I think the thing about Earth Sciences,
it's so broad,
you actually study all of the main sciences
 and you apply them
to one specific thing,
which is the Earth
I hadn't really done anything like
Earth Sciences or geology before,
but I knew I enjoyed science and
I enjoyed biology and stuff like that
so I thought, well this kind of
brings everything together
The lecturers here are world leaders
in their field
in volcanology or uranium metallurgy
or palaeontology
and they have an infectious enthusiasm
and passion for their subject
which comes across
in the way that they teach you
The first thing you do,
you go on a field trip
with all your, like, new course mates
and that's where you first meet
everybody, you meet your lecturers
It's a really great, kind of fun experience
just for like a short weekend
and then you come back, and then
you go and visit your, like, flat-mates
for the first time,
but you feel a lot more confident
I've had some difficulty learning
computer programming
which is ever more present
in sciences today
but at Bristol they do
a specific course
and teach you very well,
and there's loads of help
Just looking at the things
that we've studied,
up until my third year now,
so we've looked at things like the origin
and the root of the tree of life
to the composition of meteorites,
how mining has affected
various environments and pollution
I've started looking at research
for my fourth year now
and I'm actually taking part in that
with my tutor,
who's been my tutor since first year
and I've actually been inspired
to carry on doing research
along the same lines
that she teaches
If you are thinking about coming here,
I would definitely do it
It's definitely been
the best decision so far
and because the course is so broad,
I'm sure you can find something
that you're going to love
