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About SCORE in UCL

I'm considering applying for the SCORE(Statistics, Computing, Operational Research and Economics) course in UCL, which seems more interesting and more demanding than straight Econ. I'm just wondering whether it requires very high computing skills, such as programing etc. And what kind of Maths does it involve besides statistics?
Can someone who knows about the course give me some general idea about it?
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I'm considering applying for the SCORE(Statistics, Computing, Operational Research and Economics) course in UCL, which seems more interesting and more demanding than straight Econ. I'm just wondering whether it requires very high computing skills, such as programing etc. And what kind of Maths does it involve besides statistics?
Can someone who knows about the course give me some general idea about it?

im not entirely sure about the other parts, but econ will involve mainly pure maths - especially calculus
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im not entirely sure about the other parts, but econ will involve mainly pure maths - especially calculus

:smile: thanks! Do u think learning P4,P5 &P6 in a-level would be helpful?
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:smile: thanks! Do u think learning P4,P5 &P6 in a-level would be helpful?

im doing econ and geog at UCL, and was told by the admissions tutor that the maths is not harder than P2/P3
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Sorry to drag this back up. But I'm torn between SCORE and Econ & Stats. I've looked at the courses and they are reasonably similar...I'm quite happy to do a couple of computing modules and have a little bit of experience with it.

Basically it's coming down to which course am I most likely to get an offer from? - plus, which has better career prospects?
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Sorry to drag this back up. But I'm torn between SCORE and Econ & Stats. I've looked at the courses and they are reasonably similar...I'm quite happy to do a couple of computing modules and have a little bit of experience with it.

Basically it's coming down to which course am I most likely to get an offer from? - plus, which has better career prospects?



One of the guys I know, is like me, doing econ&stats at UCL. He started SCORE last year but droped it cos he didnt like it.Basicly he said that, u dont do much economics, there's too many different modules, u dont get to specialise in one area. I think the employers will consider it as a disadvantage.

However, it is much easier to get an offer from SCORE. When I started this week, the tutor from the Statistical Science department told us that it's possible to switch to SCORE but definitely not to econ&stats course cos all the places in the econ&stats are taken, which makes it obvious that SCORE is much less competitive.
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One of the guys I know, is like me, doing econ&stats at UCL. He started SCORE last year but droped it cos he didnt like it.Basicly he said that, u dont do much economics, there's too many different modules, u dont get to specialise in one area. I think the employers will consider it as a disadvantage.

However, it is much easier to get an offer from SCORE. When I started this week, the tutor from the Statistical Science department told us that it's possible to switch to SCORE but definitely not to econ&stats course cos all the places in the econ&stats are taken, which makes it obvious that SCORE is much less competitive.


Thanks, may I ask what your offer was and what subjects/grades you did/got?
Thanks again!
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Thanks, may I ask what your offer was and what subjects/grades you did/got?
Thanks again!


ye sure.

I got an 'A' in A-level maths, further maths and economics and a 'C' in AS chemistry. The offer was AAB, one of the As had to be in maths.

Anyway good luck with everything, if u've got any other Qs jus ask

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