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I decided to make a thread for those of us applying this year for University in the UK primarily (and elsewhere). Maybe we can share our anxieties, and inshaAllah joyous moments together!

I sent of my UCAS on the 14th of October. I'm applying for dentistry, with two back-up courses.

University of Bristol - Dentistry - Acknowledgment
University of Leeds - Dentistry - Acknowledgment
University of Cardiff - Dentistry - Nothing what so ever ! imsad (anyone applying here?)
University of Bristol - Neuroscience - Interview/UCAS Open Day
King's College London - Biomedical Sciences - Offer (ABB)

The wait is killing me... I suppose i just have to concentrate on getting good grades anyways :S
 
Lol

I'm applying here in the United States.
I've only turned in one application.

The rest are due January 1 and 15.
 
transition? said:
Lol

I'm applying here in the United States.
I've only turned in one application.

The rest are due January 1 and 15.
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ah.. well good luck with your application. :) Where are you applying?

Just the other day my friend got an interview at Cambridge (UK) :ooh:! In a way I'm happy for her but am so incredibly jealous..:raging:
 
Banu_Hashim said:
ah.. well good luck with your application. :) Where are you applying?

Just the other day my friend got an interview at Cambridge (UK) :ooh:! In a way I'm happy for her but am so incredibly jealous..:raging:
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You know more often than not, its what you derive from the institution not what it imparts to you, especially here in the UK. I met a guy recently doing a similar course as me at a local council meeting, we both had to be there to observe proceedings as part of a module, but this guy studied at Cambridge as well, told me if anything, it really is about cramming and committing to memory to get in there, what you leave with is not what's imparted to you, but like i said, what you derive from there.
 
Open university zindabaad!


  • You study from home.
  • If you're a British citizen you get funding, no loans or fees! (So long as you're earning under a certain amount, contact OU for more details.)
  • You also get funding towards purchasing a laptop and other stationary!
  • All the material is available online or is sent directly to your home, no purchasing large textbooks!
Open Uni is not paying me to do this but I'd love to see more people trying this than exposing themselves to the crazy environments around unis in England.

I know many brothers who have decided to go for Open Uni and they are loving it.
 
Far7an said:
Open university zindabaad!


  • You study from home.
  • If you're a British citizen you get funding, no loans or fees! (So long as you're earning under a certain amount, contact OU for more details.)
  • You also get funding towards purchasing a laptop and other stationary!
  • All the material is available online or is sent directly to your home, no purchasing large textbooks!
Open Uni is not paying me to do this but I'd love to see more people trying this than exposing themselves to the crazy environments around unis in England.

I know many brothers who have decided to go for Open Uni and they are loving it.
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Lol, good recruitment drive bro.. but personally i want to have the experience of university; lectures, living on my own, meeting new faces etc. :statisfie
 
Banu_Hashim said:
ah.. well good luck with your application. :) Where are you applying?

Just the other day my friend got an interview at Cambridge (UK) :ooh:! In a way I'm happy for her but am so incredibly jealous..:raging:
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Haha, I don't think you'd really know any of them. but I'll tell them anyways.
GeorgiaTech, Uni of Georgia, Mercer, Uni of Alabama, Emory Uni, Washington Uni, Duke Uni, Vanderbilt Uni

I heard Cambridge is nice. so good for your friend. :thumbs_up
 
How expensive are universities in UK?
They are crazy expensive here, although we are in recession the price of universities are still 50,000$ for out of state and private institutions.
 
Banu_Hashim said:
Lol, good recruitment drive bro.. but personally i want to have the experience of university; lectures, living on my own, meeting new faces etc. :statisfie
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Lectures: boring
Living on your own: tiring, stressing, not nice without Mum's food.
Meeting new faces: Just go to the different masjid all over your city or even your local library!

:)
 
Well, I think they're a lot more expensive in the US than in the UK. It depends on the uni... but generally you pay around £3,000 per year. And the government gives you a grant so they basically pay for the rest. You can get loans for the money you have to pay, and then you can start paying back after you finished your degree and start earning a certain amount.

OK, lecture over.

Hmm... ur right i havn't heard of those uni's before. lol. What subject are you hoping to study?
 
apparently before 1997... the government used to pay for your whole degree !
 
Banu_Hashim said:
Well, I think they're a lot more expensive in the US than in the UK. It depends on the uni... but generally you pay around £3,000 per year. And the government gives you a grant so they basically pay for the rest. You can get loans for the money you have to pay, and then you can start paying back after you finished your degree and start earning a certain amount.

OK, lecture over.

Hmm... ur right i havn't heard of those uni's before. lol. What subject are you hoping to study?
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only 3000? lol wow, which is only 6000 in US$. that's nothing compared to us. Insane! It's quite sad because the American University system is a superstructure and one of the best systems, unfortunately the primary and secondary education systems below it (elementary/middle/high school) is crumbling into an abyss. Especially with those prices and the poor preparatory education, who knows what the future will hold.

I plan on majoring in molecular biology (for the schools that offer it) and minoring in religious studies or history. I can't say exactly what subject because different universities offer different majors. ah, InshaAllah. life happens. ^_^

So you want to be a dentist? :)
 
transition? said:
only 3000? lol wow, which is only 6000 in US$. that's nothing compared to us. Insane! It's quite sad because the American University system is a superstructure and one of the best systems, unfortunately the primary and secondary education systems below it (elementary/middle/high school) is crumbling into an abyss. Especially with those prices and the poor preparatory education, who knows what the future will hold.

I plan on majoring in molecular biology (for the schools that offer it) and minoring in religious studies or history. I can't say exactly what subject because different universities offer different majors. ah, InshaAllah. life happens. ^_^

So you want to be a dentist? :)
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InshAllah... Yeah I know it's crazy! I guess that's why institutions such as Harvard are the best at research because they leech 50,000 dollars +, off from all their students. Mad. I wish we had this system of majoring and minoring. Because then I would have liked to minor in something like History as well, or Arabic/Islamic studies if they offered it!

So your a bio nerd huh? :P Me too... but only human biology, not plant biology (boring..zzzzzzzzz)
 
Banu_Hashim said:
InshAllah... Yeah I know it's crazy! I guess that's why institutions such as Harvard are the best at research because they leech 50,000 dollars +, off from all their students. Mad. I wish we had this system of majoring and minoring. Because then I would have liked to minor in something like History as well, or Arabic/Islamic studies if they offered it!

So your a bio nerd huh? :P Me too... but only human biology, not plant biology (boring..zzzzzzzzz)
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Lol, do universities in UK have legacies? As if the grandfather went to Harvard, the father goes and then the son.
Well, legacies often donate millions to Harvard. They don't need to leech off their students. Many of them get full ride scholarships based on their merit. But I do believe Harvard knows that many of their graduates will become wealthy individuals. That's how they get the monies. Since they are private institution.

Everything is interesting in molecular level. I can imagine botany getting tedious.
 
*cough* george bush *cough* Didn't he go to yale or something because his dad paid them?


No I don't think they have 'legacies' over here. Might be wrong though. So is that like 50,000 for the whole degree or per year?!
 
Yes, George Bush.

50,000 per a year, but not all schools are so much. The big private ones and some really good public ones are like Uni of Virginia, Uni of California, Uni of North Carolina, Uni of Pennsylvania..etc.
 
Ahh, university. Waited so long for senior year and now I'm just mehhh.
Not too sure where I'll end up..
Here are the possibilities though
Ryerson- journalism
Concordia- journalism
Northwestern, Qatar- journalism
American Sharjah- mass communication (concentration in journalism)
Yamamah, KSA- marketing

Sigh.
 

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