Why UCL is better than Cambridge (from studying at both) 

Thanks for the top tips, I will now strive to pick my university via a random spinner

Great video, could not agree more. This really helped me with deciding on which university out of the two to pursue. Gonna go with Kings College London!

Pov you just got rejected from Cambridge 😔

I got an offer from UCL for physics&astronomy. Never thought I'd be in such a situation between choosing theoretical physics at unpopular colleges or going to one of me dream schools for years but not in my dream major.

I'm starting a MSc at UCL in September and will be looking to follow it up with potential further studies at Cambridge in the future! Will look forward to making a comparison soon :)

I had Imperial as my insurance and I'm so glad I got into Cambridge. I would not have been able to afford London at all. Cambridge is cheap for the south, especially because you only need to be there for 27 weeks or so. Also as someone at another university right now for my PhD, Cambridge teaching is absolutely phenomenal, at least for STEM; other places seem so slow in comparison. I think that the examination is also something to keep in mind. At Cambridge you can do what you want throughout the year, it's very lax. I teach undergraduates here and I'm appalled at just how much pointless examination and testing and grading there is. I feel bad for how infantilised they are. Cambridge treats you like an adult from the start; the colleges give you a much better relationship with faculty and your peers.

I visited London for a weekend to see some friends, and it has to be one of the most dystopian places I've ever been to. The architecture looks like a random scrapbook of buildings from the last 3 centuries, I don't think I saw a single stranger smiling, and the food was absolutely extortionate in a few zones. When my coach changed departure to a different station a bit further south I was dreading it considering my mum only agreed to let me go if I "didn't get stabbed," but man, I have never been so happy to see a burger meal for £4. And it was the best tasting food I had there 😭

one of the very few videos i've seen at 1x speed instead of 1.5x or 2x recently because this was so hilarious and informative at the same time 👏🏽👏🏽

Speaking as a second year undergrad at UCL, I would say the social side of has improved a lot since COVID-19 restrictions were fully removed. Finally I have actually spoken to some of my professors and had in-person seminars with other academic staff. Not having colleges like in Cambridge doesn't create that automatic sense of community, but I'd say that has been built within course + societies anyway, assuming you just put in some effort to attend events. Campus is quite lively nowadays - a far cry from the post-covid emptiness we had last year. Problem now is that there never seems to be EVEN A SINGLE FREE SEAT WITH WORKING PLUG POINT in any of the libraries. Unless you have like the latest technology then best of luck x

excellent video as always Frani!! especially loved the "blood on hands" bit!!

Great video! I’m doing an MA at UCL and I agree with most of what you said, though I went to Royal Holloway for my undergrad, I did find that (despite lockdowns) social life was better there, as everyone was mostly stuck around campus it created a sense of community and more people took part in societies etc. I still live around there and a lot of my friends do as well (I did try fo find a place in London but it was an absolute nightmare so I gave up) so I kind of compensate that way. Although, when I was at RHUL most of my friends were from societies etc. and I think I only befriended about 3, maybe 4 people from my course/classes, while at UCL I was surprised by how friendly everyone on my course was which makes it really nice to be there, makes me more motivated to go to class and just helps overall because we can always ask each other for help with work etc. Would be interesting to see a video comparing them to Oxford as well :)

UCL is great. My little brother, he is studying CS at UCL. He said UCL in London. So it is very convenience for life, like China town, Asian market, Asian food, I guess Francis also like China food? right?

You really underselling UCL, it's located in Bloomsbury not far from the British Museum, a short walk from Covent Garden. That whole area is prime central London!

doing my finals at UCL rn, can't wait to graduate in July and get tf out

I was at UCL, and I felt no sense of belonging. I thought something went wrong with me or I demanded too much. Thank you bro for saying this out.

Hi from Taiwan! I'm applying Msc Psychology Conversion programme of UCL. Hope to receive the offer from UCL and to see all the good things in UCL.

Gone to UCL myself, and doing a masters in an ivy league school. I think the fact that you don't have a sense of belonging comes down to the fact that you didnt go to UCL as an undergrad. I feel the same way about my current grad school though it has much more of a campus feel while I get emotional just looking towards the BT tower from a far just bc/ that's where I spent my late teen and early twenties. UCL doesn't have much to offer in terms of quantity of buildings and that, but it offers so much quality with the little amount of infrastructure it has. Absolutely loved my time there and I wish I did a masters there instead of the shite east coast of the states.

I like UCL simply because it is much closer to China Town and Soho. (yea I’m a foodie and an alcoholic)

I am studying at UCL doing Theoretical Physics. I have to say, the course structure at UCL is very good i.e its clear and well taught. I applied to Oxford Physics however I did not like course nearly as much as I did the UCL one. I would have to say the only downside about UCL is that Oxford and Cambridge colleges are architecturally superior to any building in UCL. There is a lot of variety between colleges and the overall campus is bigger whereas UCL only has one main building with a few more buildings scattered around nearby so it is a bit of a repetitive sight. Another thing I found amazing in the Physics course is the level of research they do here. UCL has multiple labs, with many research teams working on different projects. We also have an observatory which I have been to and frankly, that alone is worth studying Astrophysics here. Great places to study too.

this was such a funny and cool and charismatic video

I did BSc at university of york and Mphil in real estate finance at Cambridge and the teaching was far better at York

I did my PhD at UCL and I can state that it was quite a lot better than Harvard. My undergraduate degree was from Sussex, which I chose because of the tutorial system. I went to Harvard because my subject (Greek and Latin Classics) was taught very rigorously there and easily matched Oxbridge in the UK. I followed my Harvard supervisor back to his 'home' university which was UCL. I lived in an intercollegiate hall of residence, where I became the student rep. The residence was just off Euston road and was very close to a dojo, where I practised the Japanese martial art of aikido, which I had started at Sussex (with a Japanese teacher). I never went to Cambridge UK, but I suppose the tutorials at Harvard/Cambridge Mass. were a good substitute. Sussex also had a tutorial system and Sussex also had the benefit of being modern, small, and set in the countryside. A few years ago I retired as a professor at Hiroshima University, where I taught Philosophy and studied very much about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

As a current grad at UCLs computer science department, I strongly recommend avoiding the finance courses. The professors are excellent, but lack the pedagogical ability to pass on their knowledge effectively to non Math or Finance background students. I also noticed that this pedagogical inaptitude of a similar nature applies for other programmes as well. Honest recommendation: if you are continuing at UCL, apply only for courses that are your forte, rather than courses that you believe could compliment it.

i love the deadpan humour

You forgot the cruciform for UCL aesthetics :( thoughhhh it is mainly for med students so I respect that

UCL / KCL / LSE / Imperial / QMUL are universities which are best suited to postgrads who also have busy careers. If you have a career, especially in law, engineering, science, banking or commerce (especially in the City of London), you need you post-grad research to be supervised by someone who currently has or has had a successful career in industry themselves, not some academic who's life moves at a glacial pace and spends inordinate amounts of time drinking tea, publishing papers no one will ever read and is totally devoid of any practical, marketable skills. In short, the top London Universities are great for working adults rather than kids just trying to bluster their way through undergrad exams. Whenever I've approached a potential supervisor, I've always gravitated to people who have had successful careers outside of academia.

4:00 I don' t think you should give UCL a point for food just because it's in London (!) UNLESS it uses it's location to make cheaper, healthier, more varied food available to students, which it doesn't, so, either Cambridge should get the point (for food), or neither of them should...

well you definitely havent sold me ucl i can tell you that

I would pick up Cambridge for the sense of community, and overall an “proper”, I don’t know to express it, university experience.

gotta love that wii photo channel music ;)

Cambridge vs Manchester next plz

You could say that Cambridge has more blood on their hands becuz they’re like a bagillion times older.

I studied at UCL. The teaching quality I thought was quite bad. And nowadays living in London is too expensive.

The most important thing is the name on your CV. Content doesn't matter, because it is insufficient at every uni, just study. You could do that even without uni. The experience itself doesn't matter too much either... you'll be mostly studying and in the great scheme of things those few years don't matter. You need the biggest and meanest name on your CV and it better be Oxford or Cambridge.

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Just failed my Cambridge admissions exam, coming here to lick my wounds and soothe my ego (prob didn't get into UCL either)

I went to UEA in Norwich, so I appreciate some Brutalism!

Francis can you please get me into an Emma formal I will pay u back with a Lucy cav formal (we have pre-drinks included 😳)

Good stuff

I am from India, can you please guide Indian students for master's degree in clinical psychology at uk. This will be really helpful

"if you want to flex to compensate for your low self-esteem" 😂

Wetin concern someone like us wey dey come from 9ja my country 😂

Reacting without watching but boooo, hisss

I had a friend reject offers from both Cambridge and Oxford because he didn't like the course as much as he thought he would. Oxbridge to alot is overrated and is very competitive people think alot of people don't get well there's alot of people in the classes the info goes out quick. If you're someone whose a slow learner Oxford and Cambridge is not the place for you TRUST ME. If you're able to pick up info quickly then go ahead. Alot of people end up dropping out or getting removed from the course because of how competitive it is personally there are way more better uni's and uni's who aren't Russel group uni's who top Oxbridge

USA colleges and universities. Cambrdge vs the other guys academically is equal; some good some bad and a few Professors outstanding. Tutoring in USA zero. Cambridge a 8. Food in USA zero and Cambridge outstanding! Academic vibe a 6 out of ten USA and Cambridge a 10! Quarters USA about an 8 and Cambridge also an 8. Helpfulness such as Porters. Cambridge a 10. USA a zero! Grounds Cambridge a 10 USA a 3. Costs at Cambridge a 1 and USA a 10. Prestige Cambridge with 122 Nobel Prize winners a 10 and USA (based on my 4 institutions) a 5. Memories at age 89 USA a 5 and Cambridge a 10.

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Imperial is better :) 😂

Dude... get to your senses! Cambridge on your CV has nothing to do with UCL (no offence). You are living in a student city, that its all about the university. World class research, it has DEPOSITED LIBRARY (means that everything that is published in the UK, the library MUST hold a copy, there are two more, Oxford University Library and London Central Library), and lots of ties with the industry and clinics. Competition makes you better and better, because you have no other option. I dont care when women got the right to get admitted... like 150 years ago... who cares, when we have 2023 and everyone has equal opportunities. Let's face it, this video is only for click baits and nothing more. Cambridge wins in all categories, hands down. Show some respect mate.

Is work experience necessary for masters ỉn Cambridge

I can’t believe I got out of england before the Elisabeth line opened 🥹🥹🥹