university-choices🎓

[mellow venture]

Dk if thats shit

[odd night]

yeah practice papers are good!

if you know the structure of the paper then it's definitely good

[mellow venture]

Im jus havin issues with the reading and writing tbh

[odd night]

the books generally outline a couple of good techniques and explain different question types which is helpful

[odd night]

lol i feel you

[mellow venture]

Like some stuff jus doesnt go thru my head

[odd night]

practice will definitely help

i would suggest khan academy if you don't already use it

[mellow venture]

I got a 1240 somehow regardless of that

[odd night]

lifesaver

[mellow venture]

On a practice

[mellow venture]

I am rn

[odd night]

what are you aiming for?

[mellow venture]

1400-1500+

[odd night]

it'll take a lot of work but practice makes perfect

[mellow venture]

Plan was to do mediocre on english

[odd night]

khan academy + practice papers, and a book maybe if you can get your hands on one

[mellow venture]

And ace maths

[odd night]

yep

the maths is easier to ace since it's all objective

good luck!

• if you need any advice/help i got you

[mellow venture]

U too if ur takin it

[odd night]

oh i did mine in march

[mellow venture]

Man 😔

Aight two months of prep seem enough i think

Probs wont get a book tho

[odd night]

depends how much work you put in tbh

[mellow venture]

Im doin like a paper-ish a day

[odd night]

i started preparing less than a month before mine

[mellow venture]

Along with tip vids

[odd night]

but i did 4 tests a week and upped my score by over 100

so if you do a test a day you should be able to get at least a 90 point boost!

[mellow venture]

1300 dont sound bad

But i wanna get a scholarship so fuck it

[odd night]

gl dude

[mellow venture]

Thanks

[odd night]

i only recently found out you can get waivers for a high SAT score so that's pretty cool

[mellow venture]

The 100% scholarships look tempting enough to work for it

😋

[visual cobalt]

.

[fleet vine]

Can someone explain me the percentile part?

I don’t understand that

https://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/bme/undergraduate/admissions/

[tranquil summit]

keep in mind tho that singapore a levels are different to caie a levels

[twilit mulch]

They’re harder right

[fleet vine]

But it said there Singapore-cambridge A levels right?

[tranquil summit]

Yep

[tranquil summit]

Yeah, I'm just saying it as a thing to keep in mind

[fleet vine]

Oh

How different are they though?

[dense walrus]

So I’m thinking of applying to Carleton for aerospace but I’ve noticed that for the first year, you take the same courses, and then it gets more specialised. I was wondering if it’s possible to apply for mechanical and then switch to aerospace 2nd year? Would this save me money?

[tranquil summit]

are the fees different for mechanical and aero??

[cedar hollow]

Why don't you just start with aerospace in the first place?

[cedar hollow]

Since they're both engineering, the fees should be the same

It wouldnt save you money

You can check the fees table to confirm btw but pretty sure it varies by faculty so since both are in engineering they're same

[dense walrus]

Ohhh, I was told aerospace is generally more expensive so thought this would be a loophole lol

[cedar hollow]

you can check the tuition table

its on carleton's website

[dense walrus]

It shows fees by faculty not specifically which type of engineering

So I guess it’ll be the same for all

[cedar hollow]

ye then if they are in the same faculty, same fees

yes

[robust veldt]

@slow violet

[fervent tulip]

steam comnunnirty

seems legit

damn

[severe heart]

no way

[dark vigil]

purge files

!purge files 1

[dry vault]

This command requires you to have the Manage Messages permission to use it

[cedar hollow]

everything seems legit until you get a virus

[mellow venture]

Yo anyone applying to Finnish universities?

[cedar hollow]

nah ive got some time until I finish university

[arctic orbit]

[dark vigil]

[severe heart]

i mean just by looking at the link you can tell its not legit

[dense walrus]

Need someone to ELI5 TU delf admission process

[hollow hill]

Honestly no idea

ill probably end up applying to TU delf tbh

UK/US is expensive for someone in the EU

canada is beyond expensive for cs

fuckin brexit xD'

[twilit mulch]

@hollow hill

My brother went to TU delft last year before moving to Manchester

He said that it’s incredibly time consuming, really hard and you should definitely learn Dutch before moving

Compared to the UK, you spend twice as much time studying in delft

But he also said it’s really rewarding if you manage to finish the course

[cedar hollow]

"if you manage to finish the course" 😭 😭 😭

[twilit mulch]

It has a 50% dropout rate for a reason

[cedar hollow]

oof

[drifting snow]

Has anyone or someone you know taken SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test) for Symbiosis school of economics, Pune. I'd like to know more about it

[hollow hill]

Still better than being in 250k debt

If I get financial aid in a good uni in NA ill think about it, if not I have no reason to even consider when the TUs are all 2k euros at max

[river forge]

Anyone trying to get into ohio state university

[static oxide]

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing fine. I am thinking about either studying computer engineering or anything IT related. Does anyone know of some good universities in the UK for that?

[odd night]

what's your definition of good? are you looking for just really selective/competitive places? is financial aid important to you? and do you just want good unis, or do you want recommendations that might be better for you? in which case you might have to tell us more about what you're looking for

https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings

you can just use this to find the rankings by subject if you wanted to

[twilit mulch]

UK unis are 25k per year so 75k total

Or 100k if you do a 4 year course

[hollow hill]

bruh most decent unis there costs like 60k

a year

its a pain

[twilit mulch]

In the UK?

England?

[tranquil summit]

That's the US...

Unless you're looking at Oxbridge or London

And even those are probs max 40

Not 60

[elfin junco]

Harvard charged 50k a year for online classes on zoom lmao

[tranquil summit]

Nobody changed their fees for covid tho

[dense walrus]

This for CS?

[twilit mulch]

Yup

[dense walrus]

Is it the same for other courses?

I think AE is prolly the same

Is it? Hopefully not

[hollow hill]

no i was referring to the us

[hollow hill]

ye

[twilit mulch]

Why not go to the UK

[hollow hill]

cuz TU delft is significantly cheaper, only reason i would go to the US is for the coops

and nothing else

[twilit mulch]

I meant England

Why not go to England

[hollow hill]

yeah ik what u mean

Im not british

[twilit mulch]

Wait what unis did you get offers from

[hollow hill]

? i am in year 12

[twilit mulch]

Why df you have UG role

[hollow hill]

cuz pugs gave it

[odd night]

.........?

[twilit mulch]

Oh

[hollow hill]

people in general was complaining abotu maths

we were talking about maths with mirza, they were complaining

[twilit mulch]

😂

[hollow hill]

but yeah i don't have a good enough reason to go to the uk

[odd night]

so where are you applying [country?] and what for?

[twilit mulch]

I’d only go to the UK if I got offers from top unis

[hollow hill]

CS

applying really depends

netherlands, canada, uk, us

I would most likely end up in the netherlands tbh

[odd night]

oh okay cool

you still have a year to figure stuff out so good luck

[hollow hill]

2

years

yeah

year 12= grade 11

atleast in most countreis

countries*

ah nvm yeah ill have to apply in a year

eitherways thanks*

[odd night]

yeah ik lol im a y13

[dense walrus]

Is may June too late for fall admissions?

[odd night]

yep

[odd night]

whatcountry

if it's UK/US then yes

canada too i think

[dense walrus]

Canada, US, EU

[dense walrus]

Oh thanks

I wonder if it’s worth taking A level chem; I struggle my ass off and it’s not even required in most unis

[odd night]

application deadlines are generally jan

[dense walrus]

But I’m being pressured to take it. It’s mostly US that require an A level for chem other worse AS is fine

[odd night]

what do you want to study?

[dense walrus]

Yea, also I’m taking AS retakes in November, the results are really close to the deadline

[hollow hill]

no idea

[dense walrus]

Aerospace engineering

[odd night]

if it's CS/engineering in the US, then it's a good idea to take A level chem

[hollow hill]

sounds like engineering

ah

there u go

[odd night]

then yea might be good

[hollow hill]

rarely see it as a requirement tho

for cs

[odd night]

true but some colleges do require it and others like to see science involvement for 4 years

i hope you're taking physics lol

[hollow hill]

Ah

im doing IB

so im fucked

had to take physics, math, CS for HL

while my real goals are very different

I wanna go to Kyoto Sekai

to study about anime girls

and jiggle physics

https://soranews24.com/2016/04/14/japanese-university-otaku-class-has-strict-requirements-you-must-watch-20-anime-per-week/

this university sounds fun as well

lmao

EASIEST UNIVERSITY EVER EASY CLAP

20 episodes in a week? i do that in a day at times

10 books per months kind of a pain holy but manga makes it a lot easier

for #3 I wonder if pornography counts

#4 is easy

[elfin junco]

Yes

[dense walrus]

do i need to take english profiency exams if ive been doing CIE and done english in IG and taken EGP for AS level? (studying in india)

[odd night]

yes

afaik

if you are indian and study in india then probably

[dense walrus]

I’m not Indian

[odd night]

if you arent an english speaking country national

[dense walrus]

Yea ok then

So which ones the best to give?

[odd night]

idk if theres a major difference between the TOEFL and IELTS

if youre fluent either should be pretty easy

[dense walrus]

Ok thanks

[slow violet]

IELTS is easier than TOEFL imo

[robust veldt]

@slow violet

[void glen]

@lofty idol

[lofty idol]

Huh

[void glen]

The link was here

[lofty idol]

Ah oki

[waxen elm]

anyone choosing med?
also do u need phy for med? found out in indua u do...but what about other countries?

[tiny lagoon]

i heard few can accept maths instead of physics, and also there are few unis which require bio and chem only, so it depends on the uni ur looking for

[oak sapphire]

they normally require u to chose chem and u have a choice between bio and physics

not 100% sure tho

[odd night]

it depends on the university afaik. some of them "encourage" [ie - really want] all sciences, some want bio and chem, some just require chem, so id just suggest reading up on the places you want to apply

where are you planning to apply? and are you talking a level?

[steel remnant]

does anyone know how many A levels does new Zealand universities need? because i couldn't find enough info in there websites

[quick zealot]

Hey guys, I’m in some semi-deep shit, and need some advise. Planning on taking AS exams in November, and a mock before that to see where I’m at, but not very confident about it, and I don’t want to apply with shit AS grades because I want to get into good unis and I know I can, but my head hasn’t been straight until now. If I get my mocks back and see that I haven’t done well, what are my options? I really want to go to university next year, can’t afford to lose anymore time, and that too at the ones I want to because I know can get into them, it’s an issue of time. What can I do? Please help.

[cedar hollow]

If you are giving AS in Nov, you can give your A levels in May/June 2022 and still be able to get to Uni in the fall of 2022

How many subjects do you plan to take?

[quick zealot]

@cedar hollow yes that is the plan but the only thing I’m worrying about is my AS grades as I have just started studying the content from zero with two months to go. Maths Phy Econ

[cedar hollow]

Hmm

Any idea where you want to apply for university?

[quick zealot]

Otherwise it’s all smooth sailing, But my stupid lack of discipline (which I’ve rectified since I’ve gotten my priorities straight) is putting me at a disadvantage

@cedar hollow LSE UCL Oxford, and They’re non negotiable for me (just making it harder for myself lol)

[cedar hollow]

Ah i see. It's good that you've sorted that out though

So you have 3 months ish until the Nov series

[quick zealot]

Well 2 months

Nov series starts in Oct

If it was Nov like it says I would be fine and dandy

🤦🏻‍♂️

[cedar hollow]

oh right it starts early Oct

[severe heart]

yeah im on same boat as you , im gonna retake AS this november and sit A2 next may june and hopefully enter uni in Fall of 2022

(or probably composite tbh)

[cedar hollow]

but they just started on the AS syllabus which is the problem

[severe heart]

unless you study day and night its not possible to pull that off

[cedar hollow]

yeah

[severe heart]

starting AS now and finishing by early october is a huge task

ur squeezing 6-8 months work into 2

[cedar hollow]

ye

for comparison i had about 9 months for AS lul

5 subjects

[severe heart]

Trust me i tried it , im even subscribed to this website that gives a level courses

i still cant make it

too much pressure

im probably gonna go composite

[quick zealot]

Yes I am also a self study candidate

I know I can get good grades

I know it for a fact

But it’s full proofing myself for the worst possible scenario

[cedar hollow]

i would suggest, see if your target universities can allow you to start in the winter of 2023

instead of fall 2022

i know universities in canada and the usa allow that

[quick zealot]

LSE UCL and Oxford don’t do winter i takes

Intakes

[cedar hollow]

ah :/

[quick zealot]

If they I would be happy as hell again

[severe heart]

ooof

[quick zealot]

A backup idea I thought of is taking the exam in a country where they do it later and apply later as well

[severe heart]

i dont care about top tier unis tbh , i just wanna enter a medium-good tier uni

and im satisfied

[cedar hollow]

here's another idea: take AS and A together

in May/June 2022

[quick zealot]

@severe heart tell me competitive personality trait that lol

[severe heart]

where is that lol they are all done together

[severe heart]

YES this is what im doing

[quick zealot]

@cedar hollow but I have to skip next year entry

[severe heart]

im going to take composite math this November

then focus on chem & bio for may june 2022

[cedar hollow]

idts, you can still make it in the fall 2022 intake

[quick zealot]

I want to apply this year get in next year,

[severe heart]

dude you apply in january anyway

[cedar hollow]

yeah you can apply without your grades

[quick zealot]

Not for LSE

Or Oxford

😦

[severe heart]

you just get predicted grades

then they give u conditional offer

[cedar hollow]

oh

[cedar hollow]

yeah thats what I thought

[quick zealot]

@severe heart private candidate, my predicted grades are my AS

[cedar hollow]

oh shite

right

[severe heart]

rip

good note to take as a newly private candidate myself

bro you either lower ur standards a bit

or just go next year

[cedar hollow]

yeah fall 2023

you can get steller grades then

[odd night]

yeah oxbridge deadlines are oct/nov [the 15th i think] so

[severe heart]

or you somehow do entire AS in 2 months

[cedar hollow]

which is possible ig

hmm

[severe heart]

its possible but its way too stressful and full of pressure

[quick zealot]

Yah, also@I heard turkey or Pakistan do feb series I heard it somewhere

I know I can do it, right now I’m on a regime

[severe heart]

im from turkey and we dont do feb march here

at least not in my center

[quick zealot]

Literally fully focused and disciplined

@severe heart do u know anywhere that does?

[cedar hollow]

yeah this year was an exception, more countries got to do f/m 2021

idk about next year

[odd night]

wouldnt recommend doing it in two months lol but tbf anything is possible if youre willing to commit

[severe heart]

nope because i have studied the past 11 years in same school , which is also my center

[quick zealot]

I am doing a mock right before it to see where I am at th

[severe heart]

so i never had to check anywhere else

[quick zealot]

That will decide if I continue or not

[severe heart]

yeah i dont recommend that either

theres no problem in taking a gap year

[quick zealot]

@severe heart that’s the thing, I’ve taken quite a couple

[severe heart]

bec thanks to covid its already hard/impossible to travel

couple gap years?!

[quick zealot]

That’s why not much time to lose

Exactly

[severe heart]

yikes dude what have u done in those gap years

[quick zealot]

Hence the conundrum

[odd night]

if ur an international applicant then gap years can reflect negatively, just take certain pieces of advice with a grain of salt

[quick zealot]

@severe heart head wasn’t straight, wanted to do different things didn’t work out

Based in London

[severe heart]

ahh i respect that

[quick zealot]

Generally a bright student, have very good GCSEs

[severe heart]

im taking gap year essentially to catch up and increase grades

[quick zealot]

But always wanted to be a sportsman

[cedar hollow]

i think you gotta do what you gotta do, grind for AS if you really wanna get in fall 2022

[cedar hollow]

o cool

[odd night]

thats cool i hope you get to integrate that into ur college life

[quick zealot]

Didn’t work out, found a new driven motive which is why I wanna get into uni nw

@cedar hollow yeah

[severe heart]

yeah if u wanna go with ur plan , make a strict plan and go ahead with it

u dont have much time

[cedar hollow]

yup plan in advance

[quick zealot]

@odd night without a doubt I will, I’m entering the football team rowing team any team there is lol

[cedar hollow]

noice

[severe heart]

i only want to enter uni bec unis are still a bit relevant

otherwise the work i wanna do is completely irrelevant to unis

hence why i hate studying A Levels

[quick zealot]

I personally don’t like the education system itself

[severe heart]

yeah its terrible

[quick zealot]

Sub conscious reason for not being disciplined in it

But it’s needed for what I wanna end up doing unfortunately

[severe heart]

this is my 3rd attempt , if i dont get better grades i dont even care anymore i might even just drop out at that point

Yeah same

the certificate u get from uni is still important

[cedar hollow]

ye

well good luck to both of you

i hope everything works out

im sure it will

[severe heart]

thanks dude , much appreciated

Just want this A Levels off my back for once and for all

[quick zealot]

Thanks, I need to find out about countries who apply later than January and do exams later than October but still apply in the same year

@severe heart me too I really do I’m tired of it. It’s easy to do but only if you’re motivated about it

[severe heart]

dont all A levels take place together at same time , like if its november session it all takes place in oct nov

[severe heart]

yeah i have been slowly building up that movitation

[quick zealot]

Probably, but I do feel some countries do it at different times, or maybe they just apply at different times, can’t really remember

I know Australia does things differently as their term cycles are different

[severe heart]

the application times probably differ place to place for sure , but not the actual exams themselves

thats why they say check the uni/place before u apply

cus it changes

[quick zealot]

Hmmm

That’s probably it

Any countries do applications post May June for the same year entry 😭😭😭

I wish

[severe heart]

well i hope u find em!

i just wanna go to uni before im forced into military lmao

[quick zealot]

Ngl military would give the both of us some really good discipline lol

[severe heart]

well with the political situation in my country rn , i want to avoid anything related to military

[odd night]

there are some unis [i don't know the details of which ones] that do rolling applications

i.e. open year round afaik and accept on a rolling basis

though i'm not 100% sure

try checking US and canada for this

[quick zealot]

Will do, but financial funding go go there will be hard.

[odd night]

that might be true, i have no idea

oh to the US/canada myb

[quick zealot]

Also, is it true this year UCAS app deadline was September 2021???

[odd night]

yeah those are expensive

[odd night]

??

like for applications for fall 2022?

[quick zealot]

Not for fall 2021 itself

[odd night]

for next year right

[quick zealot]

So from last years app

Yes

[severe heart]

does canada help out its students tho

or is it as rough as USA

[odd night]

no i dont think so [@ the ucas thing]

bc im applying ucas

and havent heard that anywhere

[quick zealot]

I just googled it

[odd night]

depends where you go

[quick zealot]

It said for UCAS 2021 deadline for 2021 entry in fall, 21 sept is a deadline

[severe heart]

do u know a good region that does

[odd night]

nope

[severe heart]

or state*

[odd night]

i dont know much abt canada applications in general

[severe heart]

hm

[odd night]

but i know some places do i know a couple of friends' siblings have gone for that reason

[severe heart]

as long as they exist i'll find em

cus the only real option is maybe like germany but for that i need to learn german

[odd night]

just looked it up

so its for 2021 applications

not 2022

[quick zealot]

Omg they are so lucky

😭😭😭

[odd night]

i didnt know that but yeah i guess since its on the ucas website

[quick zealot]

I could’ve really used that right now

Like really

Is it bad to say I’m praying for another lockdown?

😭😭😭

[severe heart]

you dont need to pray its gonna come

well depending on where you live

[odd night]

do you mean like you want 2022 apps to be extended?

[quick zealot]

The cases are falling down in London

@odd night yeah

[odd night]

lol true. the UK is .............. mm yeah

[severe heart]

dude 80% of the population is vaccinated yet yall are on lockdown

or tight restrictions i guess

[quick zealot]

@odd night like in winter I’m still predicting cases soaring...

[severe heart]

i genuinly believe lockdowns will come soon towards end of summer

[quick zealot]

But cases falling rapidly rn in London

[severe heart]

did they fall before tho

[quick zealot]

Other nations however r being hit by it

[severe heart]

cus usually it falls then it suddenly spikes and boom lockdown

[quick zealot]

They reached almost peak just two weeks ago

Then fall

[severe heart]

probably going to peak again

[odd night]

they will. people, teachers, will come back from their vacations and people will start taking things lax and they will lol the human race is so stupid and predictable

[quick zealot]

But if people get vaxxed...

[severe heart]

vaxx is clearly not working lol

[quick zealot]

And if the delta variant gets contained

[odd night]

it will help, not fix the problem

trust me

[quick zealot]

Bruhh I’m so bad for saying this

[odd night]

not telling u where i live but trust me

[quick zealot]

But I hope my exams get cancelled

I really do

[severe heart]

lmao i wished that in 2019

[quick zealot]

And UCAS apps delayed as well

[odd night]

people are getting vaxxed here and it is not helping bc they think its a cure

[severe heart]

and look what happened in 2020

[odd night]

im not wishing shit i want to go to uni in 2022 🙏

[severe heart]

fr^

[quick zealot]

No I really deserve to not get the grades if it happens, I had two solid years, and two lockdowns to sort myself out

[severe heart]

wait if i finish my A Levels by 2022 may june

does that mean i go to uni in 2023?

[odd night]

no

[severe heart]

dont mind me , i havent checked uni apps that much

[odd night]

you should be applying now for uni in 2022

[quick zealot]

No fall 2022

[severe heart]

hmm

[quick zealot]

@odd night yeah

[severe heart]

by now you mean in january ?

[quick zealot]

Deadline January 2022

[odd night]

i mean

[quick zealot]

It’s open now to apply

[odd night]

you should start soon

if you can

[severe heart]

well im still waiting for AS grades

and also my math is gonna suck a lot

[odd night]

bc like a level mocks and stuff is stressful in jan

[odd night]

so am i

[severe heart]

like ik my math grades will be terrible i chocked so hard on those

[quick zealot]

Yeah so that’s 15th Jan, and you gotta apply ASAP after that, deadline is 29th Jan I think

[odd night]

if youre applying to US as well start asap you will thank yourself

[severe heart]

hmm

i will probably have to wait for retakes tho

[odd night]

and if youre applying oxbridge the deadline is in oct

or nov i forget

but thats the only one

[quick zealot]

Yeah oct 15

[odd night]

yeah

[severe heart]

nah i doubt i'll apply to england

too expensive for a foreigner

[cedar hollow]

@quick zealot have you considered canada?

or have any of you considered canada, for that matter?

[odd night]

i have

but im not applying

[severe heart]

i have but havent checked unis yet

[odd night]

US + UK for me

[cedar hollow]

ah okay

[severe heart]

i kinda gave up after seeing fees for Medicine a year ago , but now that i changed my mind from medicine

[cedar hollow]

if you need help lmk

[severe heart]

i wanna check canada again

for social sciences

sure

[cedar hollow]

i just went through the process XD

[severe heart]

yep yep

[odd night]

are you ug in canada?

[severe heart]

but i figure social sciences are much cheaper , no?

[cedar hollow]

yep

[odd night]

oh awesome

[cedar hollow]

it depends

but yes

[cedar hollow]

thanks

[severe heart]

lets say like IT field

or does it depend on location

[odd night]

like information technology?

[severe heart]

yeah

[odd night]

thats not a social science i dont think

[cedar hollow]

see IT could be comp sci

[severe heart]

ik but i couodnt think of a good example

[odd night]

all i can tell you is the US is mad expensive and if you need aid u r fucked

[severe heart]

cus im interested a bit into IT rn

[cedar hollow]

Which then falls under different faculties

[severe heart]

nope im not even considering US

[cedar hollow]

like in UWaterloo, it comes under the faculty of mathematics

[severe heart]

hm

[cedar hollow]

but for UofT it comes under faculty of arts and science

[severe heart]

do you know the approx requirements for like a good-mid tier uni in canada

[cedar hollow]

and then tuition depends accordingly

[odd night]

depends what you consider good and mid-tier

[quick zealot]

@cedar hollow no uni interested in there for me, LSE, UCL and Oxford are my aspirations

[cedar hollow]

so like for example

[severe heart]

well i dont want something like top 1

[cedar hollow]

Queens

or Western

you can get in with an A

[quick zealot]

USA would’ve been it for me if I lived there, but I’m just gonna do student exchanges while in London Uni

[cedar hollow]

all A's or like 3A's and 1B

maybe even 2B's

[severe heart]

dang

for what field u talking about

or is that in general

[cedar hollow]

in general yeah

but IT would be something similar i reckon

IT being comp sci/software engineering at Queens/Western

[severe heart]

ranked 200-300 in the world hmm

[cedar hollow]

ye

[severe heart]

this is much different than EU

in EU its much lower

[cedar hollow]

this year was ab absolute shit show for canadian unis lmao

[severe heart]

the requirements

i hope they will lower requirements a bit and hopefully fees too to get more students

since all education is online now

[cedar hollow]

they admitted too many people with lower grades early on, and then had to end up rejecting people with like all A*'s

[severe heart]

otherwise i might just go for europe

[cedar hollow]

yeah

[quick zealot]

Vaccines are working guys

[severe heart]

yikesss

[cedar hollow]

like McGill rejected someone with a 45/45 IB

[severe heart]

my friend went to uni of utretch with like an E in math

[cedar hollow]

Absolutely insane

[severe heart]

or D was it

[cedar hollow]

o lol

[severe heart]

when the required like C's at least

[quick zealot]

@cedar hollow that’s... wow. I used to be in an IB school

Best form of edu imo

Currently

[severe heart]

also canada is really far away from my home country so idk

[cedar hollow]

ye

[severe heart]

if it has such high requirements , a bit expensive , and far away is it really worth

[cedar hollow]

ill tell you something tho

dont worry about the expensive part

you get tons of financial aid

[severe heart]

im more worried about the requirements dude

[cedar hollow]

ah

[severe heart]

cus my parents always say dont think too much about the fee we will do smth about it

but the requirements

cus in all honesty i just wanna get into medium tier uni and be done with it

[cedar hollow]

there's also york or carleton if you are interested

take a look maybe

those are third tier unis

[quick zealot]

Honestly a good bet is applying to a top uni for a not so wanted course

[severe heart]

ahhh thanks thats rlly helpful tbh

[quick zealot]

You get the uni name, it’s facilities, and less competition

Most important thing about uni is the alumni and people u network in

[odd night]

eeeeeeeeeeh, depends where. if you're talking abt a really top uni then they're competitive regardless of major

[severe heart]

nah taht doesnt sound smart

[cedar hollow]

hmmm

[odd night]

my view is mostly US skewed but i guarantee it will not work there

probably similar for the UK bc top unis can afford to reject you if you're not up to standard

[quick zealot]

I know a friend

Who got into Imperial

With fake grades

[cedar hollow]

bruh

[quick zealot]

Already doing a masters

[odd night]

uh

[cedar hollow]

bruh how lul

[quick zealot]

Literally, he’s still in there till today international application as wel

[odd night]

psa please dont fake your grades or advise that lmao

that is not a good example

[quick zealot]

For sure

[cedar hollow]

lmaooo

[odd night]

😭

[quick zealot]

Never, your money that u earn is gonna be dirty

[odd night]

kudos to ur friend though

[cedar hollow]

hehehehhehehe

bruh imagine faking your grades and getting into imperial

[odd night]

also remember that applications have changed a lot

if theyre doing a masters

[quick zealot]

Nah he took someone else’s spot that probably deserved it

[odd night]

then they mustve applied like at least 6 years ago

[severe heart]

thats why i despise evidence based grading

everyone is cheating

[quick zealot]

Everything he does with his degree as an entry is officially tainted

[severe heart]

there are rumors of teachers being bribed at my center/school lmao

[cedar hollow]

bruh 🥲

[severe heart]

bec a guy who gets D-E in english for past 3 years somehow gets an A

just as it became evidence based

[odd night]

god i hate this year bc the grading curves are so fucked

[cedar hollow]

it do be like that

[odd night]

wait hold up why does the bot care abt c/nt but not fucked lol

[severe heart]

cambridge screwing us over in every way possible at this point

[quick zealot]

But yeah coming back to degree from top uni for not so wanted courses, u can find UCL requirements of B and C for courses

For example

They need to fill in their entry quotas u know

It’s competitive

[severe heart]

dude whats so trash about unis is their goddamn websites

[quick zealot]

But you can get in with B and C

[severe heart]

why cant i just open the website and see exactly what grades are needed

[odd night]

which they will also do with international students paying double price lol

[quick zealot]

Playing it right

[odd night]

capitalism

[cedar hollow]

just slip in a 20 with your application ez

[quick zealot]

@odd night loool that’s really messed up, but I think the idea is nationals pay tax, so that’s already taken into account

Internationals haven’t, so they pay double

Something of that mindset I’d assume

[cedar hollow]

^

yus

[odd night]

true, but check the tuition differences some of them are insane

[quick zealot]

We’ve kinda given the double part in small installments throughout our growing up ears (our parents tbh lol)

[cedar hollow]

that's cause it varies a lot

from year to year

[odd night]

also the reason ints needing aid get rejected so much

[quick zealot]

Yeah you could be paying 100k for a course

[severe heart]

dude most of the time i cant even find its requirements

[odd night]

as compared to full tuition ints and nationals needing aid

[odd night]

which unis? UK? or otherwise

[severe heart]

or its something to do about the education on theire own website not cambridge a levels

[cedar hollow]

which is why I recommend canada

[quick zealot]

Type uni name and undergrad courses on google

[severe heart]

no not UK

[cedar hollow]

where then?

[severe heart]

mostly like Europe

since thats where i looked

[cedar hollow]

ohh okk

[severe heart]

altho unis in new zealand were clean and easy to navitage

[odd night]

uk unis should have requirements on their admissions page. us unis dont have grade requirements. not sure abt canada

[severe heart]

navigate*

[cedar hollow]

same for canada ye

[severe heart]

im looking at carleton rn , ehhhh

[cedar hollow]

y whats wrong

[severe heart]

i guess i fill in this?

i cant seem to find requirements list

so

[cedar hollow]

yus

[odd night]

btw do ur research before you apply. abt the city, abt the uni, campus, etc, its definitely important

[severe heart]

yeah for sure

i just wanna see the approx grades and what not

before i sit down and look into canada as a wohle

whole

just to get an idea

[cedar hollow]

@severe heart you're home schooled yeah?

[severe heart]

yes i left school after 11th grade

okay i take it back , that was incredibly fast , props to canada

[cedar hollow]

lool

[severe heart]

tho it doesnt rlly say what grades hm

[cedar hollow]

ah okk

hold on

aight so considering this

[quick zealot]

@severe heart what courses u interested in

[severe heart]

yeah i checked that list , it didnt make much sense

[severe heart]

for now im checking out IT

[quick zealot]

Which country u wanna study in

[severe heart]

not 100% sure in it , just getting an idea since i will probably go sometihng in that field

well canada and germany are top considerations rn

bec of their good aid

for students

but canada preferbly since its an english speaking country

[cedar hollow]

quebec is french, but yeah the rest is english

mainly

[severe heart]

yeah

so i guess it says grade C or better?

thats all i understood

[cedar hollow]

here's toronto

for comparision

@severe heart

looking at this, carleton would be B's and C's yup

[severe heart]

yeah okay carlteton is better

[cedar hollow]

ye

[severe heart]

i might get As who knows but even then i wanna make sure i have other options

[cedar hollow]

and in its own respect, carleton is great

it really is, especially the co-op

[severe heart]

and its in ottowa too

oh yeah i saw that on website

[cedar hollow]

nope toronto

[severe heart]

what does that mean

?

[cedar hollow]

ohhhh

mb

see co-op is like

a work-study program

so you study for 4 months (1 semester) and work for 4 months

like internship

[severe heart]

oh thats straight up amazing

[cedar hollow]

yuss

if you like co-op then apply to Uwaterloo

[severe heart]

im gonna look more into the 2 unis u recommended , thanks a lot

[cedar hollow]

largest co-op program in north america

yee np

[severe heart]

o

i'll also check it out

[cedar hollow]

my sis went to waterloo, i can help you with anything you need just ping

[severe heart]

aye thats amazing, thanks a lot again

[cedar hollow]

npp

[dense walrus]

I’m confused with applications, are there benefits of applying early as soon as they open? School counsellors saying this is my application year but I have nothing to show for it. My AS, I’m retaking Nov, a level predicted grades release jan for me. Unless there are different deadlines to submit grades?

The Canadian unis are open till like April so that’s not a problem but what should I do for those ending December for US (this is what my school counsellors are saying btw so it may be wrong)

[odd night]

for the US, early deadlines generally have higher rates of admission. and the benefit ig is knowing if you got in or not - so if you didn't get into some of your safety schools, then you might want to consider applying to more for regular decision. US deadlines generally close by nov for EA and jan for RA meaning you'll have to submit the AS grades you got. there isn't really another option

are you also applying UK?

also, are you talking early as in early decision or early admission?

[dense walrus]

Can I submit my predicted AS instead?

[dense walrus]

Early decision

[odd night]

you can only ED to one place though

[odd night]

if you have an AS grade im p sure you have to submit that

they ask for a transcript

and it'll be from your school

[dense walrus]

Also I had decent marks in mocks for the March series so can I show that as proof

[dense walrus]

Oh

[dense walrus]

Ok I’m getting it mixed up then

[odd night]

ED means you apply early, and if you get in, you're legally bound to go. you have to sign a contract and everything. if you get in, you can't choose to go anywhere else

i'd suggest doin some research on the US application process bc its very different to canada / UK

[dense walrus]

Yea, I guess then I’ll just have to do a regular decision application

Thank you

[odd night]

no worries

this is for fall 2022 right

[dense walrus]

Yes

[odd night]

yeah okay i'm applying for that too so you should probably go for RA

the jan deadlines

are you only applying to the US?

[dense walrus]

No

Canada and EU

Primarily Canada

[odd night]

oh okay no idea for that sorry

[dense walrus]

Yea dw, Ik a decent amount for Canada and eu just the us

[odd night]

im applying to the US so i can try help

[dense walrus]

Also November results release mid jan close to the deadline

[odd night]

id just suggest getting started ASAP bc its a shitload of stuff you need to do

[dense walrus]

Oh ok, appreciate the advice

[odd night]

for some places you might need to just submit the grades you currently have. since your school needs to submit a transcript you might not have any other options

[dense walrus]

Do you think it’s possible if I mention my situation with the grades, they’d be flexible?

[odd night]

US unis are known to be shit

so honeslty, no

but i could be wrong

also depends which unis you're applying to

and the commonapp works very differently to UCAS

[steel remnant]

hello
does anyone know how many A levels does Hungary universities need?

ive searched on google but and uni websites but all i see is they need high school diploma

so is it true they dont need A levels?

[odd night]

which probably means 3 a levels minimum

since i believe thats what you need to officially graduate

[steel remnant]

so can i apply with only high school diploma and use A levels as a back up coz im gonna examine 2 a levels in oct/nov 2021

[odd night]

i dont know what you mean

how do you use a levels as a back up

[steel remnant]

well like i first apply with high school diploma only

and if a no came i apply with a levels

as a back up

[odd night]

thats not how it works

[steel remnant]

oh

[odd night]

there are application deadlines and stuff

you cant just

reapply whenever you want

you should probably research the hungary application process first

[steel remnant]

okay then

but like i never saw the word A levels in there application

[odd night]

because it isn't a british university

they don't cater to a level students specifically

[steel remnant]

oh ok then

[tiny lagoon]

Does anyone use studyme for finding unis? If yes, did u get any offers/interests from unis yet?

[steel remnant]

Are universities in Germany actually free for international students as google says ?

[odd night]

you can search up the university, go to their website, and check the tuition fees

[steel remnant]

i did and i actually found prices

but google says unis are free in germany

[mellow venture]

You should check public universities

Not private

And the it is not free of cost

There is a certain amount you pay

For transport + student union

[odd night]

that's why i said check the websites specifically, you can't always trust the info that just shows up on the first page of google

[slow violet]

Check up specific unis

Most public unis have no tuition fee but collect a sem fee for health/other expenses

[steel remnant]

i see

thank you all

[dense walrus]

Will having 2 a levels affect my application? (Aerospace engineering, A levels in math and physics, AS in chem and EGP)

There are few unis that require chem at a level, I have not done igcse chem and finding AS difficult, started A2 and it’s worse. I screwed up as level cause I was really worried about chem and it affected other subjects

[tranquil summit]

All UK unis ask for 3 a levels

[elfin junco]

I think all unis require at least 3 A Levels

[fleet vine]

Although a few of them require only 2 subjects

Such as for computer engineering

It should depend on the course shouldn’t it?

[tawny eagle]

giving 2sub in Alevels??

[fleet vine]

Yes

[tawny eagle]

its impossible

how?

[fleet vine]

For UK universities computer engineering you only need maths and physics

[tawny eagle]

what about cs?

[fleet vine]

Only 1 or two subjects

Maths is definitely required

[tawny eagle]

maths is compulsory no cap

[fleet vine]

Yes

Sometimes they might also require physics

[twilit mulch]

Which unis

[fleet vine]

And some also recommend computer science

[tawny eagle]

Alevel phyXD

[fleet vine]

Imperial college London is one

[tawny eagle]

interesting

[fleet vine]

Kings college too

[tawny eagle]

kings college London

no way

lemme check

[fleet vine]

This one is a subject of choice

[tawny eagle]

which uni?

[fleet vine]

Oh my bad

[twilit mulch]

Imperial

[tranquil summit]

not really, they specify only 2 names but the third can be anything

[tawny eagle]

yea i mean 2 alevel sub its impossible

[fleet vine]

Ohhhhh

[tranquil summit]

so they'll require you to take maths and phy for example

[fleet vine]

But does it also depend upon the UCAS points?

[fleet vine]

Yea

[tranquil summit]

and the third can be anything with that grade

[tawny eagle]

ohhh

[tranquil summit]

nah not really

[fleet vine]

Suppose if we say the requirement is BCC

[tawny eagle]

makes sense now

[fleet vine]

And instead of you get A*A

Then won’t that be the same UCAS points?

So then we can still be eligible right?

[tawny eagle]

kcl

[fleet vine]

Oh

I guess I must have misunderstood

[tawny eagle]

yea maybe

you can only apply 3 unis in UK right?

[fleet vine]

I’m not sure tbh

Maybe check in UCAS for information

[tawny eagle]

one of my friend said

[fleet vine]

Oh

[tawny eagle]

but for US u can apply as many as u want

[fleet vine]

I thought there was no limits to the number of universities we can apply lol

[tawny eagle]

for UK ig its there

[fleet vine]

Damm so there you can apply 100 universities it’s still accepted??

[tawny eagle]

yea ig

[fleet vine]

Ohhhhh

[tawny eagle]

ohh 5 not 3

[tranquil summit]

5

[twilit mulch]

Just google the question 😭

[tranquil summit]

but you can only apply to 4 med

[tawny eagle]

yea, i mean its unfair isnt?

[fleet vine]

Lol but I wonder who on earth would apply for that many universities 😂😂

[tawny eagle]

ma badXD

[fleet vine]

Even I can’t do that

[tranquil summit]

and you have to choose between ox and cambridge

[tawny eagle]

no idea

[tranquil summit]

you dont need a lot more than that really

[tawny eagle]

true

[twilit mulch]

Oxford is more for economics, history, etc
Cambridge more more science based

[tranquil summit]

might want to diversify in terms of countries

but within one it works perf fine

[tawny eagle]

agree

[fleet vine]

Tbh I’m actually aiming for universities in Greater London

[vast latch]

can u pin the message in ig bsc

[fleet vine]

So I won’t have a lot of options for university admissions anyways

[tawny eagle]

kinda

[tranquil summit]

ping me there pls not here, and you can ping active mods there as well

[tranquil summit]

enjoy paying your kidney

[fleet vine]

Is it that expensive???

[tawny eagle]

yea its really really expensive

[fleet vine]

I though biomedical engineering is cheap to study in UK

[tawny eagle]

biomedical XD

[tranquil summit]

nono

london isnt

at all

by any means

[fleet vine]

What about university of Reading?

And my relatives live in Reading too

[tawny eagle]

thats the uni name?

[tranquil summit]

should be fine

[fleet vine]

Yea

[tranquil summit]

further north you go the cheaper it gets

[tawny eagle]

never heard before

[tranquil summit]

unless youre in edi

[tawny eagle]

interesting

[tranquil summit]

its not a big place

[tawny eagle]

i mean getting scholarship can help u @fleet vine

[tranquil summit]

cuz london is in the south

[tranquil summit]

not that many scholarships in the uk

[fleet vine]

Yea that’s why I’m aiming for applying for BMAT

[tranquil summit]

max you get 2-3 k off for a level results tbh

[fleet vine]

And UKCAT

And MCAT too

[tawny eagle]

y is that so?

[tawny eagle]

didnt get it

[tranquil summit]

the local students get student loans and they dont really give a crap about intls

[tranquil summit]

most unis give like 1k per A* for example

[tawny eagle]

1k pounds daamm

[fleet vine]

Will BMAT help for scholarships though?

[tawny eagle]

no idea:(

[tranquil summit]

not when base fee is generally 20k

[tranquil summit]

you'll hgave to check, and i doubt it

[tawny eagle]

XD jeeezz what is wrong with education systems

[fleet vine]

Actually the reason why I wanna aim for greater London is because my relatives live there and so I can easily commute to universities to study

[tranquil summit]

for locals its 9k

[tawny eagle]

its waayy less

[fleet vine]

If I go elsewhere in UK then the cost of living and housing becomes really expensive, as per what I have evaluated

That’s why I can’t aim for outside greater London too

[tranquil summit]

They pay tax

[tawny eagle]

interesting

[fleet vine]

Ikr I’m left with very little choice if I study in UK lol

[tranquil summit]

Makes sense, if you have living sorted

[tawny eagle]

wb US?

[tranquil summit]

Brb after lunch

[fleet vine]

Too expensive to study biomedical engineering compared to in UK

Although it can be a good choice for masters too

[tawny eagle]

damm US is more expensive then UK?

[fleet vine]

I have compared the fees

[tawny eagle]

its vv unfair for students

[fleet vine]

Ikr man

[steel remnant]

not all all

[tranquil summit]

Yepp US is like 40k USD++

[dense walrus]

These tuition fees are gonna kill me.

The worst part is I don’t even know what the budget is ffs, I’ve asked so many times and I don’t get a clear answer. I hate being a pessimist but we’re looking at unis way above the budget which I think is around 20k usd and Im prolly gonna have to finance most of it

[twilit mulch]

cant you get credit from the bank?

[odd night]

US is way more expensive

you can expect to pay at least 60k $$ per year as an international

you also have to pay like 20-100 $$ to apply, per uni

but you can apply to as many as you want

i'm applying to 17 in the US and 5 in the UK and the differences are wild

[cedar hollow]

bruh

17??

[cedar hollow]

thats a lot

mind if I ask which?

[dense walrus]

So a loan? Yes that’s what I think will happen but I’m anxious about how it works and being in literally $100kish debt

[slow violet]

Have you tried looking into unis in Germany/EU?

[dense walrus]

Yea I’ve looked at TU delft, but Yet to look at rest of EU, I’ve had talks with counsellors and they kinda disregarded the idea saying you need to know the national language? I did see this for a lot of unis in Germany

Also tuition is free in Germany?

[dense walrus]

Yh forsure, it blows my mind sometimes

[slow violet]

Yeahh

[slow violet]

Yeap

[mellow venture]

No there is a semester fee

Also consider that u have to learn the language for those unis

Unless somehow they offer an international degree programme for ur course that might change things up

[odd night]

yessir

but like 6 are UCs so it's kinda actually just 12

[odd night]

sure - stanford, carnegie mellon, duke, brown, harvey mudd, rice, boston u, vanderbilt, reed, u rochester, brandeis, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, and UCSC

[cedar hollow]

ooooof

good luck

[odd night]

thanks :))

[severe heart]

Any UK peeps able to help me out here? So this qualitfication for uni basically saying i need 3 A Level subjects with grades EED or better? Theres a whole bunch of other qualification but thats the one that applies to me i guess?

oh yeah fyi they make you select what country you are from and when i selected mine it only gave my national education stuff , not International A Levels so i just went with the UK to see A Level qualifications

[odd night]

yes i think so

that's generally how unis lay out their requirements

[severe heart]

alright thank you 🙏

[odd night]

no worries!

[coarse shell]

currently I am wanting to study abroad (I am a Vietnamese student) in Canada, but I don't know where to start when I started researching for schools in Canada. Can I get some tips?

[cedar hollow]

what do specifically need help with?

in general, you can maybe start by researching your program, which universities offer them

I made an excel sheet about this to be organised, you can do the same if you wish

[coarse shell]

well, to be more precise, I am not sure about how to find the requirements in order to be accepted to study in a certain program (your school grade, english level, french level etc.)

[cedar hollow]

ah okay

[cedar hollow]

what programs are you looking at?

[coarse shell]

I am currently researching about the computer programming area

and there are some unis and colleges who has these programs available

[cedar hollow]

o cool

yeah there are tons

usually university websites have information regarding admission requirements

i assume you are coming from a levels

[coarse shell]

well yeah

there will be no reason for me to know about ZNotes if it's not for the A Levels

[cedar hollow]

yes

[sharp wren]

Can universities take grade averages for A-levels?

[cedar hollow]

Hello to everyone, I'm Cassandra, 17 years old. I'm still in high school, grade 12, and will be finishing it in a year. I wanna move out to Australia, Melbourne for college/university and pursue Literature. I have no clue about the formalities (like things needed and stuff) for an international student to join. So if there is anyone who can help, pls help me out! Dm out any help possible! Thank you in advance!

[odd night]

what do you mean

[odd night]

a lot of information will just be on the 'admissions' / 'apply' page of the university itself so i would just suggest looking at the university websites and reading through them first

different universities will have different requirements as well

[peak rain]

guys when do we have to apply on ucas if we just got our gcse results

[odd night]

what year are you planning to attend college

[peak rain]

2023

[odd night]

so next year

[peak rain]

or 2022

[odd night]

which one

lmao

like after year 12?

[peak rain]

is that an option?

[odd night]

yes?

wait

[peak rain]

oh fr?

[odd night]

if you do enough a levels

[peak rain]

how does that work

[odd night]

in year 12

then yes