Economics Applicant Thread UCAS 2012

Offer from Warwick L100 (finally)

Woah they took their time! Well done though, firmed LSE yet?

Thanks
Not yet, been waiting on Warwick to see if the offer is suitable for insurance - I think it is, still unsure what grades I could get from where.
Offer is A*A*A + a (in 4th AS) but I will have 4 full A levels and a 5th AS so dno whether the 4th AS can be taken from one of my full A levels or not.

Woah what a ridiculous offer. Why would you need to insure it when your LSE offer is surely lower?

LSE's is lower (in grades) by the 4th being an E at AS rather than an A at AS.
Warwick's is easier by the flexibility of the grades being (hopefully) from any subject I get them from - LSE's subjects are fixed.

Also, those first two A*s are achieved so no pressure there this summer

Not as if you'll need an insurance then!

Not at all, it sounds like Durham is perfectly suited to you. The only point where Nottingham might have a slight advantage would be applying for postgraduate courses in Economics/Finance due to its more quantitative nature.

What Tat said. However, I would like to add that Nottingham's Economics course is a BA/Bsc therefore you have great flexibility in terms of the quantitative nature of your degree. Neither course is going to let you escape without doing Mathematical modules and you can make your degree at Nottingham less or more quantitative than at Durham. In terms of job prospects, http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/careers-advice/students/2010_FD_Leavers_Employedbydept__ALL.pdf
shows that Durham places its students excellently but at the same time http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/economics/documents/economics-newsletter-2011.pdf so does Nottingham. I would say go to both Universities, compare the course content and then make a decision because they are both top institutions outside the Top 5.

Thanks a lot both of you! I'm aware that they both have similarly good job prospects, but like what Tateco mentioned, I thought Nottingham will offer slight advantages for postgrad studies later which makes it hard for me to turn it down. Since I'm an international student, I can't afford to visit both universities before making the decision. I like Durham as a place more, so it might be a better fit for me, hopefully it won't be of much disadvantage, if I want to do postgrad studies in the future.

Thanks a lot both of you! I'm aware that they both have similarly good job prospects, but like what Tateco mentioned, I thought Nottingham will offer slight advantages for postgrad studies later which makes it hard for me to turn it down. Since I'm an international student, I can't afford to visit both universities before making the decision. I like Durham as a place more, so it might be a better fit for me, hopefully it won't be of much disadvantage, if I want to do postgrad studies in the future.

Long time since I've been on TSR, revision and all that jazz... Jesus, what have I missed?

Anybody doing OCR Macro this summer, if so have you started looking at the case study?

If its of any help at the post-offer open day a person doing the presentation did say that people had got into post-grad study at Oxbridge and other top universities. So it is in entirely possible.

Thanks a lot! That's encouraging to hear! Which university are you heading to, just out of interest?

I got an offer from KPMG for a gap year scheme, so am taking a gap year. I then wanted to defer Durham, but they have some sort of internal deadline for deferring, so probably reapplying next year

Are you going Durham or Nottingham then?

I've firmed UCL

Congratulations, I got rejected.

Long time since I've been on TSR, revision and all that jazz... Jesus, what have I missed?

Anybody doing OCR Macro this summer, if so have you started looking at the case study?

You definitely gapping now?

I've firmed UCL

I'm still not sure :/ so erm... *has mental breakdown*



yaaay! what did you end up insuring?

The Apprentice today, oh if I had a penny for everytime they argue...

just think carefully through your options, having a gap year is not a big deal at all but you need to decide if it will be worth it!

Bath, they are the same grades but Bath doesn't specify Maths like UCL.

Some of the people on there are just atrocious, they don't think about anything, the team that won wouldn't be able to provide the equipment as cheaply as they promised either, so flawed!