uni russel group choices help - architecture

im a year 12 looking to do architecture, and i was wondering if applying to 3 Russell unis (liverpool, ucl and cardiff) would be a bad decision, with ucl and cardiff being the ones that are my grades and liverpool being aspirational. I looked at the new data on ucas showing how many people before were accepted with the same grades as me and it all seemed positive, i’m still a little unsure though because maybe its too much russels as its 3/5 choices

im a year 12 looking to do architecture, and i was wondering if applying to 3 Russell unis (liverpool, ucl and cardiff) would be a bad decision, with ucl and cardiff being the ones that are my grades and liverpool being aspirational. I looked at the new data on ucas showing how many people before were accepted with the same grades as me and it all seemed positive, i’m still a little unsure though because maybe its too much russels as its 3/5 choices

The RG is completely meaningless for architecture (and aren’t necessarily the most difficult to get offers for aside from not being the best option for many applications).
What is it about those 3 universities that appeals to you?
Do you have any thoughts about the sort of course and environment that you would thrive in? Or specifically what you might want to work in within architecture longterm?
Edit: also grades are only part of the picture. UCL in particular has offer rates that are tiny based on portfolio and drawing tasks not grades (although given the problems with the toxic culture at Bartlett and the slow progress resolving those problems they’re probably best avoided tbh).

im a year 12 looking to do architecture, and i was wondering if applying to 3 Russell unis (liverpool, ucl and cardiff) would be a bad decision, with ucl and cardiff being the ones that are my grades and liverpool being aspirational. I looked at the new data on ucas showing how many people before were accepted with the same grades as me and it all seemed positive, i’m still a little unsure though because maybe its too much russels as its 3/5 choices

Hi there,
I am confident that it would be worth you applying, you can have 2 other choices if you want a "safer" option, but you wouldn't want to regret not applying either. Can I ask what draws you to these universities?
Please also let me know if you have any specific questions about Cardiff that I can help you with 🙂
All the best,
Jaz - Cardiff student rep

okay thankyou this was really helpful and Liverpool because of the study abroad in china and the XJTLU link as im currently learning chinese and want to possibly emigrate in the future and i think ill apply to xjtlu too, ucl because its pretty diverse and it’s situated in london and ive always wanted to go here and i liked the look of the course, finally cardiff because i liked the integrated Bsc and MArch degree and thought the course was the most interesting out of all the ones i’ve looked at, also its useful since most of my family live in cardiff. I think i’d thrive in an environment with a lot of help at first because i find it hard to find where to start firstly, but once i get the hang of it i can work independently just fine but i also dont mind group work as i want to improve my teamwork and social skills as this isn’t really a strong quality of me. Lastly as i said before im hoping to emigrate so i think it would be really helpful to do a course or part / a year abroad.

hi i put a different reply earlier about why im interested in these 3, also hows the accommodation in cardiff and the cost of living?