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Need help - KCL vs UCL vs Bath NatSci

hello! I've sumbit my application for natsci at kcl, ucl, bath and durham and currently struggling to decide from the first 3! some pros and cons I've been thinking abt:
kcl: (waiting)
- relatively new course (first made in 2024) so no grad info
- really interesting, incorporates aspects of AI and sustainability
- great location, good uni, enjoyed the open day when i looked at biomedical eng department in may
- kinda far (2hr30 drive)
ucl: (waiting)
- well-know, top 10 global uni consistently
- course is ok, lots of flexiblity
- both kcl and ucl in london, which is p expensive
- but london has lots of good networking opportunities and nice to escape my tiny city
bath: (offer)
- quite a bit closer, could visit home often (50 min drive)
- brilliant industry links
- quite cool structure, interested in pharmacology
- lower ranking, less prestige?
- smaller community, less diverse
- yet to visit irl

but just curious to hear from any students that study natsci at any of these unis! how they find it, how London is as a student in general, what bath is like, any suprises or common misconceptions etc etc.
thanks for reading <3
predicted 4A* in bio chem maths n epq on smart prosthetics so happy to answer any qs asw, hopefully js waiting on ucl and kcl offers

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Original post by baikbaiksaja
hello! I've sumbit my application for natsci at kcl, ucl, bath and durham and currently struggling to decide from the first 3! some pros and cons I've been thinking abt:
kcl: (waiting)
- relatively new course (first made in 2024) so no grad info
- really interesting, incorporates aspects of AI and sustainability
- great location, good uni, enjoyed the open day when i looked at biomedical eng department in may
- kinda far (2hr30 drive)
ucl: (waiting)
- well-know, top 10 global uni consistently
- course is ok, lots of flexiblity
- both kcl and ucl in london, which is p expensive
- but london has lots of good networking opportunities and nice to escape my tiny city
bath: (offer)
- quite a bit closer, could visit home often (50 min drive)
- brilliant industry links
- quite cool structure, interested in pharmacology
- lower ranking, less prestige?
- smaller community, less diverse
- yet to visit irl
but just curious to hear from any students that study natsci at any of these unis! how they find it, how London is as a student in general, what bath is like, any suprises or common misconceptions etc etc.
thanks for reading <3
predicted 4A* in bio chem maths n epq on smart prosthetics so happy to answer any qs asw, hopefully js waiting on ucl and kcl offers


I don’t go to any of these universities yet but from what I’ve read I think you should pick kings, cuz you seem to like their course the best. Also even if it’s far from where you live it’s lowkey part of the uni experience AND you can always go visit home during long weekends if you want.

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