Official Warwick Economics Q&A Thread

Hi again,

Were you able to find out about this today?
My question was regarding GCSE equivalents, just thought I'd mention it again since you've gotten so many questions since!

Thanks!

In terms of "making it up" for not studying Economics at A-Level, as I mentioned before, we do not require applicants to study Economics A-Level, nor have a preference for it in excess of any other strong A-Level, so you don't need to make it up to us in that sense.

We do, however, look for a passion for Economics in the personal statement, so we'd be keen for you to discuss this, regardless of the A-Levels you are doing.

In my personal statement I have presented my views on the Conservatives' spending cuts. Specifically, I said I believe they are being implemented too quickly and explained why using past data. If the admissions tutor disagrees would this be problematic for me?

The thing is during that gap year I took some GCSE's. Three to be precise. I'm not sure if it will be counted as a gap year as i was in FT education retaking these three qualifications as I hadn't done well in Maths GCSE the year before (Y11) to be precise and I couldn't get onto A-Levels without it.

How much of a problem will this be?

Left HS (Y11) with a D in Maths GCSE. Re-took the year after and ended up with an A*. (This was the only qualification holding me back from getting onto A-Levels after I had finished Y11.

Will Warwick ever consider doing a sandwich course (year in industry)?

I am very pleased to hear the offer has decreased for those with Further Maths!

You mention the turnaround is quicker - do you expect to give offers to strong candidates before the new year?

Right, thanks
Also, do you know if Warwick count FM and maths as two separate ones, because if they do, I will be taking 4 A levels, and will therefore be exempt from the AAAa entry thing.

I don't think we will be doing a dedicated sandwich course, but all applicants are welcome to arrange their own "year in industry" and, as long as their personal tutor agrees, they can take a temporary withdrawal from the course to do this.

I would hope we give out offers as soon as possible, but I can't put a time frame on it unfortunately. The sooner you apply the sooner we will get back to you however!

yes! I did ask at the meeting!

The response was that we would take into account GCSE equivalents as part of an academic profile, but that the main focus, at that level, would be on the GCSE results.

As such, you should put them down on your application, but be aware that they do not have the same level of impact as the GCSE performance.

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Ah, okay! Hopefully my application will be with you soon.

Also, you mentioned previously about stating strong UMS in your personal statement. Don't you think it's a bit more modest coming from the reference? That's what I was advised by my school, so my personal statement includes no indication of my AS results.

Put it in your PS. To make yourself come across as more modest reflect on the 2/3 UMS that you failed to achieve and say how you can improve yourself , rather than focusing on the 97 that you did manage to get.

Put it in your PS. To make yourself come across as more modest reflect on the 2/3 UMS that you failed to achieve and say how you can improve yourself , rather than focusing on the 97 that you did manage to get.

Don't you think that comes across as a bit arrogant? Unless this isn't what you were thinking of: I must work harder to achieve the last few percentage points in my exams.

Hi,
if you are predicted to complete a minimum of 4 A2 levels (excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking), your offer will be A* A A B. This will include the maths A level you have already obtained, so you will only need A A B in your remaining 3 A2 subjects.

Why would you spend precious characters talking about your exam results when they are already on the UCAS form and your reference can mention them from an objective perspective?

I think it's good to see a commitment to academic study, so if you are taking more AS/A2 levels than we require, then that's great, and will help your application. If this comes at the cost of performing worse in your exams, however, then that's clearly not a good thing, and we'd rather you focus in on performing very well in a smaller range.

In some situations, if we think you are taking some subjects to get easy passes (such as a natural french linguist taking french), then we will make you the standard offer, but exclude certain subjects from being a part of that offer, in the same way we do General Studies and Critical Thinking.

As for Further Maths, no, it is not essential by any means for us (I mention in my notes that we'd consider it a strong subject, but not above any others), but I'm aware that other universities consider it more important, from an application standpoint, than we do.

Ah, okay! Hopefully my application will be with you soon.

Also, you mentioned previously about stating strong UMS in your personal statement. Don't you think it's a bit more modest coming from the reference? That's what I was advised by my school, so my personal statement includes no indication of my AS results.