Hi, hope it’s on to ask this on here but with schools closed, admissions offices closed and uni open days cancelled for the summer, I’m hoping there might be some advice on this forum.
DS is still only in Year 12, but as he’s also likely to be applying to Oxbridge, he needs to have his UCAS form ready by the end of Sept (this is what his school require - I realise the deadline isn’t until mid- Oct).
The LSE Geography course is all human geography and it appeals because there’s considerable overlap with economics, sociology, politics etc as well as the option to continue with a language (as a module within the course). He likes the international, dynamic vibe, however, we only live a couple of miles from the campus so not sure if he’d get the “going away” experience?
Same with UCL, except they offer a 4 year programme with a year abroad (uni or in industry, if I remember rightly).
Both courses require AAA (possibly UCL is A*AA for the International Programme).
Does anyone have any idea how competitive these courses are - eg how many applicants per place? Obviously there is a high proportion of overseas applicants and so we have a suspicion these courses might actually be just as, if not more competitive than Cambridge for this subject?
Any advice would be very useful in helping us to think about “insurance unis” in the absence of being able to visit anywhere..
- Not keen in Bristol as there’s no campus. Same with places like Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham - for that kind of city / large town experience where they live all over the place, he’d rather just stay in London.
- Not sure about Durham as again, they want A*AA anyway which is the same as Cambridge, so not really an “insurance” and also he gets the impression it’s er.,, a bit less “diverse” than other unis (this is only his initial impressions from the website though).
- Exeter looks good, but similar concerns to Durham and they want A*AA too so hardly an insurance.
- Warwick and Bath don’t offer Geography
Maybe York or Cardiff?
Many thanks if anyone can shed any light, particularly on LSE or UCL. 