that would be considered as poor AND expensive...

Well lets be honest most science buildings across the country are generally unchanged from the 1960s and 1970s due to the sheer costs. That said all the humanities and social science buildings are very nice especially ours! But that said the uidling you mentioned isin't in the actual UCL campus technically is it?