Uni of southampton offer holders! :)

I firmed my conditional offer to go to UoS quite a bit ago to study psychology, and as i'm procrastinating my revision intensely I thought why not ask on here who else is looking to go, has had an offer or has firmed and just kinda talk about what it was about the uni that intrigued you, and what course your going to do/looking to do

AQA seems to be the go to exam board for most subjects for some reason. But yeah I doubt it's any more or less difficult. What topics do you cover with Edexcel?

Hi, I have an offer to study oceanography and will firm Southampton once I've got my last decision back. I loved the uni and the NOCS is just brilliant (where earth and ocean sciences are based). I had an offer holder day yesterday which just confirmed my decision The academics were very kind and the day was very interactive. I do the IB and take higher Geography, Physics and Maths (AA) and standard level English Lit, Environmental Systems and German.

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hmm i guess i'd say the facilities n range of courses they offer. also the vibe there seems pretty nice n just seems to make u happy to study there if ygm

in year 12: social, cognitive, biological and learning, and in year 13 we do clinical and our optional is child. Issues and debates and the maths stuff being done across the two years, I think those are the same across the boards but the classic and contemporary studies differ??. Granted they differ between schools even if you do the same spec because I think the school choses the studies ??

Hello, yeah i’ll be based in winchester. I still don’t know exactly like i’ve read through the course but i still need to read it in more detail to know exactly if i wanna go but so far i really like it. I got rejected from two unis which i didn’t mind because i wasn’t really too excited to go there but now i’m waiting for University of Leeds and UCL

For AQA we do memory, social influence, attachment, biopsych and research methods in year 12, then approaches (cog, behavioural, biological, SLT and humanistic), psychopathology, issues and debates, and for options: schizophrenia, addiction, and cognition and development in year 13.

When I think about it, it seems like a lot and just looking at the spec is enough to stress me out

I think you're right, I've seen in past-paper mark schemes studies that we haven't been taught mixed in with the ones we have been taught, so I'm guessing that the teachers choose the ones they find are most fitting/relevant?

yeah same i only wanted to go to 3 of the unis and southampton was one of them so that’s great and thank you!! do you know like student life will be like and stuff like that cuz that’s one thing i’m looking into when deciding my top choices?

I can 100% agree with you on the vibe. At a lot of other unis I got this kinda like woahhhh feeling but it felt a little bit like I was being a tourist but Southampton really gave these feeling of belonging and this homey feel like I belonged there more so!!

I heard Southampton is great for those kind of subjects, mainly due to location and such. What are IB's like to do, ive seen it listed on a bunch of grade requirements but never really looked into what it is. What other unis did you apply to if I may ask ??

Yes it’s brilliant for ocean sciences and I just love the vibe like you say too. The IB has three programs but the diploma that I do is where you take 3 subjects at higher (a-level equivalent) and 3 at standard (as-level equivalent) as well as a core of critical thinking, volunteering and an essay (similar to epq). It‘s out of 45 points. 7 being the highest you can get for each subject x6 and then three points for core. I applied for Marine Sciences -Exeter, Geophysics-Southampton too, Environmental Geography-York and Geophysics and Meteorology -Edinburgh (haven’t heard from them yet).

thanks, that actually helps a lot!!!
what’s the main thing you’re looking forward to?

That sounds much more confusing than my a levels lol, sound amazing though!! I hope everything works out well for you

Yeah, I guess I'm also the same. Kinda tired of living the same life lmao can't wait to start a new one with new people but kinda nervous at the same time. Why'd you wanna study psychology?

Choosing what to study for university was a huge rollercoaster for me. I was in the mix of psychology, philosophy, and art (which are very different things lol). First, I was leaning more towards psychology as I also was drawn more to the mental health aspect of it, and also, especially with the argument of 'who we are as a person and what led us to be that person' kind of linking with the nature vs nurture debate. I also did my EPQ based on the question of 'To what extent does a person's personality relate to a person's soul and experiences sorted and perceived by the human brain?' Basically a mix of neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. But then idk what happened I was like nah to psychology and philosophy and then did art, cuz with art I base a lot of my work on psychological aspects, mainly to do with mental health. So i was basically able to combine two together which was really cool

Oh wow it does seem fairly different then, for Edexcel we do attachment in year 13 and its one of the optional topics from child, health and criminological. Tell me about it tho ill have a 15 minute session of finally coming to terms with my a levels, look at the amount of content and just go back into a feeling of impending doom lmao

An artist that I looked at recently doesn't really focus on the main idea of mental illness but you're still able to interpret the idea into other works. The artist's name is Damian Goidich. There are a lot of others, even really old ones from the 1900s. They never really explain how it is linked to mental illness, cuz a lot of them focus on like a hidden meaning in their work

I'm hoping to make half term productive, but who knows But the goal now is to meet Southampton's requirements, so i guess its short term pain for long term gain good luck to both of us!

Sounds great!! what kinda sports you play, can imagine that your gonna be joining that sports society. You've hit the nail on the head though as far as what in my eyes makes southampton so appealing to me!!