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Reply 20

Leekey

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BossLady

No....actually it's totally the right choice. He'll now be on the best Computer Science course in the country. Period.

6 letter word, begins with "b", ends with "iased". :biggrin:

Reply 21

xaxa

1

Find me an opinion that isn't :smile:

Reply 22

Leekey

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chaoscomplex

Find me an opinion that isn't :smile:

Mine...ohhh wait.... :biggrin:

Reply 23

MdSalih

Well, I've looked over both course.. and at the uni's themselves... its a tough choice.. have alternated from one to the other since I got my Cambridge offer.. but overall, for me personally, imperial course was the better choice... its in London (which a plus in my books), the course is much more up my street, lots of flexibility... 6 months in industry in 3rd year - which leads onto many possibilities... MEng course in something I like (AI) and due to the flexibility, if this interest changes in next two years i can change over to something else. The labs there are pretty awesome (didn't get a chance to look at Cambridge ones.. sure they will match up pretty well too.. )

Cambridge.. it has the name.. reputation.. but for me.. its a no no, the course layout is good, but it doesn't weigh up as well as imperial in the practical aspects of computing - from the course structure - you get the idea that its a lot of theory. Cambridge also has a good academic calendar.. but still.. all in all.. imperial wins out of the two.

Also, in a recent statistic thingy majig of uni's all over the world... imperial came 3rd for comp sci.. and cambridge came 7th (1 and 2 were MIT and Stanford - USA) - can't remember where I saw this though... but its true that statistics can often mean v. little unless you really know what they represent. The good times guide ranks camb as #1 .. imp as #3 (Here - Guardian ranks Oxford as #1 ( :confused:

) and Imp as #2 and Camb as #4 (Here).

So at the end of it.. depends on the individual :smile:

Also, as stated by BossLady, I applied to both Camb and Imp... as I would have picked Camb if I didn't get into Imp - would have thought that would have been obvious :rolleyes:

MdSalih

Reply 24

Squishy

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MdSalih

Also, as stated by BossLady, I applied to both Camb and Imp... as I would have picked Camb if I didn't get into Imp - would have thought that would have been obvious :rolleyes:

Well yes, it would have been, although I personally know no one who's applied to both and got an offer from Cambridge and not Imperial for CompSci, and I've talked to a lot of people. Still, there must be some. :smile:

Reply 25

Dead Chic

one gr8 thing about cam - the comp sci building funded by bill g himself, its soooooooo nice! v open and modern. but thats about it - the course seems v science based, as in not JUST computing. prefer imperial def - 6 month placement should b great (fingers crossed for an offer after wed!) :frown:

Reply 26

xaxa

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The Imperial computing (+maths) building is very concretey, but to be honest it doesn't matter -- it's nice inside.

Reply 27

Da_Head1

Ah, you shouldn't be applying just for the name, and you shouldn't be applying just for the women! Choose the better course!

I like the courses and universities exactly the same :rolleyes:

So i need a deciding factor...

Reply 28

trev

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lively city, accomodation, student union, etc..

Reply 29

DOJO

trev

lively city, accomodation, student union, etc..

I got an offer from glasgow from Glasgow, providing I get a B in maths.

I have applied to Durham, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Aberdeen - they are all taking long ...I am begining to wonder if they have lost my UCAS form in the post.

I also applied to Bristol, where I got rejected :bootyshak

Reply 30

kaiten

DOJO

I got an offer from glasgow from Glasgow, providing I get a B in maths.

I have applied to Durham, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Aberdeen - they are all taking long ...I am begining to wonder if they have lost my UCAS form in the post.

I also applied to Bristol, where I got rejected :bootyshak