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Should I transfer from Uni of Glasgow to Uni of Edinburgh (for maths)?

Hi everyone !!

I’m currently an first year international student doing Mathematics at the University of Glasgow, I’m considering transferring to the University of Edinburgh. A bit of context:

I come from a British school in Madrid, Spain, and I’ve done the Spanish Baccalaureate and gotten decent grades (9,3 median grade with a 9 in Maths). When I got to Glasgow I couldn’t do the joint degree I wanted, which is Mathematics and Economics because they overbooked the classes for econ. Thus, my other two electives are Computing Science and Intro to Mng Acc + Intro to Econ (the latter ones just worth 20 credits, one each semester). None of the last two are available for further studies in second year.

Looking into the future I would love to work in the field of finance which is difficult to get in.

Why transfer??

- As an international student, I pay full tuition fees (+-30k). This makes me think I should try my best to get into the most competitive uni I can, which in this case is Edinburgh, being the 27th in the world (qs rankings), Glasgow being the 78th.

- In my own personal opinion, I think Edinburgh has more prestige and can really give me a boost for a postgraduate job in finance.

What I already know…

I’ve read that transferring is pretty hard and only happens with extraordinary situations. I also know that I should start contacting the Uni of Edinburgh as well as my personal advisor here in the Uni of Glasgow. I have to ace all my exams in this first year, either A1,A2,A3.

My doubts:

Should I transfer? Would it make sense to accept an offer for a first year in Edinburgh? (This meaning I could go back and choose Econ as my second subject (for a joint degree) instead of CS.) Does it matter in the long-run which uni I go to? What are my chances of actually transferring? Should I also look into other prestigious universities? Will Edinburgh see my final grades for first year or am I going to need to apply before? What grades are they going to look at (first year december grades, school…)?

Thanks for reading!!

Any advice will be greatly appreciated :smile: