Economics 2010 Applicants/Offers Thread (read how to post choices in the OP, please)

Yeah I am going too. Would you recommend UCL if i receive an offer over Bristol and Nottingham? Is either Bristol or Nottingham better for economics in your opinion?

Yeah I am going too. Would you recommend UCL if i receive an offer over Bristol and Nottingham? Is either Bristol or Nottingham better for economics in your opinion?

Yeah I am going too. Would you recommend UCL if i receive an offer over Bristol and Nottingham?

Is either Bristol or Nottingham better for economics in your opinion?

Is anyone aware of how many offers Durham have given out?
Really hoping they still have the majority still to give out...

I really hate how paranoid and nervous this UCAS system makes me. As soon as I sent it off I started worrying I'd aimed too high and the longer responses take the more I think that it means bad news.
I'm glad they're looking at changing the system, I think it needs a revamp.

Still, looks like I'm in for a long wait with Warwick and Edinburgh

Well again I would advise visiting the place and see if it is the correct location for you to live in for 3 years. But yes UCL are top for econ whilst Bristol and Notts are not. So I would find it hard to turn UCL down.


For me that is not the significant factor.

I really hate how paranoid and nervous this UCAS system makes me. As soon as I sent it off I started worrying I'd aimed too high and the longer responses take the more I think that it means bad news.
I'm glad they're looking at changing the system, I think it needs a revamp.

I'm a gap year student.
GCSE: 4 stars and 6 A's
A-level: 4 A's in Maths, History, Chemistry and Physics.
Not impossible to get an offer if my reference and PS were pretty damn impressive, but I guess that chance would be fairly remote...

Still, looks like I'm in for a long wait with Warwick and Edinburgh

UCAS system is still great deal better than the student recruitment in my country, where only grades on your final exams count...Still, changes are inevitable

Apparantly so I hear from my friend whose dad has links with the Warwick econ department they are looking for 9 A*s at GCSE. Seems quite harsh!

Where did you apply to?
and any offer so far?
But yes given the lack of economics and only 4 A*s at GCSE, I can see why you are concerned.

I've applied to Bristol, Durham, Warwick, Edinburgh and Birmingham with offers from Bristol and B'ham so far and not heard from the others yet.
I was pretty surprised Bristol gave me an offer seeing as what a lottery their admissions seems to be.
If you're interested why I didn't take economics at A-level it was because my school had a pretty shoddy department and I saw the teachers as a bit of a joke.

Oh, and I did get an A* in maths at GCSE if that matters.

I know it's rarely wise to start thinking about 'what if's?' but would the general consensus be to go to Warwick if i got an offer to go there, go to Durham if I didn't get Warwick and go to Bristol if I don' get Warwick or Durham? (Based purely on the academic qualities and graduate prospects alone (i.e. not thinking about locational values))

When are we gonna hear stuff from LSE or Warwick?

Not to sound unsympathetic but it is just a question of supply and demand.

I've applied to Bristol, Durham, Warwick, Edinburgh and Birmingham with offers from Bristol and B'ham so far and not heard from the others yet.
I was pretty surprised Bristol gave me an offer seeing as what a lottery their admissions seems to be.
If you're interested why I didn't take economics at A-level it was because my school had a pretty shoddy department and I saw the teachers as a bit of a joke.

Oh, and I did get an A* in maths at GCSE if that matters.