DS is keen on MEng in aero, ultimately wanting to join the RAF, so it’s time to narrow down UCAS options. He is awaiting predicted grades, and has a reasonable chance of being able to make the grades for these two. He is not aiming for Imperial, Bristol or Bath (too aspirational + high COL). He is also looking at Sheffield, with Liverpool as an insurance. Leeds was a top contender, but looking at their course the first two years are the same as Mech Eng, and he is thinking that may be a dry couple of years if he absolutely convinced re aero.
Any opinions about that list? Are there others he should consider? Perhaps a lower but still ‘good’ insurance option? And more to the point, should he not be discounting Leeds at this stage? It looks as hard to get into Leeds as S’oton so he is not sure it is worth ‘wasting’ an option on UCAS with Leeds given the first two years are not aero-specific. He is particularly keen to engage in a course with good industry links (although is not necessarily sold on year in industry). Another huge draw is a university that has a gliding club, which really narrows down options. I appreciate these cities are all quite different, but he is quite a phlegmatic chap who is unlikely to be bothered by where he is living, although that is a consideration of course.