Economics Applicant Thread UCAS 2012

depends on whether i get UCL or not, UCL is my all time dream uni haha, however its unlikely with me not doing FM

they're like your second team now:P

163837292 days since I applied to warwick.

Offer from Bath sandwich as well!

I disagree. I read a page and turn over, and then if someone were to ask me what I'd just read I'll be...

...0_0

Whereas in maths, once you've finished learning it, you can burn your books and use them to keep yourself warm the night before your exam doing past papers

5 rejections last year from the top 5,
This year I have offers from bath and UCL, was pooled and fished at Camb and then rejected, yet to hear from LSE and Warwick.

Congrats! What is the sandwich by the way?

Year in industry

Do you have any idea about what you want to do that year? or are you still deciding?

Don't have to decided for another 2-3 years so not yet Would like something at BoE, or in banking, consultancy or energy

ofcourse, I'm sure any of those would be interesting though
i'd rather not spend a year in industry as it isn't necessary, unless it somewhat secures a first job after uni with a specific company

Sorry to hear about them rejections last year. But well done on your offers so far. I might end up in a similar position as you because I'm doing the same subjects but don't have any offers as of yet.

Did your grades let you down last year, or was it just bad luck?

Believe me experience is necessary, there are so many graduates at the moment (especially economics graduates) that you need to stand out. I'm hoping to have a gap year to get some experience and then reapply to university next year anyway, I like the thought of taking a gap year better than a placement year as a placement year seems like it would be quite disruptive...

Believe me experience is necessary, there are so many graduates at the moment (especially economics graduates) that you need to stand out. I'm hoping to have a gap year to get some experience and then reapply to university next year anyway, I like the thought of taking a gap year better than a placement year as a placement year seems like it would be quite disruptive...

I had a terrible PS, my AS grades were decent (like average 93%) but the main issue was my very weak GCSE's.
This year I had a stronger PS because I did much WE and attended many econ courses, so I had more to write about add to that my high number of A*'s at A level so my situation is better.
Good luck with your application, if you do get 5 rejections then don't worry, I have benefited a lot from my gap year and I know have offers from places that were a long shot last year.

When you say very weak gcse's is this in context to other econ applicants or generally weak gcses? Also where did you get Work Exp as well btw? I may be in a similar position come March time

Well done on the offer! Do you think you'll apply to the same places next year?

Yes it depends what you want to do, I just think (at least for what i want to do at first) that a whole year is overkill. Work experience (both paid - for uni expenses, and not - for career experience) can be gained in holidays, especially spring and summer breaks of which you will have at least 3.

I asked about the usefulness of the 'year in industry' during my couple weeks work experience last summer as i was deciding on courses to apply to. The trading floor manager who i spent some time sat next to said they are a waste of a year (in asset management and IB) because you simply can't do much when you have not graduated - at least not enough to productively fill a year, or even achieve what you could during a summer internship. The result is you end up doing jobs that any A level student of above standard capability could do (basic spreadsheets and research, filing, coffee - if they trust you to make it correctly )

If that's not the stuff you want to go into then what i said doesn't apply to you and I'm sure you should know better than me whether the year will be useful for your career whatever that happens to be just not for me

Agreed on the disruption of the placement year

3A* 5A..
I did WE at some gov econ departments, just email them.