Official Warwick Economics Q&A Thread

would just like to know - how does the new Government rules about unlimited students being able to enter with atleast ABB at A-level - how does this affect the University of Warwick ? i was under the impression that this rule was for Clearing only but some say thats not the case.

As quoted from Warwicks admissions statement:

'Contextual data will be used in selection decisions during the main admissions cycle for only a small number of pilot courses in the 2013 admissions cycle, and these pilots will contribute towards research into possible further use of contextual data.'

Is Economics(L100) one of these pilot courses? and if so what is taken to be contextual data?

I completely accept the fact that there is no minimum level of GCSEs required to gain an offer and that GCSEs are not the only factor in the decision process. But as with any university course there must be an average number of A*s at GCSE for successful applicants. My question then is what is the average number of A*s for successful applicants for the last admissions cycle for Economics(L100)? and what approximate % of the offers last year were made to applicants with less than 7A*?

I am also aware that not all applicants especially those from overseas will have taken GCSEs and that this maybe reflected in the statistics.

Hi,

When do you plan to start giving out offers? Or have you done so already?

Many Thanks

Offers will typically be staggered, however, none will be sent for a while. The majority of offers will be sent to UCAS before the end of March for dissemination.

is there a limit on how many offers you can give out ? I know there's a certain number of places on the course but for example LSE give out 2.5 offers per place , is there this sort of number for Warwick ?

why is it that maths offers have been given out so much earlier relative to undergrad econ courses?

Is there a scheduled date after which offers for L100 will be given?

If not could you give an indication as to the general time period when this will be.

Thank you.

I cannot give an exact date since we send the finalised offers to UCAS, who then send them on to the applicants. However, offers are typically staggered with the majority being sent to UCAS before the end of March for dissemination.

Thank you. When is the earliest an (hypothetically) outstanding candidate could expect to hear a response?

As you are aware the application is based on four main components, the personal statement, academic reference, past academic records and current/predicted grades. Given the high quality pool of prospective students each component needs to be strong. That is to say, for example, your personal statement needs to be focused towards the subject of economics. Given this will not be your focus it will place at a large disadvantage which good grades alone cannot account for.

Student achieves 2A* 7A at GCSE
achieves AAAA at AS level with 90% and up UMS average
predicted at A*A*A*A*
stellar personal statement and reference

^^ would the GCSE results disadvantage the student greatly ?

As you are aware the application is based on four main components, the personal statement, academic reference, past academic records and current/predicted grades. Given the high quality pool of prospective students each component needs to be strong. That is to say, for example, your personal statement needs to be focused towards the subject of economics. Given this will not be your focus it will place at a large disadvantage which good grades alone cannot account for.