Economics Applicants 2011 Offer Thread

Yes. I hate to break it to you, maybe you haven't noticed that the subsidized fees ARE NOT applicable to me as an international student. I pay 4 times your fee so I guess your subsidy argument won't hold true here. YOUR government is NOT giving me any subsidy.

And please, spare me the horror. Everyone chooses 5 universities-- 2 difficult, one an average chance, 2 easy chances. If I chose Bristol as one of my choices, and I do not intend to go there in the face of the UCL and Warwick conditional offers that I have, is it my fault? And come on, that place isn't going to go waste now. Some other student will take that. Why do you bring nationalities in an argument based on merit??

but at least your parents earn money in the UK... mine dont.. so really the unis want us... because of the money

Of course you ought to base it on nationality. Think, where are you going to go after you get your degree? Your either going to stay here and become a "british" citizen and provide an oppertunity cost to a potential employer whether to employ you or a genuine british studant. Also, you are still wrong, ALL university fees are subsidised, even international studants, though the subsidy is far less. If i went to the University of Delhi, neither my gov't or your gov't will subsidise my fees, and i find this unfair. I understand that it's a matter of merit rather than money, but if it means that i have to pay, for somone else's fees, and ontop of that - the person takes my uni spot. I'll be double pissed off.

Of course you ought to base it on nationality. Think, where are you going to go after you get your degree? Your either going to stay here and become a "british" citizen and provide an oppertunity cost to a potential employer whether to employ you or a genuine british studant. Also, you are still wrong, ALL university fees are subsidised, even international studants, though the subsidy is far less. If i went to the University of Delhi, neither my gov't or your gov't will subsidise my fees, and i find this unfair. I understand that it's a matter of merit rather than money, but if it means that i have to pay, for somone else's fees, and ontop of that - the person takes my uni spot. I'll be double pissed off.

If I could go to Oxford and study economics i wouldn't mind paying £50,000 a year...

What?

Of course you ought to base it on nationality. Think, where are you going to go after you get your degree? Your either going to stay here and become a "british" citizen and provide an oppertunity cost to a potential employer whether to employ you or a genuine british studant. Also, you are still wrong, ALL university fees are subsidised, even international studants, though the subsidy is far less. If i went to the University of Delhi, neither my gov't or your gov't will subsidise my fees, and i find this unfair. I understand that it's a matter of merit rather than money, but if it means that i have to pay, for somone else's fees, and ontop of that - the person takes my uni spot. I'll be double pissed off.

Of course you ought to base it on nationality. Think, where are you going to go after you get your degree? Your either going to stay here and become a "british" citizen and provide an oppertunity cost to a potential employer whether to employ you or a genuine british studant. Also, you are still wrong, ALL university fees are subsidised, even international studants, though the subsidy is far less. If i went to the University of Delhi, neither my gov't or your gov't will subsidise my fees, and i find this unfair. I understand that it's a matter of merit rather than money, but if it means that i have to pay, for somone else's fees, and ontop of that - the person takes my uni spot. I'll be double pissed off.

has anyone got university of surrey and sussex offers yet......... what are the grades that they are offering out

has anyone had any birmingham offers for L100?

I have not yet, I sent mine on the 14th of October and I think their policy is just to give out offers to Oxbridge standard candidates first and then the others will have have to wait December/ January time.

AND?!?!

If I could go to Oxford and study economics i wouldn't mind paying £50,000 a year...

I'm not trying to be excessively mean, but I would probably make you pay £50,000 a year to compensate for your poor and probably contradictory argument above.

If you want the uni spot, work for it and prove that you deserve it.

has anyone got university of surrey and sussex offers yet......... what are the grades that they are offering out

has anyone had any birmingham offers for L100?

Yes but you see the problem is that we do work hard for it. But it is unfair how for the same course international students have to achieve a much lower grade range than what we have to!

Maybe you need to take another look at both sides of the argument, unless of course your another international student which explains it all...

Yes. I hate to break it to you, maybe you haven't noticed that the subsidized fees ARE NOT applicable to me as an international student. I pay 4 times your fee so I guess your subsidy argument won't hold true here. YOUR government is NOT giving me any subsidy.

And please, spare me the horror. Everyone chooses 5 universities-- 2 difficult, one an average chance, 2 easy chances. If I chose Bristol as one of my choices, and I do not intend to go there in the face of the UCL and Warwick conditional offers that I have, is it my fault? And come on, that place isn't going to go waste now. Some other student will take that. Why do you bring nationalities in an argument based on merit??

i think everyone on here is lol