Unibarcity

[Niqaabi]

As salaamu alaikum

I am applying to university and im not quite sure if im going to get into half of them and also which unis have good english departments. I know Queen Mary's has a good english dept. and i looked at their prospectus and it looked really good and you also study a bit of latin which id like to do but i really doubt id get in! :(:(:(
Anyways what unis did you lot go to, how was the atmosphere during the jurasic period? (:o) and how populated with muslims are there? (dont mention isoc cos i dont really care about that stuff just prayer room and a good mass of muslims)

Also what did you study there? I love english literature and i know that is what i want to study but im open to any halaal options you have, nothing computer related!!!!!!

:hidban:

[Bint Yusuf]

:wswrwb:

Starting Sept 19th @ QM Alhamdulilah.

I Can't Even Speak Good English, I HATE ENglish, I Wouldn't Know!:(

So Yeh I Recommend QM, Cause I'm Going :)

How About Sociology Or Pyschology?

P.s What Does Jurasic Mean?

[Niqaabi]

:wswrwb:

Starting Sept 19th @ QM Alhamdulilah.

I Can't Even Speak Good English, I HATE ENglish, I Wouldn't Know!:(

So Yeh I Recommend QM, Cause I'm Going :)

How About Sociology Or Pyschology?

P.s What Does Jurasic Mean?
jurassic as in during time of dinosaur

[ADZ w3]

:salams

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w.salam

[Bint Yusuf]

jurassic as in during time of dinosaur

Oh Yeah.I Knew That! :up:

[Niqaabi]

i agree @ QM :rotfl::rotfl:
@)
whats your uni like mms? you go to K right?

[MMS]

@)
whats your uni like mms? you go to K right?

wats K? i went city :coolbro: i finished uni now tho, i gotta degreee so like show some respect people :D

[Niqaabi]

wats K? i went city :coolbro: i finished uni now tho, i gotta degreee so like show some respect people :D
i didnt say what uni, but i thought you went either Kingston or Kings so i used K :p

[Abu Mus'ab]

wats K? i went city :coolbro: i finished uni now tho, i gotta degreee so like show some respect people :D
K = Kingston

[MMS]

K = Kingston

:vomit: naa i never went ther :outta:

[Niqaabi]

Mind my Blonde behaviour, but whats that supposed to mean?:confused:
AFAIK = as far as i know
BTT = back to topic

:)

[Chained_Water]

Niqi I totally hate you *sulk* ..I wish I'd done English lit..

MashaAllah.. it is really good that you took yr out after school and got your head sorted.. it means now you're making decisions in a totally levelheaded way, which is brill for you :up:

Why wouldn't you get in to QM? ..what are you expecting for A Levels.. and what do they ask for?

Be realistic, and apply to the places you think would be best for you on the whole.. and do get involved with the isoc if it's a good one :up:

[Omar]

What course does that faisal ur talkin about do? Am jus wonderin if its one I know.

[.: Rashid :.]

Guys, get back on topic please. We don't need a big fitnah filled argument here...

-Rashid

[Abu Mu'adh]

Man back in my Uni days all Isocs were run by HT!

[Abu Nuh AMW]

asalamu'alaikum wa'rahmatullah

could I just ask why you want study english please?
jazakallahu khair

[Supernova Nebula]

My sister, perhaps u should see this as a guideline to apply to uni? http://www.hero.ac.uk/rae/rae_dynamic.cfm?myURL=http://195.194.167.103/Results/byuoa.asp

[a_nounu]

Salams

Woooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, man, there be some serious politics goin on at ur uni. I go to UWE in bristol and am familiar with the other uni in Bristol. Al-hamdulillah i AM part of the isoc, and al-hamdulillah both unis have no problem like uve talked about. We dont even call ppl amir, cos thats a bit much for someone that young. We have several members of staff, who are al-hamdulillah, somewhat knowledgebale, so we can always take advice from them. Lets not give isocs around the country a bad name. The isoc is there to serve the Muslims at uni, not control them.

BTT, i went to Bath uni to begin with, and man, i hated it, there werent enough Muslims, and generally ppl there are snobbish (sorry to anyne who goes to bath), now im at uwe, and i be happy al-hamdulillah, so i reckon u just need to ask the right ques, also, dont go too far from home:D, you be surprised how much you lack in the cooking department:D

[Niqaabi]

A NOTE TO ALL MEMBERS:

No names should have been mentioned and no uni isoc names should have been mentioned. The only reason i mentioned QM isoc was when i quoted another members post which he then edited.
We are all brothers and sisters of Islam not Isoc and i have met many sisters from QM and SOAS isoc whom i love and get along with, and they are very proactive in the isoc but that does not mean i will bow down to ever rule or opinion the isoc has or i will hate certain sisters because they are joined to the isoc.
The fitnah of isoc is known to all, only the blind people who cant see that everything apart from Allah and Islam is perfect, even my isoc members think that the amir guy cant make errors and subhanaAllah isnt this just taqleed and hizbiyyah?
Everyone should be aware of how they represent themselves and how they speak to other people because we arent dressed as ourselves but dressed as muslims. funnily enough even to other muslims we are dressed in the hizb form. So a girl not dressed in full hijaab will represent all YMOs and a full niqaabi taking from quran and sunnah is normally a salafi or whatever but ultimately we represent islam so be careful of what you say, dont get involved into worldly matters and start accusing people of all sorts because they do not take a like to something which you love.
I didnt mean to cause offense to any QM isoc member, but i speak the haqq i have see wrong things go on and i have heard even from isoc members of wrong things going on. And to be truely honest i dont have anything against members of isoc, iv become well aquinted with the heads of isocs and they are mashaAllah good sisters. I just have a dislike for anything with a hint of hizbiyyah and to me thats what isocs are.

And really please no more isoc business on this thread because i dont have the time and dont want the hassle of skimming past posts just to read about what i want to know! which is unis!!! :)
sorry for any harm :o

[*IslamicGirl*]

:start:

:salams

I don't want to go back to university :crying:


I like my freedom whilst working

Now i have to meet new people and do student-y things.


At least i can wear trainers!... whoa silver cloud man! :nerdsis:

:wswrwb:

[Zesty]

English literature! :inlove: I loved it at A Level and i carried on with 4 A Levels cos i didnt wana quit is and i liked all the other subjects i was doing too!
Have you already chosen which uni's you want to go to? Whata makes you want to do literature? Is it just the love for it or do you want to go into teaching afterwards inshaAllah? :)

I dont know which unis are the best fro Eng Lit but im assuming you would ahve done your research anyway :D

As for isocs :crying: :crying: i loved my isoc- i joined it for the free dinners looolll :embar: Must admit- i didnt get involved in the politics of it all but i cannot understand why Universities in London always seem to have issues when it comes to ISOC :scratch: they seem kinda (forgive me for saying this) but somewhat uncivilised when it comes to talking to people or expressing opinions! Look how heated this thread got! Sheesh.

Alhamdullilah loved my brothers and sisters in my ISOC- wonderful experiences, wonderful da'wah, wonderful people with excellent qualities mashaAllah :o
We shoudl keep it simple inshaAllah- if you know you cant handle the politics and would rather keep away from it- do that because otherwise its just going to affect your own Imaan. Some people go on a power trip- inshaAllah make duaa for them also and if you feel the need to express your sentimments, do so in a polite and calm manner :) besdies the fact that its far more effective, they will also find it damn annoying that youre so collected and cool :hidban: lol.

Ive had 2 totally different experiences with 2 totally different ISOCs- guess im lucky enough to have loved and benefitted from both :)

[Omar]

:( my post was helpful was menna unite our salafi bredrin whyd it get deleted :'(

[Niqaabi]

:( my post was helpful was menna unite our salafi bredrin whyd it get deleted :'(
Sorry omar i didnt even know what you said :(
Its best if outside fitan is not brought into our harmonious cyber world that is ummah.com/forum :D
Anyways what uni did you go to omar and how was it? is their english dept any good?

[Ebony]

Forget the ISOC, look at the quality of the education :p Your ISOC aint gonna get you a 1st or a 2:1 is it? :outta:

[Niqaabi]

English literature! :inlove: I loved it at A Level and i carried on with 4 A Levels cos i didnt wana quit is and i liked all the other subjects i was doing too!
Have you already chosen which uni's you want to go to? Whata makes you want to do literature? Is it just the love for it or do you want to go into teaching afterwards inshaAllah? :)

I dont know which unis are the best fro Eng Lit but im assuming you would ahve done your research anyway :D

As for isocs :crying: :crying: i loved my isoc- i joined it for the free dinners looolll :embar: Must admit- i didnt get involved in the politics of it all but i cannot understand why Universities in London always seem to have issues when it comes to ISOC :scratch: they seem kinda (forgive me for saying this) but somewhat uncivilised when it comes to talking to people or expressing opinions! Look how heated this thread got! Sheesh.

Alhamdullilah loved my brothers and sisters in my ISOC- wonderful experiences, wonderful da'wah, wonderful people with excellent qualities mashaAllah :o
We shoudl keep it simple inshaAllah- if you know you cant handle the politics and would rather keep away from it- do that because otherwise its just going to affect your own Imaan. Some people go on a power trip- inshaAllah make duaa for them also and if you feel the need to express your sentimments, do so in a polite and calm manner :) besdies the fact that its far more effective, they will also find it damn annoying that youre so collected and cool :hidban: lol.

Ive had 2 totally different experiences with 2 totally different ISOCs- guess im lucky enough to have loved and benefitted from both :)
Zestyyyyy thanks for the post! Yes i love literature, i love books i can read one book within a few hours and i mean big novels!! I want to study english because i think its a broad subject and a good one and one which i can teach! It would be good to teach at a-level because that is when you dont just study the sujbect and books you go indepth and look at deeper meanings and study a broad range of novelists and poets.
Right now i have to study Bharati Mukherji but i think i will like it because shes indian and so far i have read nearly all of Bali Rai's books and i totally couldnt put them down because the issues he dealt with was so interesting and some of them i could relate to.

Anywaysss i know i have a passion for literature and i do want to study it but in QM you need 320 points and i dont think i will get that :( CW i stupidly picked ICT and i hate it :banghead: but at least im getting a good grade from it, its just hard to stay awake in those lessions and even harder not to skive :embar:

[Ebony]

I like Indian authors! I only ever read Indian, Arab or Eastern authored novels :D Havent delved into Bali Rai yet, but which ones would you recommend of his?

[ADZ w3]

:salams

Mashallah u got the last say..but no one ever said the ameer cant mke mistakes loool..
sorry for taking thread off topic..wont happen again..
W.salam

[Zesty]

NNNOOOO niqaabi! do NOT under any circumstances do something llike ICT if you hate it and its boring you from now! Im serious! Try and work hard to get the points you need and inshaAllah look at other Universities that also do English Literature. Dont give up on what you love to do... ask someone like me who has fallen into that trap for the last year but now im doing something about it inshaAllah lol!

Yehh love reading too, love poetry too. *sighh* my english lit teacher for A level was the best! ssoo quirky and eccentric.. we'd go off on one for the entire hour was great :D
I just finished reading "On beauty" by Zadie Smith! i liked it.
I like Pablo Neruda's poetry :inlove:

[ADZ w3]

:salams

*Ahem* on topic point...
DNT DO SOMTHING u dont like!!!...i also did ict, coz it was easy, and im stuck doing computer science join with buesiness managment and accounting now in uni..Trust me ... *smiles* evan after what i said b4 2 ya.. ONLY DO WHAT U WANT TO DO..evan if it means taking year out and re doing sum exams .. PLUS u always hve clearing!!!!!!!!!! thats how half the uni gets in...
i cnt stress this enuf..DO NOT DO SUMFING U DNT LIKE!!!...and mashallah english opens door's for teaching abroad as well ....

w.salam

[Chained_Water]

I love Zadie Smith, she's very cool.. White Teeth and On Beauty were both fab.. but I can't get into The Autograph Man yet..

Read Ghostwritten by David Mitchell.. thats the latest thing I've read and it's really fantabulously written.

[Zesty]

I love Zadie Smith, she's very cool.. White Teeth and On Beauty were both fab.. but I can't get into The Autograph Man yet..

Read Ghostwritten by David Mitchell.. thats the latest thing I've read and it's really fantabulously written.

I had a discussion about "On beauty" with a good friend of mine yesterday who didnt like it at all! i thought it was fab! Very insightful, full of emotion and great character.
I havent got The Autograph Man...

Will give it a go inshaAllah.

[Niqaabi]

I know but i cant change it cos i really want to drop maths its too hard and i cant cope with it all seriously i cant! Also i did a stupid AS only this year so it means if i dont keep with either ict or maths then i cant continue.
And taking a year out? no way i already took two years out of education i should already be in my 2nd year of uni this sept!!! :( but alhumdulillah no regrets at least now alhumdulillah i have a job which pays for my study :D mashaAllah!

As for english lit, im falling in love with QM the english dept is really good and their course for english lit is also really interesting and something which accomponies the type of english i like.
I just hope they dont change their course mid term and end up doing carol ann duffy poems cos im doing that next year and did it for GCSEs two years ago and i totally hate her and her poems! their are soooo boring and predictable!

[Zesty]

hahahaha i hated her poems too! They are boring! :zzz:
Have you ever done Blake? Or Keats?

[Niqaabi]

I like Indian authors! I only ever read Indian, Arab or Eastern authored novels :D Havent delved into Bali Rai yet, but which ones would you recommend of his?
i recomment all the Corgi books. This includes:
(un)arranged marriage
Rani and Sukh (i loved that soo much :love: my fav book)
The Crew
The Whisper (sequel to crew it was sooooo gooooood)
The Last Taboo
The Angel Collector

they were all good mashaAllah but the whisper and rani and sukh were my two favs.

[Niqaabi]

hahahaha i hated her poems too! They are boring! :zzz:
Have you ever done Blake? Or Keats?
I have studies Keats but only read BLakes out of interest :up: two good poets.

[Zesty]

I have studies Keats but only read BLakes out of interest :up: two good poets.

I actualyl studied Blakes songs of innocence and experience *faints* aahh i wana go back to them days.. i wana go back to studying english literature :crying: DO IT NIQAABI! dont let anyone stop you doing what you love- forget asianzzzz who say be a "dactorr or lawyerr" its pants :rofl1: :o

[ADZ w3]

I know but i cant change it cos i really want to drop maths its too hard and i cant cope with it all seriously i cant! Also i did a stupid AS only this year so it means if i dont keep with either ict or maths then i cant continue.
And taking a year out? no way i already took two years out of education i should already be in my 2nd year of uni this sept!!! :( but alhumdulillah no regrets at least now alhumdulillah i have a job which pays for my study :D mashaAllah!

As for english lit, im falling in love with QM the english dept is really good and their course for english lit is also really interesting and something which accomponies the type of english i like.
I just hope they dont change their course mid term and end up doing carol ann duffy poems cos im doing that next year and did it for GCSEs two years ago and i totally hate her and her poems! their are soooo boring and predictable!



:salams

ok so youve onyl done ur AS's??..lool..then there no need to stress Just put lots of hard effort into maths, its not hard trust me i did it, its all about practise and practise and prctise and pass papers!!! unless ur doing mei!! then ur done for i did MEI the most difficult board ever!!! c4 killed us....

but anyway..QM is a really nice uni!! everything else aside..and trust me CLEARING is the way looool..BUT TRUST ME u dnt want to be doing sumfing for 3/4 years of ur life u dont enjoy coz then ur degree will be a hassle..not sumfing u shud enjoy!!!!

w.salam

[Abu Mus'ab]

Sorry omar i didnt even know what you said :(
Its best if outside fitan is not brought into our harmonious cyber world that is ummah.com/forum :D
Anyways what uni did you go to omar and how was it? is their english dept any good?
Well i still remember what he said, so i'll repeat his message if you want, he said,

I got an excellent suggestionnnnn :D

pleasee please consider it iA.

I reakon what all you different types of salafis should do is unite in what you have common inshaAllah. :embar:

One thing Ive noticed which is common amoungts u is the holier den thou attitudes. :o and the Im right and everyone else is misguided attitude :o




Dont hate me coz i speak the haq :embar:

and rashid deleted my posts and my reps were deleted with it too :(

[Niqaabi]

:salams

ok so youve onyl done ur AS's??..lool..then there no need to stress Just put lots of hard effort into maths, its not hard trust me i did it, its all about practise and practise and prctise and pass papers!!! unless ur doing mei!! then ur done for i did MEI the most difficult board ever!!! c4 killed us....

but anyway..QM is a really nice uni!! everything else aside..and trust me CLEARING is the way looool..BUT TRUST ME u dnt want to be doing sumfing for 3/4 years of ur life u dont enjoy coz then ur degree will be a hassle..not sumfing u shud enjoy!!!!

w.salam
LOL yeh i am doing MEI thats why its soooo hard!!!! i hate it! i used to love maths now i hate it :(

yeh i know i want to study english but point wise hmm will i get in? im just going to spend my whole year in the library doing extra work. in order to get into QM i need 220 points thats from A2 soooo that means i need to get minimum of 1 A and 1 B :( i doubt i will get a B in ICT!!!

:crying:


p.s. ADZ in your sig, its their not there.

[Niqaabi]

Abu musab i think rashid will also delete your post.

[ibn suleman]

LOL yeh i am doing MEI thats why its soooo hard!!!! i hate it! i used to love maths now i hate it :(

yeh i know i want to study english but point wise hmm will i get in? im just going to spend my whole year in the library doing extra work. in order to get into QM i need 220 points thats from A2 soooo that means i need to get minimum of 1 A and 1 B :( i doubt i will get a B in ICT!!!

:crying:


p.s. ADZ in your sig, its their not there.


change ur attitude to what u think u will get and insha'Allah u can aim for higher and get it :)

[Abu Mus'ab]

:( my post was helpful was menna unite our salafi bredrin whyd it get deleted :'(
You complaining and my reps were deleted :|

[Zesty]

LOL yeh i am doing MEI thats why its soooo hard!!!! i hate it! i used to love maths now i hate it :(

yeh i know i want to study english but point wise hmm will i get in? im just going to spend my whole year in the library doing extra work. in order to get into QM i need 220 points thats from A2 soooo that means i need to get minimum of 1 A and 1 B :( i doubt i will get a B in ICT!!!

:crying:


p.s. ADZ in your sig, its their not there.

Ofcourse you will inshaAllah! :) you cant give up when you want something ao badly! you took some time out aswell to come to the firm conclusion that English lit is what you want to do- now youre losing hope because of ICT? Just work extra hard, get extra help from tutor/coursemates if needs be and make lots and lots of duaa! :inlove:
BT University of Leciester also has a great English Lit department apparently ;)

[ADZ w3]

:salams

loool...everyone loves MAths untill A2 MEI...ok seriously tho, its not that hard to get a C as long as u just do lots of work and effort..i mean u can get a D with doing nufing..*ahem* Trust me...so if u get a C or a B its all good

ICT is EASY...if u dont get a B or an A then theres problems....lool
as long as u do good in ur CW's and then just do the last 5-7 years past paper for AQA? then ur sorted they use all the same Q's but different examples..and remember always learn somthing and then an example for it to like u did for the input output processing thing in AS..and when u do A2 CW mke sure u follow the teachers guidlines ITS LIKE 5 times harder to pik up markes then it is on Excel..it cost me my A *Sad Face* ....

but yeh u can still get in if u dont get the exact marks..i know people who got in QM with CCB when they needed BBB ..etc im telling u inshallah work hard and inshallah ull be fine..MAy allah mke it easy for u..ameen...

w.salam

[Bint Yusuf]

Clearing is risky stuff though. Make sure you got a personal statement which says WOW! Get your ucas sent in early. Just work every day and night and make lots of ltos of du'as! InshAllah you'll get a place. Remember where there's a will there's a way so be optimistic not pessimistic and I guarantee inshAllah you'll be in any uni you want to go too. :up:

[-Espérer-]

Im having uni probalmes too. Dont knnow what to study. :rolleyes:

[Niqaabi]

aww jazakaAllahu khairan ADZ that advice is good but sadly maths hates my guts too and i dont blame it :( i really think im getting a U this year, the C2 paper was toooooooooooooooo hard!!!! i think i wrote an essay on emma for it instead :confused:

anywayssssss i think what i will do is tell myself I LOVE ICT and then do really good at it and get my boss to help me with it since i am aiming for a an A in the CW i need 2 As if i dont continue with maths!
Make duah people i really need it!!

[Niqaabi]

what is clearing?

[ibn suleman]

what is clearing?

if ya dont get the grades for ur chosen offers..then u go thru "clearing"
which is where u can apply to unis that still have places for courses.

[ADZ w3]

anywayssssss i think what i will do is tell myself I LOVE ICT and then do really good at it and get my boss to help me with it since i am aiming for a an A in the CW i need 2 As if i dont continue with maths!
Make duah people i really need it!!

:salams


First time i did it i got an e in C2 u find c2 and c1 and s1? alot more easy once uve done c3 and c4....

and i did that..it doesnt work..but if ur gona pik out of one of them, then pick ICT...work at it...it is easier to get a better grade at ict then Maths...and just retake the maths modules u need to get a good grade in maths AS.inshallah...becuase its not good having an AS whihc is like an e or sumthing its better not to tell them lool i didnt...neway

CLEARING is basically when the results come out, all the people who hve met the grade req. get in and all the people who dont there palces are free for other to call in and say well i got this can i join the course? its like an insurance policy so that all courses get filled up plus an easier way to get it! *smiles* but it is a risky thing to depend on...

w.salam

[Niqaabi]

accha well i am applying to all the unis which have good english dept but so far i only have 3 of those and 1 which does arabic which is a back up i need more. so far i have:
Queen Mary's
UCL
Kings college London
SOAS

[ibn suleman]

only london ones?

heres the rankings for english...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,13410,00.html

[Niqaabi]

only london ones?

heres the rankings for english...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/displayPopup/0,,13410,00.html
yeah i dont have a mahram that could take me to uni outside london and back. And anyways i like living with my parents :)