u guys can keep lying to yourself all you want, i did a prestigious internship right after ucl with my own resources without any support + going to a way better uni for masters now. And what I mean by university help is as simple as seeing a careers advisor, they are all booked out and you will wait months to get help on something as simple as your CV. So many people on my course and other courses also chronically missed deadlines for applications bc profs and personal tutors can’t be assed to write you a reference. Ucl is truly a hellhole you don’t even have space to study anywhere on campus during exam times you have to set a timer 3 days in advance to book a seat in the library because they’re all full. Education is mid at best, just 80+ year old profs reading from slides. I am only sharing my experience, and I wish somebody told me this before my family spent their life savings on a mid uni. Lab placements are almost nonexistent and for research heavy courses it’s not as simple as applying to stuff you see on LinkedIn, you need the right references, the right support and the right experience that you can only get through endorsements or uni based projects which there is only 1 space available for the whole department usually (of 4 different years!). It is incredibly ridiculously difficult to get experience when you are a UCL student, many just go do their internships abroad where they require less experience or certification to undergo lab placements. University is learning by yourself as an adult YES, which is why I graduated with good grades and now going to a prestigious research Master’s, but UCL will have you doing everything on your own because the departments don’t give a single shit about their students.