The Official Modern Languages Applicants for 2024 Entry Thread

Hi

This is the thread for people who are thinking of applying to University for Languages for 2024!

Meet and chat to other people applying for a Languages degree.

Here are a few suggested opening questions, but ask whatever you want regarding Languages at University.

1) What A Levels are you doing (or other eligible qualifications)? Are you applying for Postgraduate or Undergraduate?
2) What universities do you have your eyes on? And why?
3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE and Sixth Form?
4) Why Languages specifically? What Languages course are you applying for?
5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit if any, and when will you start preparing for them?
6) Will you be attending any Open Days?
7) How are you feeling about starting University?
8) Other courses you're interested in?

You can find a directory linking to all of the other university applicant threads here.

hi guys!!
i study french, english language and philosophy at a level and have A*AB predicted. i've just sent off my application for french & italian at ucl, bristol, st andrews, cardiff and ulip(french studies). for ucl it was because i did a summer school there in july and i loved pretty much everything about it. i also think living and studying in london would be super cool as it's such a great city, although it would def be extremely expensive lol. for bristol and st andrews it was because they are both high in the league tables and i think they both look like very interesting and beautiful places to study. for ulip it was because it is very unique in the fact that i would get to study in paris for the three full years, however that would be just french studies as they don't do other languages there. and finally for cardiff it was because i was needing a final choice with slightly lower grade requirements as an insurance and cardiff is both fairly high on the league tables & seems like a great place to study.


i decided to study languages at uni because they have always been my passion and my #1 interest since i was a kid, and i couldn't imagine myself studying anything else. i picked french because i already study it at a-level and have been studying it since primary, and have therefore gained a real love for it, and i would love to become fluent one day. i am also completely enamoured with france as a country and especially paris. i knew i would want to study another language alongside french and i picked italian because i am very interested in italian as a language and also the culture and beauty of italy, and i had read some italian literature that solidified that. i also think french & italian will go nicely together as they are both romance languages

no admission tests for me, but i have an interview booked in with ulip already for a couple of weeks which i am getting nervous about. as for open days i am still get to go to any but i would def like to. i am both super excited and nervous to start uni which i think most can relate to !!

goodluck everyone

weird that no one has started the discussion yet, so i'll start!

i'm planning to apply this year and defer my entry for 2025, since I want to take a gap year to develop some skills, get a job and also improve the basics of german (applying ab initio)
i study french, sociology and politics at A level and predicted A*AB although i do want to increase my sociology grade, i'll be happy for a b in politics haha
my definite choices are surrey, bath and royal holloway (s and b because of it being highly ranked, and i know my way around the whole of bath campus and have been impressed by the mfl department) and ucl, exeter, queen mary and kcl. all of these are highly ranked in general but surrey, bath, exeter and ucl especially in mfl
i'm applying for french bc i speak it haha, but i also want to learn more about the culture and linguistics, and i also applied for german (ab initio) bc i've been consistently learning the basics on duolingo since year 9 and thought it would be silly not to continue it at university. i would also be rly interested in doing arabic as a non degree, since i am arab and feel it's important to learn the basics.
fortunately, i do not have to sit any tests! i have been to bath open day, and i'm acc going to southampton today! i have also booked open days to surrey, exeter, royal holloway!
i'm really excited to go to university to be honest, i don't like change much, but i do feel like i want to start a new chapter, and hopefully that gap year will make me feel more ready!!

Good Luck! Curious- are you an overseas students? As early to get applications in x

Surrey is nice as the lessons are more classroom based (as in you’re not in a massive lecture hall but more in a classroom like setting similar to secondary school, “language labs”, no lecture theatre). I don’t know about the other universities though (when it comes to how and where you do the lessons).

I would focus more on how much you enjoy the course and university as opposed to rankings.

Are you a native French speaker?

yes, i'm a french speaker!! and that's great, i'm going to the open day on the 4th and very excited

hiya! i'm studying a-level spanish, german and english language (predicted a*a*a*) as well as doing an EPQ on language education in Britain. i'm planning on applying to edinburgh, st andrews, glasgow, durham and aberdeen - all for languages spanish and german, plus with comparative literature at st andrews. edinburgh as a city is one of my favourite places in the world so that's the main reason it's my top choice, and i really love the course. languages have been my favourite subject since starting secondary school and spending 4 weeks working in Hamburg over the summer really proved how much it was the path i want to take. i'm so excited to start university and continue my language studies. as mentioned, i am also applying to comparative literature at st andrews, but linguistics and another language (probably french) are the other courses i'm interested in! good luck

Just curious, if you don't mind, what did you do in Hamburg this summer? Was it a holiday or were you doing volunteering, an internship, etc?

hiya! i'm studying a-level spanish, german and english language (predicted a*a*a*) as well as doing an EPQ on language education in Britain. i'm planning on applying to edinburgh, st andrews, glasgow, durham and aberdeen - all for languages spanish and german, plus with comparative literature at st andrews. edinburgh as a city is one of my favourite places in the world so that's the main reason it's my top choice, and i really love the course. languages have been my favourite subject since starting secondary school and spending 4 weeks working in Hamburg over the summer really proved how much it was the path i want to take. i'm so excited to start university and continue my language studies. as mentioned, i am also applying to comparative literature at st andrews, but linguistics and another language (probably french) are the other courses i'm interested in! good luck

Hi! I was just wondering if you organised your work experience in Hamburg through a specific company and whether you'd be able to share the link with me? I would be interested in doing something similar.

yes i did! the company were called blue stamps travel. they were a really good company - as i was on a group trip we had two group leaders who were amazing, but they also offer individual ones as well! here's their website https://www.bluestamptravel.com/

Hi

This is the thread for people who are thinking of applying to University for Languages for 2024!

Meet and chat to other people applying for a Languages degree.

Here are a few suggested opening questions, but ask whatever you want regarding Languages at University.

1) What A Levels are you doing (or other eligible qualifications)? Are you applying for Postgraduate or Undergraduate?
2) What universities do you have your eyes on? And why?
3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE and Sixth Form?
4) Why Languages specifically? What Languages course are you applying for?
5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit if any, and when will you start preparing for them?
6) Will you be attending any Open Days?
7) How are you feeling about starting University?
8) Other courses you're interested in?

You can find a directory linking to all of the other university applicant threads here.

Hi

This is the thread for people who are thinking of applying to University for Languages for 2024!

Meet and chat to other people applying for a Languages degree.

Here are a few suggested opening questions, but ask whatever you want regarding Languages at University.

1) What A Levels are you doing (or other eligible qualifications)? Are you applying for Postgraduate or Undergraduate?
2) What universities do you have your eyes on? And why?
3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE and Sixth Form?
4) Why Languages specifically? What Languages course are you applying for?
5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit if any, and when will you start preparing for them?
6) Will you be attending any Open Days?
7) How are you feeling about starting University?
8) Other courses you're interested in?

You can find a directory linking to all of the other university applicant threads here.

Hi

This is the thread for people who are thinking of applying to University for Languages for 2024!

Meet and chat to other people applying for a Languages degree.

Here are a few suggested opening questions, but ask whatever you want regarding Languages at University.

1) What A Levels are you doing (or other eligible qualifications)? Are you applying for Postgraduate or Undergraduate?
2) What universities do you have your eyes on? And why?
3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE and Sixth Form?
4) Why Languages specifically? What Languages course are you applying for?
5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit if any, and when will you start preparing for them?
6) Will you be attending any Open Days?
7) How are you feeling about starting University?
8) Other courses you're interested in?

You can find a directory linking to all of the other university applicant threads here.

Hi

This is the thread for people who are thinking of applying to University for Languages for 2024!

Meet and chat to other people applying for a Languages degree.

Here are a few suggested opening questions, but ask whatever you want regarding Languages at University.

1) What A Levels are you doing (or other eligible qualifications)? Are you applying for Postgraduate or Undergraduate?
2) What universities do you have your eyes on? And why?
3) What grades did you get/are you predicted to get at GCSE and Sixth Form?
4) Why Languages specifically? What Languages course are you applying for?
5) Which admissions tests do you have to sit if any, and when will you start preparing for them?
6) Will you be attending any Open Days?
7) How are you feeling about starting University?
8) Other courses you're interested in?

You can find a directory linking to all of the other university applicant threads here.