PPE offers for 2013 entry

The three subjects are studied pretty independently in the first year. You can effectively drop one altogether from year 2.

There is a lot of work, probably the most at the university. This is down to the fact we do 150 CATs (credits) worth of modules, only Economics and EPAIS (as far as I know) do as much. 120 credits constitutes as an university year so most subjects only do 120. From year 2, it will drop down to 120 for us as well, so in many ways, the workload will ease if anything.

There are two streams for Maths, ones for those who are good at it and have done A-level Maths and another one for the beginners, those who haven't done A-level Maths.

The students are of a high quality, most of them with bags of A*s/As. Lectures offer a limited learning experience and hence, are not that useful but when we have smaller classes, they are. Typically, we have one for each module. Class sizes range from 5 in my Philosophy and Maths classes to about 20 in my Industrial Economics and Stats classes. However, so far, they have tended to be around 10 for me. There are a lot of people who contribute little to nothing to these classes though, so in reality, you can get a lot more attention should you desire.

It's a pretty rigorous degree and the course is enjoyable. However, Warwick itself as an university, I am still not too keen on. The people are generally quite odd, albeit nice. There isn't much to do though, it has to be said and a lot of time can be wasted doing nothing productive. I have also struggled with the fact there are limited places to eat and no canteen as I cannot cook.

I can't see the likes of York or Durham being a lot more livelier than Warwick.

Reading through this thread, it reminds me of last year.

I got rejected at Oxford after interview and got my Warwick PPE offer in March if it helps anyone, I am now there studying PPE.

Sorry to be a pest but I have a few questions I'd really appreciate if you could answer

1) Are there many PPEists who didn't do maths/don't have full A2 maths? Is there anything particularly exceptional about these students to "make up for it" so to speak, or are they roughly the same as those who do have full maths?

2) If you don't mind saying, how were your grades at gcse/a levels? March is pretty much the endgame as far as offers go, so I figure the grades of people who get offers at that stage would be pretty telling.

3) Is there anything else that disappointed you about Warwick? I feel like I've been over-idealising it which would make a rejection all the more unpleasant.

Thanks

Well, pretty much everyone has bags of A*s at GCSE and you need A*AAb at A-level so no, wouldn't say so. Out of the 95 odd, I would say about 20-25. Some people were let in who missed their offers, quite a few actually. However, they had amazing AS grades/GCSEs so who knows?

6 A*s, 4As at GCSE/IGCSE
A*AABa at A-level in Maths, History, Economics, Further Maths and Government and Politics. Would say, this is kind of misleading as my As were quite close to A*s and I self-taught the B.

Not really, the course is actually great. It's just the rest of Warwick that isn't so good.

Anyone heard back from Lancaster/Exeter/Manchester or anywhere else known for giving PPE offers slightly early?

Yes, offers from Manchester and Lancaster, both 35 points.

I heard from Lancaster in November. Anyone heard from Exeter?

How long did it take for Lancaster to reply?

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Around 2-3 weeks if I remember correctly.

Congrats btw
I applied to Lancaster 2.5 weeks ago but haven't heard back . What were your predictions?
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Cheers, 37 IB points.

I received an offer from Lancaster today! What subjects do you have?

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Congratulations!

I do HL:

Economics
Philosophy
English Lit

And SL:

Maths
Physics
Spanish

Ever came to Mauritius?

It is not as good as predicted. Some elements in it are weak.

philosophy, that must be awesome!
ah ok!
I did not get any interview >.<
I got rejected from oxford
and a conditional at Warwick.

I've only just found this thread

So far I have an unconditional for Glasgow (Politics and Economics), a conditional from Durham (PPE, AAA) and an interview for PPE at Oxford Jesus.

I've also applied to Warwick for PPE and St. Andrews for IR and philosophy.

I love philosophy and I don't find it too difficult. My EE is on English Lit, I thought that was the easiest subject to do it in, I found it fine.

I wish I did bio/chem instead of physics, I am finding it tough!