I was just wondering, what uni is everyone attending? What area are you all researching? What year are you in? That sort of thing....

Imperial College (London), 2nd year PhD in academic paediatrics.

Neil, I was laughing in my head when I read Imperial (in a demented way) but I guess you are not even based on main campus? I hate that place full of arogant gits.

H.... i take it imperial rejected u then!

No lalal, I wasted 3 years of my life there :(

I did my MSc here and I'm on one of thehospital campuses, never really venture to the main one unless it's for registration etc. It's not such a bad place, but I can understand your perceived feeling of arrogance...some people here are (my postdoc I work with for a start!) Which uni are you at?

I just did a MSc at ******* (University of) and about to start my PhD there too. I don't want to start a rant about the Imperial annoying Oxbridge rejects. On the good side, I did meet some like-minded individuals there and it was London :)

i've just started a PhD in statistical genetics at Nottingham. Love it here, unlike where I did my masters... (and i'm not saying where! )

I'm living in Nottingham at the moment, but start my PhD at Cranfield University in a month, can't wait.

It's just the established London unis have this air of arrogance about them. I think it’s to protect their prestige!! It’s a very closed ranks system and the administration is terrible!

I agree the administration is terrible at london uni's. I did my BSc in Salford and that was so much better. Cheaper too! I don't think I would gone to uni in london if I didn't move down from Yorkshire to be with my girlfriend. But now I'm here I love the place.

London is VERY different to **********, you can't even buy the same food there! The next 3 years will be tough....

Yeah I know what you mean Neil. I didn't think I would like London either but it depends on what you are doing and who you meet. I lived in London briefly for a few months before doing my MSc in northern England and thought it was horrible but I've been doing proper research work for the past year and thought it was great! Scotland is the best place to go to uni as I had a great time doing my BSc there!

4th(!) year seismology student at Washington Univ in St Louis, Missouri, USA. I wish I was in UK with all of you - I've been living in the US way too long!

Studying chemistry at Nottingham Uni (glad I choose it, it's a good place), but currently at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China for 7 weeks for part of my research.