Economics Applicant Thread UCAS 2012

It seems that the interview and other work (test, written essay) have a huge impact on whether you et an offer or not.

There are some people in my school with extremely good grades and with excellent relevant extra curriculars who have been pooled or rejected

I think that at Cambridge, they would like students to think in a particular way and not just know the different topics of Economics at A-Level, which is why an interview is so crucial for admissions. I don't think that admissions tests have more of an impact though, the interview and your references etc play a higher part. This is only my opinion, because I felt that I had flopped the TSA on my interview day, having not finished the test and in the Cambridge online mock achieved 52% first go, 62% second and 72% on the third, but still received an offer. I think that this was thanks to the interview, and everything else, phew!

Hi, I've got offers from Warwick and UCL and have been pooled for Cambridge. I would really like an offer from LSE right about now haha... who has heard from them so far?

haha i am in the exact same position as you are!! except I have been pooled from homerton, which makes me slightly more disadvantaged :P

LSE has given out some offers ( I reckon over half of what they intend to give), so good luck to us both!!

which college did you originally apply for?

There are plenty of people I know who have predictions like that that definitely don't deserve them, I know that's not necessarily the case elsewhere but I really don't think A2 predictions are even a factor in decision making, as I'm sure everyone who was interviewed had at least A*A*A predictions

Predictions mean nothing. Predictions of all A*'s are only really valid if candidates have 90%+ UMS in each and every subject at the LEAST. So many people have 4A* predictions who have no realistic chance of achieving them.

Oh wow I haven't heard of any LSE offers for Economics yet!! Jesus pooled me, and from the Cambridge stats 0 - 3 econ applicants per year from Jesus pools have got offers from the pool in the last four years :/
Indeed good luck to us both...

Outright rejection from Cambridge also... It surely has to be the most crushing kind of rejection. It's not like a rejection without interview - being rejected on paper, without a chance to show your ability. You have actually been rejected as a person, which is something quite horrible. I never had much hope, with economics being so competitive (does anyone know why this is, by the way? It usually has lots of places at unis, it just seems to be hugely oversubscribed and I've no idea why), but having to tell everyone that you've been rejected is the most awkward thing ever.

Oh, and to top it all off, the rejection letter wished me luck at other good universities. What a mocking rejection that is.

So what's the general overview? Have a lot of TSRers been rejected?

haha i am in the exact same position as you are!! except I have been pooled from homerton, which makes me slightly more disadvantaged :P

LSE has given out some offers ( I reckon over half of what they intend to give), so good luck to us both!!

which college did you originally apply for?

On what basis do you say that LSE has given out more than half their total offers.
Also, I can inform you all that I heard outside of TSR that someone has been called for a reinterview by Girton. Not that it helps any of you but I think it will help with the stress you guys must be in right now.

To the guy who was rejected above (lemon), was it after you were pooled ?

well i think its safe to say that LSE gives out under 300 offers, and i myself know about 15 people who's got it... (including TSR of course), but still its difficult to imagine that I know more than a tenth of the people who's got offers...

And also from what I heard from LSE peple 2/3rds of them got offers before Xmas

well i think its safe to say that LSE gives out under 300 offers, and i myself know about 15 people who's got it... (including TSR of course), but still its difficult to imagine that I know more than a tenth of the people who's got offers...

And also from what I heard from LSE peple 2/3rds of them got offers before Xmas

Outright rejection from Cambridge also... It surely has to be the most crushing kind of rejection. It's not like a rejection without interview - being rejected on paper, without a chance to show your ability. You have actually been rejected as a person, which is something quite horrible. I never had much hope, with economics being so competitive (does anyone know why this is, by the way? It usually has lots of places at unis, it just seems to be hugely oversubscribed and I've no idea why), but having to tell everyone that you've been rejected is the most awkward thing ever.

Oh, and to top it all off, the rejection letter wished me luck at other good universities. What a mocking rejection that is.

So what's the general overview? Have a lot of TSRers been rejected?

10% of 300 = 30... oh dear. And the tutor said they give 2.5 offers for every place. So seeing as there are around 180 places that's 450 offers. 15/450 = 3.3%

No... they definitely don't, not for L101 and those courses with economics in their name.

on the LSE front my friends dad rang them in december and they said they hadnt started giving out any L100 offers???? also i got pooled by cambridge feel lucky you got a rejection instead of having to wait around for a week with glimmers of hope to eventually be rejected...

10% of 300 = 30... oh dear. And the tutor said they give 2.5 offers for every place. So seeing as there are around 180 places that's 450 offers. 15/450 = 3.3%

No... they definitely don't, not for L101 and those courses with economics in their name.