This is aimed mainly at people living in the UK I guess but I was just wondering how many of you, if any, are currently at university or looking to attend in the next couple of years?

I'm Y12 (Lower Sixth) at the moment, so I'll be going 2008. Scary. Might have to grow up soon. I've already started drawing up lists of Unis to go and see.

Kool, that's basically why i'm asking lol because i'm in lower sixth too and i'm after advice on how people chose their universities and what other people are looking for.

I have a list of about 8... but am having trouble choosing out of those. I thought i'd chosen my first choice course and uni at one point because the course is fantastic and the information supplied was very good... but the rest of the university isn't so good (i.e. accomodation and such).

I'm also hoping to talk to lower sixth students that might be going to any universities that I end up at... hehe I could end up running into you at university one day *evil laugh*

I have a list of 7, at the moment. What courses/universities are you looking at?

Modern languages - French and Spanish (possibly with european studies), you?

There's a really good course i'm looking into at Bath Univeristy which is Modern Languages and European Studies and it has a really nice balance between the French and Spanish and the history and politics of it all.

Bath's one of the only universities i've looked at so far that goes into so much detail about what you'll study, what options you'll have each semester with modules and what each module entails... before you sign up lol.

I'm having trouble dragging it out of most of the others.

Cool. I suck at languages. I'm doing the International Baccalaureate at the moment (perhaps you've heard of it?) and I have to do a language as part of it. I'm doing German, but not anything like well.

I'm looking to do Law at university, with the main universtities I'm looking at being Warwick and Nottingham. Also, Liverpool looked pretty good when I went to have a look around there, so possibly that, too.

That's cool, which university for Nottingham? Nottingham Trent or the University of Nottingham? They're both about 40 minutes away from me.

I have heard of it, but i've never known anybody that's taken one and I must admit that I don't know a lot about it.

I looked at Warwick for languages because I liked the idea of going there but apparantly they don't do Spanish :(

I lived in Nottingham for 5 years before I moved out here. Great city to be a student in. My friends did their PHD's in Trent I think - it was the one near Beeston anyway - they both thought it was good. Mind you their subjects were chemistry-based, what it's like for languages I don't know.

Doesn't matter, whichever one you go to, you'll be in Nottingham. God I miss proper beer, and arthouse cinema.

However, if Notts is your hometown, for God's-sake go somewhere else to study. Part of Uni is learning to be independent, not just exchanging one school for another.

I'm a geoscience undergrad. A minor for my program isn't required, but I'm going to see if I can get one in zoology or botany anyway, possibly for paleontological grad school.

oooo! geoscience. I am in British Columbia(canada) and looking to go back to school. Geosciences have always interested me, but I could never figure out what do to with it after I am done the schooling. What kind of jobs can you get from it?

oooo! geoscience. I am in British Columbia(canada) and looking to go back to school. Geosciences have always interested me, but I could never figure out what do to with it after I am done the schooling. What kind of jobs can you get from it?

All reports I'm getting from media, government 'job outlook' publications, and the faculty itself (all their grads got offers last year) is that it's a very strong field.

It really depends on where your values lie. Some people don't want to work for mining companies, or big oil and gas, but many grads go to work for them. Government work is also available with the Geological Surveys, and of course, academia is always an option - one of my profs was even hired out to German filmmakers who did a documentary on the glacial Lake Agassiz. Another student went to work for the city police as a 'forensic geologist' (CSI type stuff, but with soils and such).

Thing, too, is that it's a large field, not just geology. For example, a lot of faculties combine several areas like atmospheric sciences, environmental science, and to some degree, even ecology.

Me, I work in a factory, so basically the first offer I get is what I'm running with - I want to be out in the field doing stuff.

Meh...I'm in the US, but I just finished my sophomore year at the University of Pennsylvania. Majoring in political science, minoring in (I hope) psychology and Russian

However, if Notts is your hometown, for God's-sake go somewhere else to study. Part of Uni is learning to be independent, not just exchanging one school for another.

Lol... yeah that's one reason that I don't just want to go to nottingham. Although I live 40 minutes away,I've never actually been in to nottingham really. Once a week I get the tram there, get off the tram (which stops almost straight outside college where I do an evening course), do my course, get the tram back and come home... that's my experience of Nottingham.

Any sort of science, geological included, confuse the hell out of me.... lol congrats to those that manage them :D

I looked at Warwick for languages because I liked the idea of going there but apparantly they don't do Spanish :(

Really? That surprises me a lot.

Myself, I can do sciences, it's just that I don't find them at all interesting, and the idea of spending 3/4 years doing science doesn't catch my interest. But law seems cool :D

I gave up on finding a uni because I decided I hated UCAs. Leaving school quickly followed. Now I'm homeless and poor!

Kids, stay in school. o.-

I left at the end of year ten (In Australia...) but part of me wishes that I could go back to highchool, sit my sats (hmmmm.. he, it's a funny!) and actually do something usefull. I wouldn't mind studying to be a social worker for children or something similar.

But Our school wasn't really the best at the time. Hardly any of the teachers made any time for those that struggled and it didn't help that the maths teacher was a perv that kept tryign to look down all the girls shirts. :(

But Stay in school guys unless you have a brilliant opertunity.

i am a few years off yet (four years) but i hope to go to university and study psychology. i want to go to Durham university, which although it is hard to get into my teacher told my mam yesturday (parents evening) that if i work hard then i can :D
Heather

Sounds cool, Heather. A brother of a friend goes to Durham. He does English though. But Durham is one of the best Universities in Britain, so good to see you're aiming high :)

Durham's another of the universities that i'm looking at actually lol, but for languages.

Sounds cool, Heather. A brother of a friend goes to Durham. He does English though. But Durham is one of the best Universities in Britain, so good to see you're aiming high thank you, and i know it is hard but what the heck, why not go for it :D
Heather

You should definately go for it :)

Indeed, I'm sure you'll get there :)

God... its weird to think that i'll be going off to university next year. I don't feel ready yet lol.

I know.I've just booked a whole load of open day visits in June/July. It's really worrying how quickly this year has gone. Have you got exams coming up, Kit?

I want to book my open days, but i'm going to have trouble getting to most of them 'coz my mum and step-dad aren't all that interested in coming with me. I did my first exam was wednesday night in french, my next is on the 22nd May... but i'll be all done by the 6th June. How about you?

Well, I'm IB rather than A-levels, so I've had my end of year exams already. The only exams I have left are German, because I'm doing the AS, since my teacher is a nutjob. And as for open days, I'm quite lucky, since my parents are more than happy to take me to them (and interfere in my choice...but what ya gonna do?).

Lol... What subjects do you actually do as part of the IB then? :) My dad would take me, and he's really interested in where I go, but he's always working, I don't live with him and he doesn't drive.

On the IB I'm doing: Maths, Physics, English, German, Psychology and History. You have to do Maths, English, a science and a second language, on the course, as well as Theory of Knowledge, which is kind of like philosophy.

It's a lot of work, but they keep telling me that universities like it.

To the original question, I am 3 credits away from my BS in Information Technology. I will be completing the final 3 credits by exam in Public Speaking. From there, I am looking for another school to pursue a Masters in Education, in order to teach college mathematics and science.

By the way, I am in my fifties. I never bothered to finish my degree before, but I decided it is time to do so.

By the way, I am in my fifties. I never bothered to finish my degree before, but I decided it is time to do so.

Awesome!

Let this stand in the face of, "there's no point in going back to school at my age."

I always get stoked whenever someone takes their life into their own hands.

I'm in year 12, T.E.E and am currently being plagued with information about universities. I have no real idea about where I would like to go after school, I suppose it all depends upon the mark I get from my T.E.E (university entrance exam, more or less) as to where I can and cannot go.

BA in psychology looks pretty. If it all turns to crap then I’ll just become a nurse, where I can fail the exam miserably and still be accepted, go the skills shortage!

The biggest problem with school is it interferes with my studying!

Most of what I have learned and applied to my various jobs, I have studied on my own. When I originally attended college, I majored in chemistry. When I left school, I took a job as a research chemist technician, and studied my way up to staff scientist. While there, I became interested in microprocessors, and learned everything I could lay my hands on about them. I changed professions and became a software engineer.

Now, a couple of decades later, I've gone back and taken courses to get my bachelor degree in information sciences. The course work has mostly covered material I have worked with for years, but the time required to do the asignments does take away from time I would ordinarily use to explore new material.

So why did I go back to complete the degree? One reason is that employers receive hundreds of resumes these days. To trim down the stack, they filter based on things like whether or not you have a degree, and so they never see how much experience you possess.

The other reason is that I am contemplating a second change of profession at some point. I wish to teach mathematics and science at the college level, and for that, I will need a masters degree in education. My current degree is a prerequisite for entering a graduate program to this end.

Yet another reason exists, and I'm not sure just how much it does matter to me. I am completing my degree to prove to myself that I can. It is a long project requiring full commitment.

When I say that most of the material in my classes was already familiar to me, that does not mean I didn't learn a great deal. There were fundamental skills apart from the primary course material that I was able to improve upon, such as working with a team with varying skill levels, presenting before a group, and writing formal research papers.

So in my long-winded way, I am recommending the experience.