Land Economy - 2015 Applicants

Have you had an interview invitation yet?

Had my interview invitation from homerton the other day, how is everyone preparing?

anyone applying to homerton for land ec and heard from them?

really? for land econ? When is it?

Yes I have sent mine but I still haven't hear from them! think they are still considering? When did you send your essays?

Hey, I applied for land ec at Magdalene. I haven't yet heard about any interviews but applied for Geog and Econ elsewhere at LSE, UCL, Birmingham and St Andrews (only heard from LSE- got an offer for AAA).

Just out of interest, what was your average UMS for your best 3 subjects?

I got an offer at Jesus and managed to defer it to a 2015 start. I did next to no interview prep as its impossible to know what will come up and my school were completely useless. As long as you have a genuine interest for the subject it will come across during interview and hopefully help secure a place.

I got an offer at Jesus and managed to defer it to a 2015 start. I did next to no interview prep as its impossible to know what will come up and my school were completely useless. As long as you have a genuine interest for the subject it will come across during interview and hopefully help secure a place.

anyone applying to homerton for land ec and heard from them?

Do you remember any of the questions they asked you? How did you find the interview overall?

Hi, congrats for your offer, and I'd like to ask what exactly do you mean by "a genuine interest" in this context? Is it something like many dumb/non-academic people applying for Land Economy because they think it's a 'doss' subject that being interested makes a difference? Or do you mean that you already knew lots of stuff without making an extra effort because of your interest for the subject?

Yeah a few, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say them? Mostly opinion based questions rather than q's demanding you to know an answer (besides from some basic theory). I really enjoyed my interview, I found that we were talking about stuff I had an interest in and I learned a lot from it. It was also relatively informal so basically although some stuff was a bit tough the interviewers would hint and guide you through the answers.


Thanks! I would say knowing stuff around the subject helps from like general reading and stuff learned in geog/econ but then again a lot of the interview isn't really knowledge based as such (as many applicants haven't studied related subjects) I would say that its about being able to think about new topics you haven't really learned about before and showing that you're interested in what you're learning either through the article or what the interviewer is telling you. I think the way I found to do this was talking through what was going through my though processes rather than giving a straight answer as most answers aren't right or wrong and giving reasons for your opinion (lots of opinion based questions). It's also so important to ask questions if need be because (in my case anyway) the interviewers were super-friendly and encouraged them as you aren't expected to know all the answers. I'm not sure if this makes sense and I hope it helps a bit!

any other fitz applicants?