UCL Applicants for 2016 Entry

Did you apply for Econ and management in Oxford? If so, which college? I applied to St Hugh's. And I am also applying to LSE (L101) and UCL (L100), and I have already received offer from Warwick (L100) and KCL (Econ and management)

Yeah, applied for E&M at Hertford College. Congratulations on the current offers and good luck for the rest of the process. I applied for BSc Finance @ LSE

I don't understand it either, honestly. Always assumed I'd at least get to the interview stage - after realising that my LNAT must not have been as bad as I thought it'd be, I don't really see any weak points in my application? I applied to Oriel, too, so it couldn't have been because my college was particulary competitive or something.
Yeah well, not getting over that anytime soon.

Good luck with your interview, though!



Don't be, I'm sure you'll get one as well!
Applied in the first week of October, I think. I'll PM you in a sec

Hello everyone,
I registered so that I can ask your opinions on something.
I got an offer for Economics and Business with East European studies (the condition is AAA).
The reasons why I would like to go there is because I really like the content of the degree, and the location and reputation of UCL are obviously advantages too.
I wonder, however, what people tend to do after they finish the course (the only information I got online was about several individuals from a few years ago which doesn't really tell me much), what the people and the course are like, etc.
Basically, any opinions and advice would be appreciated.

With a degree from UCL, it wouldn't be too hard to get a job in any industry tbh, provided there's at least a tenuous link to your subject.

In fact, there are many jobs and fields where your degree subject is irrelevant because you will receive further training.

Overall this advice has a good message, but resting on the UCL name will get you nothing.

That poster needs to build up a decent CV whilst at uni, or even before uni, to include volunteering, internships (sometimes these are the only way to get into a field - i.e. IB), research projects. Anything. If they do this, and actually look into which opportunities are out there, they'll have much better chance.

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Offer for Chemistry with Maths

Mechanical Engineering anyone?

I agree, but building up a decent CV applies to any university you go to. However, what I mean to say is that a degree from UCL wouldn't hold you back from any job provided you work hard enough.

Thanks to everyone for the replies, they were definitely very encouraging and gave me hope. Now I'm nervous I may not get the relevant experience to mention in my CV when the time comes but I guess I should worry more about defending my offer now lol


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I don't understand it either, honestly. Always assumed I'd at least get to the interview stage - after realising that my LNAT must not have been as bad as I thought it'd be, I don't really see any weak points in my application? I applied to Oriel, too, so it couldn't have been because my college was particulary competitive or something.
Yeah well, not getting over that anytime soon.

Good luck with your interview, though!



Don't be, I'm sure you'll get one as well!
Applied in the first week of October, I think. I'll PM you in a sec

Just had a thought, your LNAT essay could have been the reason for not getting an interview at Oxford. You must've done well in the multiple choice part to get an offer from UCL, but very few LNAT unis ever read the essay you write during the exam. In fact, I think Oxford are the only university that say that they will always read it and use it in the admissions process. Ultimately it's such a small part of your application, it's a shame Oxford weight it as much as they do, but honestly don't beat yourself up over it. The difference in reputation between Oxford and UCL is as small as it gets within UK universities, except of course Oxford and Cambridge.

That's something I haven't actually considered yet - I don't remember much about it but my essay probably wasn't impressive, so that might have been the reason. I'm trying hard to be okay with my rejection.. it's just quite disappointing and it might take me a while, I think. I'm not sure yet whether I'll really go to another university or take a gap year and reapply next year. Thank you, though - that helped a lot!
Is UCL your second choice after Oxford?

I saw that the college I applied to at Oxford asked for applicants to have at least 26/27 on their MCQ and 60 marks in the essay (arbitrary grading) in order to have a "good chance" at getting an interview, with a 27.8 MCQ average for offers across the entire uni. The average for UCL offers is around 25 if I'm not mistaken, so you may have gotten an LNAT score that easily satisfied UCL yet may not have been quite enough for Oxford. Besides, do not underestimate the fact that Oxford, at the end of the day, is... Oxford, and as such may have picked out something else in GCSEs/Predicted ALevels/PS that UCL may not have cared so much about.

UCL is a great uni to go to, with a high applicants : offers ratio, so I wouldn't worry myself too much about it! Congratulations on getting your offer

apparently somebody has got an offer for this course...stressing me out