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Uni of Edinburgh vs Bath to study Chemistry

Hii, I have received offers from both and I don’t know which one to firm. I’ve always liked Bath (and thought I would firm it straight away) because the city is beautiful and the uni itself is also really good. It also has ‘safer’ grade requirements - AAB and I love the course & the fact that they offer a lot of activities + sports.

But, on the other hand, Edinburgh is also incredibly beautiful and is more prestigious than Bath w/ AAA for grade requirements. I also can visualise myself in a bigger city & I feel like it will also allow me to be more independent. I’ve never been to either of the cities- all I know about them is from the internet & things I’ve heard from other people.

My original plan was to firm one of those and then put Leicester as my insurance (BBC) - but I don’t actually want to go to leicester- so another option would be for me to firm edinburgh and put bath as my insurance - or would that be too risky? (my predicted grades are A*AA)

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by valeriacabral
Hii, I have received offers from both and I don’t know which one to firm. I’ve always liked Bath (and thought I would firm it straight away) because the city is beautiful and the uni itself is also really good. It also has ‘safer’ grade requirements - AAB and I love the course & the fact that they offer a lot of activities + sports.
But, on the other hand, Edinburgh is also incredibly beautiful and is more prestigious than Bath w/ AAA for grade requirements. I also can visualise myself in a bigger city & I feel like it will also allow me to be more independent. I’ve never been to either of the cities- all I know about them is from the internet & things I’ve heard from other people.
My original plan was to firm one of those and then put Leicester as my insurance (BBC) - but I don’t actually want to go to leicester- so another option would be for me to firm edinburgh and put bath as my insurance - or would that be too risky? (my predicted grades are A*AA)

Honestly, I never really thought of Edinburgh being more prestigious than Bath. Safer entry requirement is also a plus! Good luck x currently trying to decide between Edinburgh and Durham for Geography 😬

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Bath - I love the course & the fact that they offer a lot of activities + sports.

If you can afford Bath (its as expensive as living in London) then these are good reason for picking it as your Firm, plus its placement system is probably the best in the UK.

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by User23637
Honestly, I never really thought of Edinburgh being more prestigious than Bath. Safer entry requirement is also a plus! Good luck x currently trying to decide between Edinburgh and Durham for Geography 😬


Same but with MFL what’s your current thinking

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