What are the best universities for an economics degree???

Nope, I know a guy that applied to them for economics through adjustment this year. :P

That's good. That's cool. I'll slave away at the paying them and their interest off. So long as I go there... Lol. Hoping Adjustment will get me to Warwick or UCL for a decent course this year, so there's no need for my inevitable gap year...

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Is it worth going to one of the so-called "second tier" universities as they have been labelled in this forum such as Bath and Exeter which permit me to do a year in industry which I know is something I'd want to do

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Aim for one of the top tier universities - Wawrick/UCL/LSE despite the fact I couldn't do a sandwich course.

My academic results are very good and I'd like to think I could get offers from either of them

UCL has never had any clearing places as far as I'm aware, and it didn't have any this year: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0814/130814-results-clearing-confirmation-adjustment. Also, uni's other than Oxbridge will always over-offer because a number of students will either decline their offer or miss the offer. I'd strongly suspect LSE econ to have a similar percentage offer to UCL and Warwick. Doesn't really indicate anything about cohort quality... UCAS points and the like would be a better indicator. And UCL is similar to Warwick and LSE in that area too.

Postgrad strength is very relevant for those who are interested in a) academics, b) a career in academia and c) a postgraduate degree. A strong postgrad department will give you the relevant brand name, the contacts, the advise, the exposure and so on. So I guess it's not too relevant to those wanting to go into business. However, from my experience, postgrad strength in economics is strongly correlated with where students end up in business. Oxbridge/UCL/LSE/Warwick all have stellar postgrad econ departments and funnily enough it is those uni's which are most heavily targeted by the banks and consultancies. There may be no direct casual link, but the correlation is there - which is useful for A-level students looking to get the best of both worlds (academics and business brand names)

I want to apply for economics with the following grades;
GCSEs: 10 A*s 2As
AS: AAAB (95% average for top 3)
Predictions: A*A*A*A

Do you think I can apply to Nottingham, Warwick, LSE, or UCL?

Easily get into Warwick, LSE, UCL with good PS depending on what subjects you did.
You could even go for Oxbridge, your grades are very very good.
A lot of people get Warwick, LSE offers with AABB AS results and the A's are not 90%.
The unis you mentioned give out more offers than places cos a fair amount chose oxbridge over them or don't meet requirements.

I am doing Economics, Maths, FM, and Geography at A2

Easily get into Warwick, LSE, UCL with good PS depending on what subjects you did.
You could even go for Oxbridge, your grades are very very good.
A lot of people get Warwick, LSE offers with AABB AS results and the A's are not 90%.
The unis you mentioned give out more offers than places cos a fair amount chose oxbridge over them or don't meet requirements.

Personally i would swap one offer for oxbridge. Your ums scores are top, its just the TSA which tends to get people inc myself

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I want to apply for economics with the following grades;
GCSEs: 10 A*s 2As
AS: AAAB (95% average for top 3)
Predictions: A*A*A*A

Do you think I can apply to Nottingham, Warwick, LSE, or UCL?

If I was him I'd apply oxbridge, Warwick, LSE and UCL/Bristol

Easily get into Warwick, LSE, UCL with good PS depending on what subjects you did.
You could even go for Oxbridge, your grades are very very good.
A lot of people get Warwick, LSE offers with AABB AS results and the A's are not 90%.
The unis you mentioned give out more offers than places cos a fair amount chose oxbridge over them or don't meet requirements.

I don't think he would "easily" get into those 3 considering the vast majority of applicants at the Top 5 would have straight As at AS, so a B would put you at a disadvantage.

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People are saying you'll 'easily' get into LSE. No-one 'easily' gets into LSE, it's as hard as Oxbridge.

Also, whilst you should consider Oxbridge, you should be wary of Cambridge calculating your average different than you did, since you do FM, so you would have to collate your maths scores and then take an average of 3 with the collective maths scores as one. If your average is >93 then you've got a chance at Cambridge.