07-11-2004, 07:25 AM
Congratulations for getting those conditional offers.
Each of those 4 universities have their own advantages and disadvantages. If you live in London or near London and are quite certain that you are going to get atleast ABB (which I believe would be your offer) then you should put City as your firm choice.
If you live quite far from London and to get City would mean renting a flat or taking university accomodation, then you may want to choose hariot-watt. Hariot-watt is based in Edinburgh and have equally well reputation (atleast) in the UK. The cost of living in Edinburgh may be significantly less than in London.
Kent has its own advantages. I think they have at their university the deloitte's Prophet software. The knowledge of this market leading insurance software may be found very useful when you look for graduate employment.
Southampton has, among the rest of them, the highest higher education ranking, according to Daily Times.
At the end of the day, you should decide which course and which university would suit your short, medium and long term plans. If you intend to seek employment in pakistan post graduation, then I think City would be more suitable. Also, if you also think that you would want to do a MSc in Actuarial Science too, then you should also join City, cause apparently it is easier to get into that MSc programme if you also do a BSc from City. Also, by having done BSc from City you would get significant discount in your MSc tuition fee. For more on this please visit city's website.
If you take the 4 yr city course, then you may also get 1 year placement in actuarial department, which would definately help you in the long run when you would be looking for graduate programmes.
What about LSE? Did you apply and what was the outcome? BTW which A Levels have you done? For LSE I think they need Further Maths as a pre-requisite these days.
One thing you must ensure that what ever your offers are, you must have atleast 1 grade different final choices. For instance, if city asks for ABB and hariot also asks for ABB, then you must not choose both of them - although you could but that would be like putting all your eggs in one basket. Also, there would be no real point of having two choices anyway because if you do get atleast ABB then you are bound to go to your firm choice university. I'm sure you would have known this already.
Before making a final decision do consult with your parents and teachers at college. I'm sure their advices and suggestions would matter alot, as they would know your abilities.
Good luck and do let us know what you decided. In the mean time if you need any more information, please don't hesitate to post your question and we would be happy to give you some feedbacks.
Cheers
DT
Each of those 4 universities have their own advantages and disadvantages. If you live in London or near London and are quite certain that you are going to get atleast ABB (which I believe would be your offer) then you should put City as your firm choice.
If you live quite far from London and to get City would mean renting a flat or taking university accomodation, then you may want to choose hariot-watt. Hariot-watt is based in Edinburgh and have equally well reputation (atleast) in the UK. The cost of living in Edinburgh may be significantly less than in London.
Kent has its own advantages. I think they have at their university the deloitte's Prophet software. The knowledge of this market leading insurance software may be found very useful when you look for graduate employment.
Southampton has, among the rest of them, the highest higher education ranking, according to Daily Times.
At the end of the day, you should decide which course and which university would suit your short, medium and long term plans. If you intend to seek employment in pakistan post graduation, then I think City would be more suitable. Also, if you also think that you would want to do a MSc in Actuarial Science too, then you should also join City, cause apparently it is easier to get into that MSc programme if you also do a BSc from City. Also, by having done BSc from City you would get significant discount in your MSc tuition fee. For more on this please visit city's website.
If you take the 4 yr city course, then you may also get 1 year placement in actuarial department, which would definately help you in the long run when you would be looking for graduate programmes.
What about LSE? Did you apply and what was the outcome? BTW which A Levels have you done? For LSE I think they need Further Maths as a pre-requisite these days.
One thing you must ensure that what ever your offers are, you must have atleast 1 grade different final choices. For instance, if city asks for ABB and hariot also asks for ABB, then you must not choose both of them - although you could but that would be like putting all your eggs in one basket. Also, there would be no real point of having two choices anyway because if you do get atleast ABB then you are bound to go to your firm choice university. I'm sure you would have known this already.
Before making a final decision do consult with your parents and teachers at college. I'm sure their advices and suggestions would matter alot, as they would know your abilities.
Good luck and do let us know what you decided. In the mean time if you need any more information, please don't hesitate to post your question and we would be happy to give you some feedbacks.
Cheers
DT
