Accounting and Finance applicants for 2012 entry

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A levels: A A B D achieved 2010- been working at HSBC since

Gcse's: 7 A's, 3 B's
Applied : Birmingham, Nottingham, Loughborough, Southampton and Reading

Hoping to secure an Unconditional sent off my Ucas on the 18th of september

Does anybody Know how long would these Uni's would take to get back to me.

My ideal Uni's would be Birmingham or Nottingham ....Anybody else applied here??
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MangaAlexi

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As Grades: Maths A, further Maths B, Applied Business AA
A-Level Predicted Grades: Maths A, Applied Business A*A and Further Maths As-level B
Applying to: University of Manchester, CASS Business School, University of Bristol, University of Reading (Finance and Investment Banking), University of Oxford (Economics and Management)

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do you think oxford will reject you straight away if you personal statement was geared towards accounting and finance, and you had the grades., or would they understand that you are appylying for accounting and finance at other unis so ps has to match the majority.

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Original post by Alpha5

do you think oxford will reject you straight away if you personal statement was geared towards accounting and finance, and you had the grades., or would they understand that you are appylying for accounting and finance at other unis so ps has to match the majority.

No I don't however I would say it is a much safer bet to have your PS geared towards the Oxbridge course rather than the other Unis as the other Unis will understand that not every applicant applies for the same course.

I person I know who is a 1st year reading Economics at Emmanuel applied for 4 Unis to do A+F and Econ at Cambridge, his PS was Econ based and got 5 offers!

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Original post by xcherry_piex

GCSE grades: A* A* A A A A A A A A
AS Grades: Bio: B Econ: C Spanish: A
Retaking econ and bio
Predictions: ABB
What are my chances of getting into Birmingham/Sheffield/Durham/Kent

Good chance I'd say. GCSEs are promising and with resits etc there's no reason why your teachers can't predict ABB!

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Choppyy
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Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2011
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Re: Accounting and Finance applicants for 2012 entry
Any more prospective A+F students? Has everybody started the drafts of their personal statements yet?

Hows yours coming along ...when are you planing on sending it

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Original post by Competencies

Subscribing.

Are you a prospective A+F student too? :smile:

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Original post by Jeeves_90

Choppyy
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Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 166

Re: Accounting and Finance applicants for 2012 entry
Any more prospective A+F students? Has everybody started the drafts of their personal statements yet?

Hows yours coming along ...when are you planing on sending it

Almost done, need to tweak a few things though. I'd say it'll be away by the end of October/early November. Hows yours coming along?

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brokenlogic18

Username: brokenlogic18
GCSEs: AAAAAABBCCC
A-level grades (and subjects): Maths B, Physics B, Psychology C.
Universities likely to apply to: Keele, Kent, York, Oxford Brookes, Northumbria
Extras: Studied Astrophysics for a year at York but decided I didn't like it enough to do it for another two years :P Currently studying AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting

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I sent it off on the 18th...Got it checked over and over...I spoke to the admissions tutor at Nottingham they told me exactly what they want to see in thier personal statements....However Bham uni...they said that they only look at your statement if your grades are border line on thier requirements...kinda wack but ive got my grades already....so jsut hopin for an unconditional....Im on UCAS track everyday lol

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No reason why you wouldn't get an unconditional as you've already met their offer! If your PS is fine, you have no issues!

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So cus I have okay/good grades at gcse,as and predictions then Birmingham should give me an offer, right?

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My personal statement sounds too formal, it's sounds as though I am really passionate and do a lot of academic stuff which relates, I have mentioned a lot of extra curricular aswell. So is this approach okay, as I need to balance a lse ps with a WBS one.

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Original post by Alpha5

My personal statement sounds too formal, it's sounds as though I am really passionate and do a lot of academic stuff which relates, I have mentioned a lot of extra curricular aswell. So is this approach okay, as I need to balance a lse ps with a WBS one.

Yes, stay as formal as possible.

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Original post by Competencies

In what subjects?

Biology (A), Chemistry(A), Business (B) and geography (D)

What about you

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