Economics & Business with East European Studies UCL 2016 Entry

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else was interested in applying for this or has already applied?

Also this may sound silly but does anyone know if there is a bias in favour of foreign students who may apply from Eastern Europe and may appear more suitable to the course.

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Reply 1

loyster

Hey there joey, I have recently applied to this course as well so we might be classmates. But I am applying as an international student from Singapore. Our A levels are slightly different from yours, in that we don't have A*, got ABBB for my A-levels. Added in my current university results of 2:1 as well, hoping that helps

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Reply 2

joey4live

Original post by loyster

Oh that's kl. I'm planning on applying at the end of October because I'm still fine-tuning my personal statement. Good luck with your application and I hope it goes well for both of us.

Reply 3

loyster

Original post by joey4live

Oh that's kl. I'm planning on applying at the end of October because I'm still fine-tuning my personal statement. Good luck with your application and I hope it goes well for both of us.

Thank You, wish you all the best yea. Do let me know if you get in, will update you as well, might be able to be coursemates! :smile:

Reply 4

joey4live

Original post by loyster

Thank You, wish you all the best yea. Do let me know if you get in, will update you as well, might be able to be coursemates! :smile:

Haha thanks, will do.

Reply 5

Kyla Lam

Original post by loyster

Hi! Are you a first year student trying to apply for year 1 at UCL? Because I'm thinking of transferring there as well and I'm in year 1 at another university right now!

Reply 6

loyster

Original post by Kyla Lam

Hi! Are you a first year student trying to apply for year 1 at UCL? Because I'm thinking of transferring there as well and I'm in year 1 at another university right now!

Yeap kyla same situation as you haha.

Reply 7

Kyla Lam

where do you study and what made you have this thought? I'm really curious and very glad to know someone's like me too haha

Reply 8

loyster

haha I am currently studying in Singapore in the National University of Singapore. Hmm well, I guess you can say that in Singapore it's really competitive , in a sense that even if your score 70 percent , that might not get you an A grade because all our grades are bell curved. So how you perform in a test is relative to how others perform. If you have attained a same standard as the majority , even at 70, that would only be a B. After some time, I really started to question why am I constantly pitting myself against others ahha, and so here I am applying for UCL. This is not to say that UCL is not competitive, but its just that I want to get rewarded for my effort instead of how well others have done, I am really quite sick of thinking about using how others are doing as a gauge for how well I have done.

But more importantly, I have heard that travelling to an overseas country really makes someone more independent, more open and receptive. There is also a great bunch of international friends to be made like you! haha. But yea, I am glad to finally found someone in the same situation as me, applying for year 1 again! Not many have the willingness to go through as a year 1 again and that makes us warriors! haha

Reply 9

loyster

Original post by Kyla Lam

where do you study and what made you have this thought? I'm really curious and very glad to know someone's like me too haha

haha I am currently studying in Singapore in the National University of Singapore. Hmm well, I guess you can say that in Singapore it's really competitive , in a sense that even if your score 70 percent , that might not get you an A grade because all our grades are bell curved. So how you perform in a test is relative to how others perform. If you have attained a same standard as the majority , even at 70, that would only be a B. After some time, I really started to question why am I constantly pitting myself against others ahha, and so here I am applying for UCL. This is not to say that UCL is not competitive, but its just that I want to get rewarded for my effort instead of how well others have done, I am really quite sick of thinking about using how others are doing as a gauge for how well I have done. But more importantly, I have heard that travelling to an overseas country really makes someone more independent, more open and receptive. There is also a great bunch of international friends to be made like you! haha. But yea, I am glad to finally found someone in the same situation as me, applying for year 1 again! Not many have the willingness to go through as a year 1 again and that makes us warriors! haha