What combo?
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Hi, my ucas grades are AAA but my teacher predicted is ABB, what combo of unis should I do from the following:
- UCL (AAA) human neuroscience- my dream uni
- kings college (AAA but AAC bc I’m eligible for a contextual offer) neuroscience and psychology
- Bristol (A*AA but AAB contextual) psychology and neuroscience
-Manchester (AAB) cognitive neuroscience and psychology
- Birmingham (AAA but AAB with my epq) human neuroscience
-Nottingham (AAB but ABB with epq) neuroscience
I’m just not sure whether it’s worth the risk of putting UCL as it’s not certain I’ll get AAA and I know they’re quite strict with their admissions. So what’s the best combo?
- UCL (AAA) human neuroscience- my dream uni
- kings college (AAA but AAC bc I’m eligible for a contextual offer) neuroscience and psychology
- Bristol (A*AA but AAB contextual) psychology and neuroscience
-Manchester (AAB) cognitive neuroscience and psychology
- Birmingham (AAA but AAB with my epq) human neuroscience
-Nottingham (AAB but ABB with epq) neuroscience
I’m just not sure whether it’s worth the risk of putting UCL as it’s not certain I’ll get AAA and I know they’re quite strict with their admissions. So what’s the best combo?
Reply 1
for the course at UCL from the UCAS website it says most common grades are AAA and lowest were BBB. People normally would have an aspirational too, and even if you don't get in, if there's a good uni you're likely to get an offer from out of your other choices then might as well have an aspirational. For choosing, you can visit the unis, see if you want to be in London or not, check the course rankings and see which course you prefer as they might be quite different.
Reply 2
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Be aware that Neuro and Psych are very competitive courses - its probably worth leaving one choice blank and adding that final choice just before the Jan deadline which could then reflect whatever offers/rejections you have by then. A non-RG such as Sussex would be a wiser AAB/ABB Insurance choice.
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ca_l
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by McGingerBe aware that Neuro and Psych are very competitive courses - its probably worth leaving one choice blank and adding that final choice just before the Jan deadline which could then reflect whatever offers/rejections you have by then. A non-RG such as Sussex would be a wiser AAB/ABB Insurance choice.
But surely every degree is competitive in some respect? How competitive is neuroscience compared to other subjects?
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by ca_lBut surely every degree is competitive in some respect? How competitive is neuroscience compared to other subjects?
It depends on demand for places - the number of applications per place. The higher this ratio is, the more picky that Uni can be and still fill the course. Somewhere like Sussex or Lancaster will not have the same pressure and can therefore be far more flexible in who they make offers to, or who they accept in August.
Every Uni - yes, every Uni - will have its Cinderella courses where they struggle to fill places every year. Its not that the courses are necessarily 'rubbish' just that for a whole range of reasons they get relatively few applications per place.
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