Official Liberal Arts applicant thread 2022

Hey, nice to see somehow applying as well!!
1) I’m not sure what my predicted grades are! I do English Lit, media and psychology.
2) 999999987
3) same reason as you! I couldn’t just pick one subject and when I found out about LA it seemed perfect for me!
4) Not sure about a major, but it would probably be in English or anthropology
5) KCL, Bristol, Exeter, Durham and I’m yet to decide on my final choice!
6) absolutely no idea... I couldn’t pick a subject let alone a job 😂 I think I’d like to do a masters though!

Have you started your personal statement?

Hi! Those are great choices, do you have a favourite uni yet? Mines Exeter. Yeah I've done two, one for Liberal arts and one for med studies and religion but they're a bit meh at the minute and need checking by a teacher 🙂 How about you?

I get that Yeah I've written loads of different personal statements now (Ancient History, History, Anthropology, etc.) I don't think anyone else is applying for Liberal Arts or Exeter but I don't talk to most of them so I don't know, it'll be great to see where this year's leavers have gone because they put up a poster every year Are you the only one too?

Yup! My sixth form is tiny and all my friends are applying to STEM related degrees so I’m all alone hahah! My teachers are useless as well- literally none of them have heard of the course😂

Yeah, my sixth form is small too (only like 75 people in my year or something like that ) but as I went to college after year 11 for a year and then did a levels I'm in the year below, which isn't too bad as it's my best friend's year. The people I mostly talk to are applying for humanities degrees like politics and architecture but I do know of lots applying for stem too, and my friend from my normal year got into vet medicine. Yeah, I can't wait to try and explain it to my teachers, it's hard enough with some of my older family members. How are you finding English lit, it's my worst subject

Same! I had no other choices so picked lit as my third option (it was either this or sociology) even though I didn't like it much at GCSE. There's about 12 of us in lit but only 4 in language so I get what you mean. Which books/board do you do? Don't even get me started on mocks Absolutely bombed mine and got an E (compared to Cs in Language and History). Trying not to think about the summer exams still got November and march mocks first .

heyyyyy guys thinking about doing liberal arts at uni, do you know how many subjects we can do on the course?

I think it completely depends on the university but I imagine that anything across the available subjects could be studied (usually humanities and social sciences) as long as it totals 120 credits and doesn't clash. Obviously if you do a course where you pick a major, then usually at least half of the credits are taken by that, and some even have requirements to learn a language I think

hi everyone!! I've only just discovered this thread so I'll introduce myself

1) English Lit A*, Graphic Design A*, Psychology A, Politics A
2) 9999988888
3) Bruh I'm so indecisive!! I love too many subjects - hence why I'm doing 4 a levels...shoot me pls...
4) Politics or English I think
5) UCL, Durham, Bristol or Kings
6) Masters? Who knows...


Does anyone know how to structure a personal statement for Liberal Arts? I'm really struggling to show an interest in lots of things without going over the word limit....

Thought I'd update you on my choices:

University of Exeter - Liberal Arts with study abroad [Ancient History major]
University of Exeter - Flexible Combined Honours with Study Abroad [Mediteranean Studies and Religion]
University of Kent - Liberal Arts
University of Essex - Liberal Arts with study abroad
University of Leeds - Liberal Arts with study abroad [History or Cultural Studies major]