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I have offers from Leicester, Reading and Royal Holloway for Psychology
I have an offer from York for Psychology in Education and I have an offer from Notts for Criminology and Sociology.

I mainly wanted to do psychology and now I am stuck on deciding where to go, I live in London and want to stay close to home but I am also considering uni rankings. Please help me make a decision :frown:

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UniofReading

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Original post by haechansgf

I have offers from Leicester, Reading and Royal Holloway for Psychology
I have an offer from York for Psychology in Education and I have an offer from Notts for Criminology and Sociology.
I mainly wanted to do psychology and now I am stuck on deciding where to go, I live in London and want to stay close to home but I am also considering uni rankings. Please help me make a decision :frown:

Hi there,

First of all, congratulations on receiving so many great offers! It's totally understandable that you're feeling a bit stuck with your decision. 🙂

If you're leaning towards Psychology, then the University of Reading has a highly regarded course which can be tailored to meet your individual interests. Throughout your course, you will gain practical experience, and learn how to devise and run your own experiments. During the final year, you will carry out an original piece of research on a topic of your choice. This is an amazing opportunity to build on your course! Past research has included the effects of emotion on cognition, the effects of Huntingdon's Disease on quality of life and using puppets to test children's IQ! You may even have the chance to present your work at conferences as a number of past projects have won awards from the BPS and British Neuroscience Association! 🙂

Another aspect to consider besides your course is student life. Reading has a very friendly and supportive campus environment, and while it is just outside London, it is still close enough for you to pop home easily. Reading has very good transport links and a central train station (overground and underground) making it easier to commute! Reading is about 25 minutes by train to and from Paddington, making it so easy!

A great way to help you decide is to consider where you will feel happiest and which course and course structure excites you the most! Visiting the campuses (either virtually or in-person) can really help too, if this is a possibility.

I would recommend also checking out out page where you can chat to student ambassadors studying your chosen degree. This can be found here! 🙂

If you have any more questions about Psychology at Reading or want to chat more about your options, feel free to reach out! Whatever you decide, im sure you will love it!

Best of luck,

Millie 🙂
BSc International Development

Reply 2

random_matt

Original post by haechansgf

I have offers from Leicester, Reading and Royal Holloway for Psychology
I have an offer from York for Psychology in Education and I have an offer from Notts for Criminology and Sociology.
I mainly wanted to do psychology and now I am stuck on deciding where to go, I live in London and want to stay close to home but I am also considering uni rankings. Please help me make a decision :frown:

They are all BPS accredited (psychology) and makes zero difference where you go. Rankings mean **** in the grand scheme of things. My advise is to get work experience during the summer and winter breaks, your degree is not worth the paper it is printed on without it.

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University of Leicester

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Original post by haechansgf

I have offers from Leicester, Reading and Royal Holloway for Psychology
I have an offer from York for Psychology in Education and I have an offer from Notts for Criminology and Sociology.
I mainly wanted to do psychology and now I am stuck on deciding where to go, I live in London and want to stay close to home but I am also considering uni rankings. Please help me make a decision :frown:

Hello there,

Firstly, congratulations on your offer to The University of Leicester to study Psychology - how exciting!

Whilst on the Psychology course you will study topics in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, biological psychology, research methods and statistics, psychopathology and individual differences, and historical developments of psychological science, as well as having the flexibility to take modules in cognitive neuroscience and applied psychology. You will learn through lectures, seminars, discussion groups and practical projects carried out in one of our many specialist laboratories.

Our Psychology course is extremely popular and offers the opportunity to conduct your own psychological research in our state-of-the art facilities including the £42 million George Davies Centre.

London is really easily commutable from Leicester with direct trains around one hour 15 mins.

Please reach out to us if you have any further questions 🙂

Take care,

Rachel
Student Recruitment Coordinator - The University of Leicester