Economics Applicant Thread UCAS 2012

IMO Bath > Bristol/ Nottingham > Durham

But none of thosed are better than Camb, LSE, Warwick or UCL

From my perspective, as I am looking to enter some quantative roles in the future

Tommorow is the last (full) working day for most universities this year.

I don't want to get hopes up (again ) but....

Looking at unistats, here are the statistics from Bath, Bristol, Nottingham and Durham regarding students going into 'Quantitative roles'. I have defined quantitative roles as students going into occupations classed as either "Business and Finance" or Business and Statistical". Here are the percentage of students from those universities going into professions defined as above. Clearly Nottingham and Durham beat out Bath and Bristol in this area.

Nottingham-61%
Durham - 60%
Bath - 48%
Bristol-47%

You're getting all of our hopes up

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UCL did say we should hear this week...

Rejections or offers?

Looking at unistats, here are the statistics from Bath, Bristol, Nottingham and Durham regarding students going into 'Quantitative roles'. I have defined quantitative roles as students going into occupations classed as either "Business and Finance" or Business and Statistical". Here are the percentage of students from those universities going into professions defined as above. Clearly Nottingham and Durham beat out Bath and Bristol in this area.

Nottingham-61%
Durham - 60%
Bath - 48%
Bristol-47%

Maybe. But that doesn't mean Durham will prepare you more than Bristol would for these quantitive roles.

what did you get last time round (alevel results), assuming you did your A2's in your 2nd year of alevel. and did you apply last year?





EDIT: ^ Jesus christ, can't you ask a simple academic question without people having a fit? I normally don't give a **** about reps/negs but this time I'm truly baffled - are people really that PC/sensitive these days?

I don't even get what's so offensive about my question that has attracted all those negs. How is asking for her original A2 results anymore insensitive than asking someone about their AS or predicted grades as so often happens in threads like these?

That just doesn't mean anything at all.

Having not studied at either university, and not knowing anyone from Bristol, I can't say how well the universities compare to one another in terms of how well the course prepares students for such roles.

The point I was trying to make with the statistics is that people's perceptions can be flawed (e.g Durham offers a BA, therefore it is not quantitative), and that looking at how things really pan out gives a clearer view.

I'd suggest that with a considerably high proportion of students from Durham gaining employment in these roles, employers believe that Durham's economics degree provides students with more than adequate preparation for such roles.

Quiet day for offers it seems...

Not specified. We'll have to wait and see...

They may not to you - but I was trying to put some numbers behind the rankings of the poster I had originally replied to, to see how his perception matched available data.

Jan/Feb should be a much exciting period! decisions should be coming in weekly (i hope)

The data doesn't say much.

You could just as well claim that it shows more people from Durham apply for quantitative roles than those at Bristol.

FWIW, I know of at least one BB bank which has Durham/Bristol as targets and not Bath/Nottingham.

The data doesn't say much.

You could just as well claim that it shows more people from Durham apply for quantitative roles than those at Bristol.

FWIW, I know of at least one BB bank which has Durham/Bristol as targets and not Bath/Nottingham.

The data doesn't say much.

You could just as well claim that it shows more people from Durham apply for quantitative roles than those at Bristol.

FWIW, I know of at least one BB bank which has Durham/Bristol as targets and not Bath/Nottingham.

The truth is, going to either Bristol, Bath, Notts, Durham and a lot of other top 10 unis will put you in good stead in the job market, so people don't need to panic so much!

A quick question to you all, if I want to go to uni purely to enter into the best possible career then would you say that Bath might be better then places like UCL/War or maybe even Cam/LSE. They get you a year long paid internship which must be great for you when you leave uni and start applying for a job.
What do you all think ?

Having not studied at either university, and not knowing anyone from Bristol, I can't say how well the universities compare to one another in terms of how well the course prepares students for such roles.

The point I was trying to make with the statistics is that people's perceptions can be flawed (e.g Durham offers a BA, therefore it is not quantitative), and that looking at how things really pan out gives a clearer view.

I'd suggest that with a considerably high proportion of students from Durham gaining employment in these roles, employers believe that Durham's economics degree provides students with more than adequate preparation for such roles.