/Unifeel/: r9k ranks the UK edition

Tier 2 St Andrews fag checking in

Tier 1
>uni not in london

POWER GAP

Tier 9879
>uni in london

UCL anon reporting in.

>>35859092
At least it's not the University of the Highlands & Islands tbf

Tfw University of Bath isn't even mentioned.

>>35859218
Tier 4 at best senpai

>>35858999
Why would people go to school in the UK when they can go literally anywhere else
why would anyone willingly spend time in the UK

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>>35859218
>University of Bath

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>>35859281
Because here in Scotland we have glorious state-funded education

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Muh...muh Student Satisfaction
Why must you hurt me in this way?

>>35859316
But unfortunately it's infested with Scots.

>>35858999
>Bristol
>not tier 4

??????

University of Birmemeham checking in to deliver fantastic employability scores and world leading meme research.

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>tfw none of your country's unis is even in the first 100 of best institutions of higher learning
Why do I even bother with this shithole?

>>35859700
Doesn't matter if you go to the best university in the world, if you're a beta male with shit tier social skills you'll never get anywhere.

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>>35859795
Well, at least somebody's honest with me

>>35859577
We also have Old Joe
what do you study anon, comp sci autist here

>>35859902
Comp Sci Autist too!
>Implying that's such a surprise.

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I'm an Oxford offer holder. AMA

>>35858999
nice get.

Where would Birkbeck College rank

>>35860006
what subject are you doing lad

>>35860057
History, although thinking of asking to switch to philosophy once I roll up

>>35859949
what year are you in? im only first year

>>35860079
History? Are not a very beta male subject

>>35860079

>having an oxford offer
>doing philosophy

I thought you guys are meant to be smart.

>>35860125
arts are Oxford's strength but it's like being voted most attractive person on a burns ward

>>35860079

>fucking History

Bleh.

If you did something in STEM I would be impressed.

>>35859700

You have to understand how rankings work. Rankings are created so that international students can pick the best unis in the world. However most universities have very small international student bodies and most don't care to have a larger amount of them.... So they have really low rankings because they don't give a fuck.

My brother went to an unknown university in an unknown country and then got a do his Ph.D at Oxford anyway.

>>35858999
>(((Oxford)))
>patrician
OP is a niggerjew

Does the STEM meme apply to britfags too or is it just Americans that aren't allowed to study anything else?

>>35860125

Philosophy is the only liberal arts subject that is actually not easy. That and music.

I have 4 A* and didn't even bother applying to any as good as the ones on that list.

How bad have I fucked up?

>>35860161
unless you're studying arts at Oxford/Cambridge or maybe another fairly good university you're going nowhere, STEM is still best

>>35860193
depends, what subjects are they in and where did you apply?

>>35860193
what series of events led to you being simultaneously so intelligent yet so dumb

of course you've messed up

>>35860193

Everyone has 4 A* lol. I mean, are you smart or did you just study. It's hard to tell when you just finished 6 form.

Some people who got 5 x A* in my class turned out to be brainlets when it come to actually doing hard stuff and then some others got ABB and turned out to be decently smart at the same hard stuff that others failed at.

6 form isn't hard. You just study. There is nothing hard about the exams.

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4chan is so comfy and addicting when there is work to be done

i'm not gonna make it bros

>>35860193
Depends on personal statement, reference and reading etc. Grades aren't everything

>>35860214

Maths, further maths, physics and chemistry, no one else at my school got anywhere near the same grades, honestly go full rage mode when I hear "hur dur my school sent 5 people to oxford" or similar here.

I applied to decent russel group ones. Once I got here I realised I had been memed and that my grades are way higher then the average here.

>>35860235
you evidently went to either a private school or a very good state school, if that many people are getting those grades

>>35860236
Then don't think about it. Just Obey. Tell yourself you'll do half an hour of writing- and then do the writing. Easy peesy

>>35860269

Yeah you definitely fucked up then lol. WTF were you thinking.

But then again it doesn't matter. Just do well during your undergrad and then you can do your post grad anywhere anyway.

>>35858999
This Brit shit is so fucking retarded. Wtf is an A level?
Are your railroaded into majors/career paths by scores like Bee Movie or something?

>>35858999
>St. Andrews above Edinburgh
>LSE in the same tier as Imperial
>Exeter in the same tier as Edinburgh
>Durham in the same tier as Durham

Nigga what metric are you using? It's clearly not research or teaching.

>>35860315
We choose 3 or 4 subjects to study from 16-18. Those subjects count towards university places. You can't be a doctor unless you do bio and chem A level

>>35860192

It's not about it being easy, it's about employment opportunities.

>>35860315
>implying that britain is retarded
>asks a question that could be answered with a simple google search

Ok m9.

>>35860315
it is just a subject that we do at what would be high school for you. An A-level can be in English, Maths, Chemistry etc, most people do 3 or 4 of them. They largely determine what you can do at university.

Im looking to do Sociology at the end of this year at the University of Liverpool. How is that? I need 3Bs which I'm currently working at

>>35860085
Second m8. How you found it this year?

>>35858999
Where does UofG stand OP ?

>>35860385
sociology is meme-tier, reconsider

>>35860363
That's what law conversions are for. Whatever humanities I study for three years at Ox, I'll do a year in law and get qualified. 2 degrees in 4 years and an Oxford grad.

>>35860395

Glasgow probably.

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>>35860225

Very shitty schooling/upbringing. I was expelled when I was 16, ALMOST went full min wage wageslaving but decided to go to college and did very well. I BEElieve in myself much more now.

>>35860235

>Everyone has 4 A* lol. I mean, are you smart or did you just study. It's hard to tell when you just finished 6 form.

Overall in the UK they obviously don't, and even at oxford or cambridge most of them don't, they say on their website the average is 2.7. The very best private schools maybe but even then I doubt it.

>I mean, are you smart or did you just study

I was definitely in the smart category. The difference between me and anyone else was way, way more noticiebable on the "maths challenge" and I got into the olympiad thing.

>>35860261
>Depends on personal statement, reference and reading etc. Grades aren't everything

kek it would of been fucking terrible when I got kicked out of school and had terrible grades up unitl A level

>>35860312

>Just do well during your undergrad and then you can do your post grad anywhere anyway.

Yeah I'm determined to do this. I do BEElieve in myself now which is the most important thing.

>>35860407
Actually a pretty good idea...
Well played.

>>35860421
on the tier rankings you plebian fuck

>>35860407

>being this naive

Oxford works you like a dog and you will be drained, don't go there but know people studying humanities there

>>35860425

>I got into the olympiad thing

All the people I know who did decent (I believe they reached the nationals) at that got in Cambridge easily.

>>35860403
Its one of the few subjects I find interesting and my teachers say it leads into a broad range of employment options. Plus If I wanted to do a more academic subject id end up going to a non russel group one.

>>35860456
That's why you pick a subject that you enjoy. I got through an entrance exam and two interviews, pretty sure I'll have a chill time

>>35860448

It's slightly worst than Edinburgh. What did you expect?

>>35860425

I don't know how British unis work but in the Netherlands it's still decently hard to graduate with a high score cum laude or summa cum laude and anyone who does usually gets to go to pretty decent universities for postgrad.

I know a girl who got a 9 average for math and she's going to do her post graduate studies at Cambridge.

So really as long as your current uni does not inflate grades you shouldn't be hurt by not going immediately to Oxbridge.

>>35860482

T-t-thanks. I guess I'll work harder now and maybe go to oxford or cambridge for grad school if I'm lucky.

>>35860357
>>35860377
>deciding what your are going to do for the rest of your life at 16
How does that make any sense? Do you even have any flexibility?

I mean here at the end of high school you can decide to do whatever you want. You can go to uni for engineering, then go to med school, law school etc. Or completely switch your major entirely.

Can someone explain the UK higher education system works?

>>35860393
i'd been programming before i came so its not been too bad, how does second year compare?

>>35860425
what got you expelled

>>35860550

I have heard this before, only time will tell I guess m8

>>35860581
Significantly more interesting and diverse. I'd recommend the security module, avoid Software Engineering at all costs unless you want ez marks as otherwise they're shit.

>>35860564
You should know what you're good at after sitting your gcse exams. If you suck at maths you're not going to be an engineer. Yeah it's less flexible but nobody really complains. My school let me try out a couple of subjects before I chose my four

>>35860564
There is some flexibility, I mean if you've studied a very standard set of Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, you could go and study medicine, physics and chemistry, as well as maths at a lower tier university (further maths is usually preferred for better universities to study maths), to name but a few subjects. But yes, it sounds less flexible than what you do. We have GCSEs first at school, then A levels at (what we call) college, then a degree at university.

>>35860564
Usually you advised to pick at least 1 science and 1 humanities to ensure you've got the skills to do any subject at uni. The other 2 are entirely up to your skills/ interests.

>>35860648
This. I'm doing English lit, History, politics and philosophy. I could do a law degree or pretty much any humanities subject and uni

>>35860581

Being a massive asshole in general, no major one off incidents.

>severe depression for years
>become incredibly bitter/hateful at everything eventually (I'd guess this is just what the shooters in America feel before a spergout, I'm absolutely fine now btw)
>become incredibly aggressive/agitated all the time, skip all my classes, get into fights etc
>got expelled after doing my GCSEs (which I got all Bs on)

>>35860564
you do general subjects up to year 9 (grade 8 equivalent?) then choose GCSE's. You get to specialise a bit more here, but most schools force you to do certain ones like maths, english, a language and geography/history

then after 2 years of gcse's you get to choose 4 or 5 a levels, which you do for 2 years then apply to university

>>35860638

I got a B in GCSE Math and I got a C in A-Levels for Math and now I have a Math degree with a 2.1.

It's all pretty horse shit to be honest. Most of the people who got better exam grades for math were way worst than me at actually doing math. I just had mental issues and couldn't really focus and study.

>>35860698
I only had a choice in 2 subjects of 13 GCSEs, the rest were forced

>>35860764
My school admin sperged out and I ended up with 5 separate science GCSEs

>>35860764

>tfw only A grade in GCSEs was in Religious Studies

>>35860820
This sums up so much

>>35860820
>not getting A* in religious studies

For Edexcel all you had to know was 'some hindus think this', 'most hindus think this', 'some Jews think this', 'most Jews think this', 'personally I think it's a load of bollochs' and that's it

>>35860864

What? I have good memory; didn't study for a single second but remembered everything.

>>35860764
Same, basically ended up with one choice due to scheduling issues, they were desperate to get everyone the english baccalaureate which now seems like noone cares about.

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>>35860764
I got a choice of 4 subjects, flunked 2 because I couldn't be fucked really. To make matters worse I don't even have GCSE stuff, it's Standard Grade units from Scotland.

>mfw my SQA sheet is fucking mess with a whole load of crap on it

>>35860884

A* didn't exist in my days

>>35860923
oh I thought you got all A* apart from RS

>Indian friend got 15 GCSE
>bare minimum sciences and mostly just retarded shit like technical drawing
>everyone being this_kid_gonna_be_some_one.jpg
>kid drops out of med school in his second year
>decade later, he's still working at his fathers restaurant

>>35860980

No I did my GCSEs when getting an A was a big deal.

You faggots have it easy wi

>>35861024

Fucking autosend

I was saying you faggots have it easy with your super inflated grades where pretty much anyone who studies for two hours gets an A or A*

>>35858999

>tfw fucked up my GCSEs (Got 2 B's and 3 C's failed like 4 of my GCSEs)
>apply to college for A-levels
>they only specified that I needed 5 A-Cs (that's why I didn't try as much in my GCSEs)
>Think to myself, I'm going to do A-levels easy.
>Get to the interview
>Turns out they have some shitty average system
>Average at around 4.8 (with 5 being a C)
>Get turned down
>forced to redo my GCSEs by the college I applied to
>I'm only redoing 4 of them
>Get A's on all of them
>change my mind on doing A-levels
>do some accounting course instead
>Guy on my accounting course (who got kicked out of his A-levels) had an average of 4.5 and he got to do A-levels

Fuck this shitty education system. How can this shit be OK?

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>>35861002
>Girl gets 13A*s at GCSE
>Biology, Chem, Maths and History at A Level
>applies for dentistry
>why do they do this?

>>35861002
Working in a restaurant is probably better than anything in medicine.

Uni of Sussex, I dun fucked up

>>35861050
yes I agree we have it easy, we pay for it when university is tough though. I'm capable but it gives far too many people false sense of hope, going to university when they're not fit for it

>>35861103
Rip. What are you studying and why is it so bad?

>>35861060

Mate how old are you? If you're still young, do to uni. You haven't started learning until the 2nd year of uni, desu.

A-levels are not that hard.

>>35861086
I thought dentistry is pretty good money?

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>>35860917

>started with 4 A levels and dropped 2 after AS results were shite
>mfw still got into a Russell Group uni with 2 A levels and a fucking BTEC

>>35858999
>tfw Warwick
I went to an average state school and I'm the only person in my family to go to uni

Lmao get rekt private school fags

>>35861086

I don't know. I know some people like that.

You know maybe they aren't actually smart or maybe they just want an easy life.

>>35861092

Not in terms of status. His parents clearly wanted to parade him around.

>>35861123
Yeah but with those records you can be a proper doctor. Maybe even go private

>>35861139
Warwick looks like a council house.

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>>35861121

I'm 18, and just totally gave up on A-levels.
Didn't even start them, ended up with a Level 3 accounting qualification instead with a 90%+ pass, currently doing a Level 4 accounting apprenticeship.

All I wanted to do is Physics at uni ;_;.

>>35861120
Philosophy. It is a good university which I got an unconditional offer for (could have gone to Bristol), so I accepted that.
But according to OP, I shouldn't even bother.

>>35861151
true, although dentistry seems a lot comfier, lower workload. From what I've seen, medicine breaks some people. I wouldn't know how different it is though, I do neither so can't really comment.

>>35861188
Ah right. Bristol's philosophy department is full of Oxbridge theology rejects anyway.

>>35861149
True, the only reason to go to university is to feel better than other people and parade your status around. Even then if it's not cambridge or oxford why bother?

University greatest blunder of my life.

The temptation to skip in these "midterm and final only" is ridiculous.

>>35861187

Physics in uni is hard. You are young, I say go for it. But if you fail don't get discouraged.

Redo your A-Levels. No problem.

>>35861176
Hardly, it looks great honestly. Even if it did look like a council house it's one of the best unis in the country.

>>35861236

If you skip the midterm and you're not literally a genius who gets 100% on the exam you're just setting yourself for a lower grade.

>>35860638
>>35860648
>>35860673
>>35860698
So how do you get admitted to uni? Are GSCEs the equivalent of the SAT and ACT? Because from what I read here it seems to serve a bit of a different purpose.

Are there any general education requirements to graduate from secondary school?
For reference the graduation requirements in my state (it varies between them) were
>4 years of English
> 1 year of Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II/Trigonometry
>2 years of World, 1 US history, 1 year of economics/government
>1 year of Earth Science, Biology and Chemistry
>1 year of art/music
>1 year of foreign language
>3.5 years of electives, .5 year of health, 2 years PE
In addition to that you had to pass ridiculously easy tests at the end of the year for each subject that were dumbed down so that minorities could pass (they still didn't)
This is the absolute bare minimum a person would need to graduate and doesn't count in the additional classes most would take.

It seems to me that our system has more of a traditional "liberal arts" aspect to it where you are required to take a very broad range of basic courses as a minimum.

>>35861220
True, although I actually am a Cambridge reject.
Wish I was good at/liked STEM instead, feels like I'm wasting my time studying philo

>>35861278
I've got an offer from Warwick, it's a good uni. I just don't want to live on a campus. Reminds me of South London too much

>>35861236

Do you have resits as well?

>tfw have 100% on assignments that count for 30% of the grade
>tfw cannot focus to prepare for exam
>skip midterm
>skip final
>oh well I'll do the resit
>skip resit
>oh well I'll do it next year

I had a fucking perfect grade but was too OCD to try to do the exam because I knew I would probably not get a high grade.

Fucking ADHD

>>35859218
that's because our uni is a fucking joke, I'm not going to waste my money there

>>35861307
>So how do you get admitted to uni?
When you start your final year at sixth form / college you go through UCAS. Submit like 10 pages of info including GCSE grades, AS grades and predicted A-level grades, write a personal statement about why you're so great they should accept you.

You get to apply to 5 unis, they give you A-level grade offers (I.E. get these grades or fuck off), you accept 2 of these offers (if you get 2). One is your firm, the other is your insurance.

Your firm typically has higher grade requirements and if your first choice of uni, insurance is your back up if you don't make the grades.

>>35861307

GCSE are done at the end of middle school

You need them to get into a 6-form college which is two years of HS

A-Level are done at the end of 6form and the grades are used to get into different unis.

The system is not based around the idea of classes. You have subjects at both GCSE and A-Level and you just take exams at the end to determine your grade for those subjects.

So there is one big exam period at 16 and one big exam period at 18 that determines all your scholastic progress for the previous years.

>>35861271
As I said, I haven't done my A-levels in the first place.
Anyways, I've gone too far with accounting to just leave it all, and the job opportunities for accountants are quite good.

>>35861292
I don't think you get it. I skip everything except for the midterm and the final. I get somewhere between a C and an A- if I'm lucky, and that's end of it.

>>35861425
*and that's the end of it

Sorry, I drink when I skip

>>35861312
As someone who lives on central campus, I feel good every day just by how everything looks. The buildings are all lovely, different, modern and not grey.

The humanities and sciences buildings look fairly dull but I never go there anyway lmao. I'm doing biochem and we have our own separate campus which also looks great.

Do you guys actually pay 9.000 pounds per year for tuition now or what? Does the government give you a stipend for that or what? That sounds really expensive.

That must be like 18.000 pounds total per year, including accommodation costs.

any glasgow guy in?

>>35861425

Oh. Most classes here are Midterm and Final only as well.

The only classes with assignment are either labs or math classes or project classes.

>>35861452
Yeah I only had a look round the humanities buildings because that's where I'd be spending my time

>>35861453
Everyone gets a 9000 pound tuition fee loan every year of their degree

AND everyone gets a maintenance loan to help pay for their expenses like accommodation, which depends on your household income.

Also the amount you pay back after you graduate is so fucking LOW it's nothing to worry about at all.

>>35861453
We get a loan from the gov that we pay back when we start earning

>>35861491
It can be different here depending on your major. I go to a pretty good IR school so there's a lot of discussions, debates, and "guest lectures" (aka a chance for you to fellate some White House/State Department and pray he gives you a job next year). For those classes, if you don't show up then you're not only screwing over your grade but also your career.

Which is why I love the midterm/final classes. So little pressure. So little social interaction.

>>35858999
>tfw got accepted by Exeter, after going to a shitty public school
>tfw chose Plymouth because of my then-gf

>>35861500

But at the end of the day, you still need to pay the full amount back if you actually have a good job and are earning money, right?

>>35861534
Ouch, how did it turn out?

>>35861534
>public school
I think you mean state school

>>35861538
You pay nothing back if you never earn over 21,000 pounds, you pay 9% after everything after that. So if you earn 40,000 a year you pay 1710 a year for your loan.

>tfw History undergrad at Cambridge

Ah, just another wonderful day where I can study something that isn't fucking STEM, enjoy my degree, and be guaranteed a top-tier job when I graduate

>>35861554
In second year atm, it's actually not bad, in fairness Plymouth is a beautiful city but the Uni ain't great. Not the worst though

>>35861533

It's weird to me. Your school experience is so different from ours.

Doing STEM, you're basically still stuck with the same experience as 6form, except the material is way harder to get your head around. But all we do is just study, go to lectures, tutorials and do exams.

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>>35861518
>that we pay back

>>35861584
You have a great life ahead of you but you still decide to be a cunt.

Usually bullies have a troubled past but you're just evil inside.

>>35859795
Doesn't matter if you're an alpha male with god tier social skills, if you only have a high school diploma you'll never get anywhere.

Source: studying near a scummy city with scummy startup networking events and scummy "entrepreneurs" looking to make yet another scummy social media app

>>35861584
Yes mate. Soon to be History undergrad at Oxford. Just pissing about and enjoying the scenery

>>35861584
>also a history student
stop lying to yourself. You know deep down we're both pursuing a useless degree.

>>35861588
Sure, but I I think the main difference is that our majors are different. I know some STEM students and they basically have the same experience you're describing.

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Is bath really a meme tier university ? People told me it was good :>[

>>35861609
>you're just evil inside

yep

>>35861575

So potentially you keep paying that loan back for up to 30 years.

How much is the interest rate?

>>35861651
Bath is in the top ten consistently. Do not listen to elitists on the internet, real life is not a competition to get to oxford.

People who go to cam / ox are often very, very sheltered and arrogant.

>>35861680
Don't know, honestly. Look it up yourself if it matters.

>>35861651

Kek, I think the only problem with that joke is that it would be blasphemy to name a child, "Allah".

>>35861584

Eventually employers will catch on to your ruse. It's still history.

I knew a guy who had a theology degree from Oxbridge. Guy thought he was going to work in the city. Ended up teaching theology at a shitty uni.

>>35861754
You don't do theology at Oxford unless you're actually interested in theology. Seems like that guy's doing alright

>>35861715
>People who go to cam / ox are often very, very sheltered and arrogant.

Because their parents are wealthy successful graduates from one of those two schools. They're sheltered and arrogant because they're already rich snobs, it's not like getting into the school makes them that way.

>>35861893

>tfw poor but faked my way into their rich snobbery

Helped that I was foreign so I wasn't expected to know all that bullshit.

>>35861754
History and English at Oxford and Cambridge have a fair chance of getting a BBC job, more so if you have a rich mummy and daddy.

>>35861926
are you female too? It's bonus points if you're a foreign girl. -100000 points if your a white male from a working class area amongst the snobs, KEK

>>35861715
Thanks bro just got an offer there and am pretty excited

>>35861974

No. I'm a white male for a very mysterious place. I guess they just assumed that I was rich like all the other international students. I never corrected them.

big up my leicester mandem

>>35861715
Thanks bro just got an offer there and am pretty excited originalll

>about to do assignment
>see it's only worth 25%
>don't bother
who /no passion/ here?

>>35862402

>doing two fucking degrees at once (math and physics)
>third year and almost done
>haven't even gone to school in the past 3 weeks

I don't know. I like solving problems when I am in a correct state of mind. I cannot keep thinking that it's all for nothing. I'm a KHHV and I'll probably die alone so why bother?

>>35862491
>doing two fucking degrees at once (math and physics)
you mean like a combined course, or do you literally have a doubled workload?

can I retake second year at uni even if I pass? I think I can still quite easily get the minimum grade to pass but last year's been pretty shitty and I think I've experienced strong manifestations of depression which caused me to miss out on a bunch of assignments

>>35862534

It's two separate degrees but they share some 10% of the classes. The workload depends on the schedule. Sometimes I have 25 ECTS. One crazy motherfucker scheduled me for 30 ECTS, one semester. The exam periods are the worst though. Sometimes it's 5 exams in four days.

I'm a lazy unmotivated motherfucker. I don't know why I signed up for this crap.

LSE nigger checking in.

>>35862654
have fun with the 200 quid a week accommodation

>>35862731
there is extra funding for students in London I think specifically because of this

>>35862869
True, but I know a girl who goes to LSE and absolutely hates it. Even with the extra funding the costs of living in London are awful. Drinks are so expensive there everyone just has a cocaine addiction instead, and those not on coke are depressed and never leave their rooms.

Where would Manchester rank

>Starting to receive results
>70% - 77% in all my classes
>What the actual fuck
>Need 85% average for my master
I have 0 desires to give an effort right now. I've done 10 pages papers every week for months. Teachers are cunts.

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>>35858999
>ended up getting GCSEs that were good enough for an Oxbridge application, 6 A*s and all that shit
>fuck up my A-levels had, repeated a year
>family had high hope for me
>now at Kent, family disappointed as fuck

T U M B L I N G D O W N

>>35863262
I still don't know how that happens to people, I got mostly A's at GCSE and AAA at A-level

>>35862648
>Sometimes it's 5 exams in four days

That's average Oxbridge exam period

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>>35863323
>anxiety fucked me up hard
>fucked up my as levels
>repeat as, do better but also gave up on the will to do any more work
>fuck up a2s

>>35863262
I got 5 As and 6 Cs at GCSE, then ABC at a level. Now averaging 60% at a UK top 20 university.

How do I stop being slightly above average at absolutely everything?

>>35863371
What subjects were you doing mang?

>>35863421
Chemistry, physics, maths and further maths. Dropped further maths after the 1st time doing AS

>>35858999
I did PPE at LSE.
I went to the two best schools in the country.
I'm now a former drug addict with severe mental health issues.
Wahey

always glad to see Lancaster not mentioned in these threads

>>35863441
Well at least you didn't mess up easy subjects, that's the hardest set of subjects there is.

I did those but replace FM with Bio, dropped physics after AS

>>35863502
Neither mentioned as the best or worst
>tfw we are mediocrity incarnate

year/subject/college lad?

>Only one here going to a Community College
I do plan on transferring to a University...I feel like I'm far behind on life.

>>35863541
tbqh I think I could have pulled if off if I didn't pick further maths, the workload just killed me in the end

>>35863554
4th
CompSci (duh)
Lonsdale

Lonsdale sux

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>University of Manchester
original comment

>>35863589
Lonsgayle fag too
>literally worse than college

>>35863616
What is is like there? I've firmed it

>>35863620
the reason I never bought into the collegial stuff is because Lonsdale was always just full of nobheads and I hated being associated with them

year/subject yourself?

>>35863262
i got almost all A*s at GCSE then completely failed at A-Level. don't know what the fuck happened. now i'm a NEET

kcl guy's campus here (med)

who else here kcl

>Mentally ill robots lecture other mentally ill robots about their life choices

These threads are bizarre, I think they should be banned on the off chance one of you autists actually ends up taking any advice posted here,

>>35863640
i live there and i have a student bar about 20 secs away from where i stay so i'm basically an alcoholic now. i don't go to classes and i'm going to kill myself when they finally get around to kicking me out.

>>35862641
You could intermit now and go back next year. It's a surprisingly common occurrence. Talk to people and see if it seems right for you. If you have a tutor or whatever definitely talk to them.

>>35863667
fist/ Econ
I'm a literal shut in. I don't think i've entered my kitchen in 6 weeks. At least i'm at home now.

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Theoretical Physics at University of Bristol

>tfw private school retard and op was right

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>term is almost up, people start leaving
>think grill next door left too since it's been pretty quiet
>wake up early
>high energy
>study for 12 hours straight
>loving it, happy as fuck
>it's just me and my maths
>so this is the power of asceticism
>said grill comes back to her room
>brain goes fizz and tfw no gf bullshit comes back
>get reminded of how everyone I've met so far thinks I'm either an utter autist, retard, arrogant cunt, liar, worthless human refuse, or all together
>get reminded I have literally no friends and I'll probably spend tomorrow night alone too, even though my class is having a party with free food and drinks paid by the department, because once I get there I'll probably speak to two or three guys before they find their real friends and leave me the fuck alone because no one wants to be with the fucking weird shit that doesn't fit anywhere
>get reminded I'm 2 months behind on everything
>get reminded that if I do speak to some professor about one of the summer undergrad projects, they'd probably laugh in my face because I've been an utter retard at the winter exams and didn't have a fucking calculator and my average is 60% now
>get reminded how brexit will fuck me over
>get reminded how I haven't found a place to live next year yet because no one wants to trust an immigrant that they'll pay their rent and want 9000 fucking pounds outright, unless they have some british guy to guarantee them, but fuck you if you don't have someone
>will probably spend the night again thinking about where it all went wrong

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>35863813
>Bristol
what year?

>>35863795
damn son, I'm graduating this July (terrified), maybe we should hit up board game society or something some week

are you in house 45? I was in first year, wouldn't that be cool

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>>35863815
>brown people suffering

>>35863815
Romanian by any chance?

>>35863917
Dutch
why did you assume Romanian?

>>35863902
only Europeans will be suffering from brexit

>>35863864
I went to board games once and got thrown into a couple of excruciatingly awkward games with the other firsties. Didn't go back after that.

The roleplaying society is fun though

>>35863941
Call it an educated guess.

>>35863993
I'm curious anon

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>can talk to girls just fine
>working with girls on projects in pretty much every class
>they're all fine with me
>actually laugh at my jokes and shit
>still can't get a gf
>meanwhile only real friend is a sperg and a stoner who spills his spaghetti at eye contact
>he's had multiple gf's
what is wrong with me?

>>35864030
>can talk to girls just fine
you need to leave.

>>35863198
>Where would Manchester rank
Below Salford

>>35864045
Tell me how to stop being a khv and I will

>>35864065
b urseilf

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>be 16
>at a boys-only special school since year 8 thanks to ASD
>outgrow autism at about 14, want to get back into mainstream
>school offers students to do a vocational course at the local college alongside GCSEs etc
>pick motor vehicle since it was the only remotely interesting thing there was (media, carpentry, fucking hairdressing etc)
>realise I made a huge mistake - another all boys group
>first time back in mainstream since, get eaten alive and bullied to hell
>defend myself one day and get kicked out
>fail GCSEs miserably that year
>had no idea what I wanted to do until I was 17 - go to uni and study something like politics or law

>be 17
>study hard for my GCSEs so I can do A-Levels at a local state school's sixth form
>get 5 Cs and 1 B - enough for sixth form entry
>start A-Levels in english language, history and government & politics
>turned 18 in December while having just started Year 12 three months ago
>everyone else is 1-2 years younger than me at 16 / 17
>all the Year 13s my age will be leaving at the end of this summer

God I just want to get to uni already. I don't even care what I do - I just want to be with people who weren't all born and raised in this shithole of a town. Now that I've actually researched universities and options I'm not even sure how I should go about it - I might want to do IT instead but if I change anything now I'll just delay myself even further.

I just want an internally-focused job that earns me a sustainable living. I hope my subject choices haven't fucked me over. I really fucking hate how this country expects you to have your whole life planned out when you're still young and stupid.

>>35864077
But anon they just want to be friends with myself not my gf

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who /nottingham/ here

Im thinking of switching onto an integrated masters - is this a good idea, or should i consider doing the masters at another uni?

>>35863502
>>35863554
I was considering going to lancaster, but the asking grades were too high. Turns out i couldve got in through clearing, in the end. Is it a nice uni?

>>35863840
year 2, how about you friendo?

>>35858999
Wonder if we'll have an "r9k ranks the US edition" soon. I'm curious.

>>35864148
fuck, i know three second year eng students at bristol. Seems like such a sick uni
>>35864143
>asking grades too high
>got into a better uni

>>35864143
it's alright, 3 years ago I missed my asking grades and still got in

the campus is nice, but currently being torn up and refurbed, right now it's at the "we've removed all rain cover and aren't doing anything else" stage

it's a decent uni, though they clearly favour the management school over anything else

>>35863993
>>35863917
All right, you were right. I lied because I'm fucking paranoid, and I'm really sorry. Really goes to show what a lying piece of shit I am. Please anon, how did you guess? I'm not all right over here.

>>35864148
1st year eng

>>35864143
oh, and I actually switched to the integrated masters

you end up with an MSci instead of an MSc, which is really barely any fucking different except you can get student finance to cover you like any other year, so you save a load as well

i'd recommend it, especially if it includes industry experience. unless you really want to study your masters somewhere different

>>35864102
Hey Anon, I failed my AS levels and went to college so was surrounded by kids. Was a year behind my peers but you should use that as drive to get there. Not quite as bad as yourself but i get your feels. Didn't really have friends in college as i did nothing but work.

As far as IT goes, learn some programming in your spare time and build your own computer. Your current subjects won't be great for going into Comp Sci but if you apply for Information Systems or Business IT (ITMB) courses you should get in (with good grades and evidence of interest in tech).

Uni is dope, it's worth the wait, just keep yourself focussed on getting there and you'll be there in no time.

>>35863262
Kent is a brilliant uni, what the fuck.

>>35864191
apparently on the league tables, lancaster was better than nottingham for the course I was going to take.
Nottingham was actually my ideal choice - I had to get my physics grade up by two letter grades to get an offer. I think i needed AAB for nottingham, but I got my offer accepted with ABB. Lancaster was asking for AAA to even give me an offer.

>>35864233
>they clearly favour the management school over anything else
That sucks. How exactly do they favour it?
Im studying CS - Us, business, and chinese studies are all on a satellite campus where nothing really happens.

>>35864280
Thank you! The student finance aspect was the biggest reason that integrated was an attractive prospect to me. Cheers for the help

>>35864498
Depends on the course.

Who else here future /civilservice/

>>35863262
>>35864498

Kent was one of my four choices. I went to an open day, and it was one of the most depressing education institutions i've ever seen.

One of the seminars we were taken to was literally halfway down a concrete tunnel. It felt like a nuclear bunker or something.

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>>35864601
Sounds like you had the joy of visiting the Eliot or Rutherford buildings. Both buildings are an absolute 60s concrete shithole, can't believe people live there.

>>35864669
>Eliot building
finaly, the recognition that he deserved

>>35864669
I deleted my post because I replied to the wrong person lmao

Yeah, i just looked it up. It was definitely near the rutherford building. One of the canteens was also super high ceilings and felt like a prison.

No offence meant - i just wasnt a fan of the architecture

>>35861454
>glasgow
Responding

>>35864731
No, you're right. It's a genuine shithole of a uni when it comes to architecture, I have no idea what the fuck they were thinking when they built the place in the 60s.

The campus needs to be demolished and rebuilt.

doing it tonight lads
see you on the other side

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>>35864896
Good luck bro, you were an hero to me
What waifu are you meeting on the other side?

Anyone here from Edinburgh Napier? Feels like everyone at the uni is a downy Chad.

>>35865776
My grandad got a maths degree from napier and ended up driving a bin lorry before dying of a heart attack.

>>35860006
I'm at ChCh right now fag, I'll just see which of the philosophy freshers looks like a beta at the subject drinks and bully you :^)

Jk, lucky for you I'm graduating this summer

>>35860456
>humanities
>hard work

It's a running joke here that humanities students don't do shit, and that all the blue boat rowers study geography

Only brainlets need to work hard

>>35865776
I know someone who does law there

>>35861585
I'm going to Plymouth College of Art soon, wish me luck

>>35866169
>artfags on MY r9k
normies out

>get pretty good GCSE grades at an awful state school
>completely isolated during AS and A2 years because all my 4 friends went to a different college
>ex gf fucks my shit up and I get a reputation as a bit of a creep because of stuff she made uo
>only people I talk to is my mum and lecturers for weeks on end
>lose all enthusiasm for life and sink into a pit of despair where I do nothing but play strategy games all day
>long breaks at college where I sit alone and listen to Stefan Molyneux videos in an isolated corridor
>end up with 2 D and 1 E grades and a few decent AS marks
>get clearing into a middle of the league table university
>feel happier and become more social
>studying a not STEM subject
>still don't socialise enough but feel leagues happier than I did
It w-worked out okay I suppose.

>>35866282
*up
Am I going to make it? Want to go into teaching or something with reliable work like that. My A Levels are pretty diverse so I would be qualified to teach anything, STEM or no.

By happier, I went from soul tearing despair where I was crying between lectures and when I got home just out of sheer loneliness. I tried to be nice to people but they just teased me and were purposely horrible.
Sixth form was a mistake.

>>35866268
It's to do a 3D modelling and rigging course, not some modern art shit

>be 16
>get into 6th form college because of As in GCSEs
>mother dies of stomach cancer
>be depressed, alone, detached from reality, grades drop
>don't attend some AS-level exams
>no one says "he needs help", just kick me out of 6th form college after 1 year
>go to regular college and only get a C in A-level math
>get some part-time jobs but otherwise NEET for years
>now 31
realistically what are my chances, what would it take to unfuck myself, get a degree and a normal (professional) life

>>35858999
>got shitty AS levels (ABBCD)
>Dont apply for oxbridge or tier 1.5 (on a side note t1.5 are the worst fucking universities and i hate both them and everyone who attends them)
>apply for St Andrews and a bunch of t3/t4
>rejected from everywhere except Bristol
>get A*A*AA at A level
>Go to bristol for maths
just fucking end me. At least im somewhere ok but i cant help but feel like i underachieved.
I fucking hate this university and city as well. I should've just gone into welding.

>>35867178
do a vocational course desu. becoming an electrician or something isnt that hard and the pay is decent

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i fucked up anons, this is where im at right now. Bournemouth. and this is the MAIN BUILDING. it looks like a hospital :(

>>35867435
Looks like an Eastern European middle school

>>35867435
whats with all the weird blocks? It looks like a soviet era model city.