Is it just me or does it feel like every course has higher entry requirements for clearing this year?
If that’s the case does it mean admissions are going to be more difficult this year?
I firmed an offer for EEE Beng at the University of Southampton.
I'm not contextual and my offer was AAA
But I think I messed up my A Levels and I got BBB
Will they still let me in?
I checked the UCAS historical grades and it said 53% of people who got an offer and got the grades of BBB were let in.
I live really close to the Uni if that's relevant.
EDIT: I checked the clearing page this morning, it said ABB for BEng in EEE, with the A in maths. Would I still get in with BBB? I did Maths, Physics and Computer Science
I got offers for chemical engineering BEng from leeds and Southampton which one is better
Starting the Foundation Year in EEE this September. Trying to find other people in the same boat to chat with regarding the course or moving into halls. Is there an active group for the 2026 intake? Drop a comment or DM me if so. Thanks.
I’m looking for some advice or anyone who has been through something similar, especially at a Russell Group uni. This past term has been a complete train wreck health-wise. I had to undergo surgery during the term, and then to top it all off, I got severe food poisoning on the actual day of my exams.
Because of this, my results took a hit and I'm being told I have to resit modules. All of my modules are compulsory (not core). Here is the breakdown:
Module 1: 38% (The uni has already agreed to compensate this one).
Module 2: 32% (Totally understandable given how sick I was, expecting to resit this).
Module 3: 39% (Failing by literally 1% or less than a single mark feel incredibly harsh).
I spoke to my Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) today. He confirmed I currently have to resit both the 32% and the 39% modules. However, he also mentioned something about the exam board potentially "waiving a mark" or looking at balancing out my coursework marks differently to see if they can bump that 39% up to a 40% passing grade.
Has anyone ever had experience with an exam board doing this at a Russell Group university?
Did you have to submit a formal Mitigating Circumstances (MC) / Special Considerations claim for them to do it, or do they sometimes just do it automatically during the final board review because it's so close to a pass?
Any insights on how "waiving a mark" works in practice would be massively appreciated. I'm incredibly stressed out.
Also how easy / lenient are they with the resits
In first year
It's the cheapest accommodation for a reason! Two buses to the Highfield campus, an hour to get there! Atrociously cold in winter with wind passing through the door + windows, without mentioning the heater stopping after each 10 minutes.
In summer, you CANNOT BREATHE! SO WARM A FISH WOULD BOIL ALIVE! 27 degrees and you're done. The kitchen is like a sauna. They could put curtains or something to cool down the kitchen but no, NOTHING!
Cupboards in the kitchen do not close, you can't put a lock 🔒 on it. What you saw when you visited are the 'fake' and nicest rooms you would never get.
Things (bathroom, fridge, freezer, etc.) easily break. Oh yes, including the knob on your door that locks you out most of the time and that, despite the technician coming to repair it.
Ah yes, your bedroom can be next to a machinery room, let me explain myself, with all the wires, internet cables... making a hell of a ton of noise. You need to be lucky to get a room away from that! And at night, be prepared to hear people shouting under the shelter where people sit to smoke their weed.
You can also be unlucky and be next to noisy roommates playing games on their laptop and shouting like crazy if they were in their own world. Also, don't be surprised if you can't store your own food, just a fridge and freezer for 10 people, which is ridiculous!
Yes, you've got nice people at the reception, awesome security staff, a few activities, cleaning once a week of the communal areas, technicians on call to fix things.
But really, it's NOT worth the price you're paying, I would have wanted to pay the double to be elsewhere! For that, I regret having come to Southampton, everything is super expensive, you need to be rich to make it alive.
They need to invest and renovate the building because students are running away from such buildings!
Hey everyone,
I’m an international student from India looking to lock in my choice for an MSc in Computer Science / Advanced CS for the upcoming cohort. My ultimate goal is landing a Software Development Engineer (SDE) role in the UK.
I come from a middle-class background and will be funding this entirely through a massive education loan (~₹50 Lakhs / £48k+), so Return on Investment (ROI) and university brand pull with tech recruiters are my top priorities.
I’ve mapped out my options across Manchester, Warwick, Southampton, and KCL. How do these actually rank when you strip away the generic world ranking hype and focus purely on tech prestige, living costs, and job prospects?