Hi everyone,
I was hoping to get some advice from you on my situation, as I am planning to apply for my master's at high-ranked Unis like Durham, Edinburg, KCL, and Warwick (mainly clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience and psychology degrees).
I'm starting my second year at the University of Greenwich (Psychology). In my first year due to some health issues, I got only a low 2:1 (63%) although I could easily get higher. At this point, I studied whole summer preparing myself for the second year and aiming at high 2:1 or even 1st, the same plan for my third year (I am pretty confident about achieving those grades). In addition to that, I am volunteering at a Neuro-disability hospital and, a listener with Samaritans. As a small bonus, I've finished the Neuroscience summer course, and at the end of my third year, I should also have 3-4 books added to my academic CV like Principles of Neural Science (Eric R. Kandel) etc...
Now the part I am most worried about, do you guys have any idea how badly ranking will impact my application due to university low position (76 according to CWUR and 95 place from Guardian)?
Even if we consider that my degree is accredited by BPS and much higher in rankings than a uni itself (47 last year and around 65 now) I'm not sure if that's enough.
Is it a waste of time considering those higher-ranked universities or do I have some chances?