Economics Applicant Thread UCAS 2012

Long story- I got a D in the FM mock which I did not know about till September, had to cram in 3 months work into 1, (plus made stupid mistakes). So the C was understandable but they lowered my A* prediction in normal maths to an A as they thought I would not be able to cope (despite getting 276/300). But tbh A*AAC would still be pushing it.

any ideas when Durham, Exeter, Bath or UCL offers may start coming in? Do they usually leave it late if you have already applied or do they reply within a few weeks?

That's ridiculous, I hate it when teachers base predictions on mocks, people don't try as hard in mocks and they get some kind of kick out of forcing people to try hard for the sake of their predicted grades when they are generally not a good reflection of how well you do

Yeah but it's the way they said it, they didn't say academic rigour they said difficulty, which implies they want an easy ride. If you wanted an academically rigorous degree you would say "most academically rigorous", not "most difficult".

got an offer from leeds for history and econ

That's true plus the overall experience. University life in Germany is sooooo boring. We don't have student halls, you either live at home or get an apartment. It is like going to school except your classmates look a bit older

Just worked out my exam timetable.. On one day, I've got C3 in the morning, followed by unit 3 for Economics and a History paper following that.. :aff:

Just worked out my exam timetable.. On one day, I've got C3 in the morning, followed by unit 3 for Economics and a History paper following that.. Not looking foward to Monday 23rd January -__-

Just worked out my exam timetable.. On one day, I've got C3 in the morning, followed by unit 3 for Economics and a History paper following that.. Not looking foward to Monday 23rd January -__-

Any downing applicants, how are you preparing for the maths test ?

Just saw on the offers thread someone has gotten an offer from Durham!

Does this mean that other offers will soon follow? (I thought Durham were one of the Universities waiting until the January 15th deadline)

Just looking over the things which look relevant in the core modules and stats 1. I might talk to my head of maths tomorrow though, see if he knows anything about it.

I'm pretty much doing the same, apart from when I asked my maths teacher it sounds like they don't have any past experience with this test :/ By the sounds of it I think it is just going to test key skills, and they can't exactly ask you much in half an hour !

Yeah my maths teacher was clueless today when I asked her, she recommended talking to the head because he went to cambridge. I doubt he'll have heard of it though. I think there are far more questions than you can answer in half an hour, but you're supposed to focus on a few and do them well.