Is Cardiff University hard to get into?
Yep a quick look at the stats shows the average student (not bottom 1/3rd or lower quartile) but the average student at Cardiff achieves lower than the entry requirements, which shows they are completely bogus as their just arbitrary grades they put on their website as they want to look better, UCAS should really crack ...
Is Cardiff Uni a Russell Group?
Cardiff University is recognised in independent government assessments as one of Britain's leading teaching and research universities and is a member of the Russell Group of the UK's most research intensive universities. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework ranked the University 5th in the UK for research excellence.