Undergraduate: What is the difference between Mechanical and General Engineering?

H, I'm currently taking A Level Maths, Further Maths and Physics, and I'm trying to find what are the differences between Mechanical and General Engineering at Undergraduate level, and I'd also like to know which one is better. I'm going with the assumption that I am going to go with a MEng course. Would a Sandwich course (Placement year) be any good?

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Also, does anyone have any reccomendations on which Universities would be best to take these courses at, because I've been looking and it is soo difficult to find much difference between them TT
Thanks

In general engineering you'll start off covering most of the main disciplines (chemical engineering doesn't typically get featured), before specialising in third year. Mechanical engineering is a specific discipline, so if you study that, you'll be studying mechanical engineering from the start.

Yes, a placement/sandwich year is definitely worth doing. Having some relevant experience can add a lot to your CV, which will help upon graduation.

For universities, it depends on what your grades are and locations you're interested in.

Oh that makes sense! I think I'll go with general engineering then, I think it would be better for me since I dont really know what I want to do in the future.
I got 888887765 at gcses, with the 8s being in maths, science and computing. Is that good enough for universities like Cambridge? Or is that too high of a goal? I'm going for south england btw.

Thanks for replying, you really helped!