Economics Applicant Thread UCAS 2012

I do AQA but this might still be useful - the difference between an A and an A* on our paper is the quality of evaluation on essays. Try to evaluate all the way throughout an essay and develop a debate rather than saving this until your conclusion at the end !

economics at warwick or econ philosophy at lse? This is frowned upon but probably end goal financial sector job..

economics at warwick or econ philosophy at lse? This is frowned upon but probably end goal financial sector job..

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=716188&page=427

probably get better answers

LSE

Cheers just needed some confirmation that i was making the right decision

economics at warwick or econ philosophy at lse? This is frowned upon but probably end goal financial sector job..

As long as it's one of the top 5 uni it doesn't really matter. Choose the course you'd enjoy more and decide whether you want to live in a big city like London or not.

It's not really about the league tables unfortunately, I met someone who had worked in IB for 6 years the other day and the targets are basically:

Oxbridge, LSE then ICL/(UCL) the latter get more opportunities mostly because of location and London is more exposed to the career events.

It's not really about the league tables unfortunately, I met someone who had worked in IB for 6 years the other day and the targets are basically:

Oxbridge, LSE then ICL/(UCL) the latter get more opportunities mostly because of location and London is more exposed to the career events.

I didn't mean the league tables. But you're right, the top 5 (plus Imperial) are Oxbridge, UCL, Warwick and LSE. I know someone who had an internship at Deutsche Bank in London in 2010 and most people were from LSE, Warwick, UCL and Cambridge. But again, even from a non-target it's possible. It just makes it easier if go to a target.

You said top 5...!

Yep, just that little bit harder. I am curious to know whether they care which degree you do I mean:

Sociology @ LSE vs. say Economics at Nottingham or something

Well in the IB forum on TSR the Top 5 are those universities, sorry for the misunderstanding

At LSE you will have the networking/events opportunities regardless of your degree. But apparently firms don't care about your degree anyway. I've heard of people with a history degree that secured internships I guess in that case it comes down to the individual person. What he did, what work experience he had, his academic results etc.

Btw have you decided yet where to go?

At LSE you will have the networking/events opportunities regardless of your degree. But apparently firms don't care about your degree anyway. I've heard of people with a history degree that secured internships

History is not that uncommon actually, especially from Oxford.

degree doesn't really matter aside from S&T and the very quantitative roles which require very advanced Mathematical ability. In theory, Zoology at Cambridge is probably better placed than Economics from somewhere like Lancaster for a role in IBD or similar, where you only need 'soft' skills.

That's true I guess. Is anyone of you interested in S&T btw? I always hear people wanting to get into IBD but almost never into S&T.

I'm probably more interested in trading than IBD but don't know for sure yet, it's too early to tell.

S&T

... Sales and Trading?

Sven, I still haven't decided.

Yea I don't know either. Sitting in front of 6 screens all day isn't that exciting though


Yep Sales and Trading.

Isn't the deadline like in a week? Well either way, you'll make the right choice, I am sure

Trading is a hell of a lot more exciting than IBD thats for sure. Sitting in front of 6 screens all day watching the markets and making trades vs sitting in a cubicle all day changing the formatting of a pitchbook ready to be printed off (for 16 hours a day, every day).

Trading is a very fast paced environment with a lot of pressure whilst IBD is just slow and boring but each to their own.