The UCL PPE thread

In the email they make you choose choice of stream and if you want q-step or not, what's interesting about it however is that the decision seems to be irreversible at least according to the wording in the email. I strongly believe it has to do with offers and reqs, since econ & pol requires A* Maths while PP doesn't. They also said that you could consider yourself rejected if you didn't respond within a week.

Why would they send the email out to only a few people then? Unless they're sending it out in a cycles. Then the ones who got the email now will probably be the ones to hear first.
Ahhh, who knows what they're thinking :P


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Why would they send the email out to only a few people then? Unless they're sending it out in a cycles. Then the ones who got the email now will probably be the ones to hear first.
Ahhh, who knows what they're thinking :P


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I only have AAA and thus am only qualified for the Politics & Philosophy stream, so this might be why I personally didn't receive the e-mail. Doesn't make me feel any better though haha!

Thats what I thought! That the people getting these emails are a part of the first batch of applications they are looking at - but who knows?

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How are your academic credentials, if you don't mind me asking?

Guys, I have a question. Is an a* in maths required if you choose to do Phil and econ?

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I'm predicted an A* in maths and didn't get the email though, so I don't think that's it. Who knows, I guess the idea of them doing it in cycles is the best guess we have.


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GCSE: 10A* 1B
AS-level: 3A 1B (Maths, Economics, History and Latin ( the B)
A2-level predictions: 3A* 1A (A in Latin)

Mixture of extracurricular things, Head Boy, etc

Might have been my PS, don't know

I think cycles is a good suggestion. It helps me to sleep at night anyway



I wouldn't worry about LSE tbh. It's such a lottery there and they like their international students because of Fee paying etc. I once heard a story that they rejected 1 in 100 applicants on the basis that they were unlucky. They found the grounds to warrant them unlucky based on the fact that they were picked as the 1 in 100. lmfao. You will definitely get into UCL which is depressing to say because that means there's one less place for someone like me with only AAA achieved.

I assume it's also an A* requirement. That's so much pressure, I hate it. You mess up one question and it's gone..

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Do we think your more likely to get a place if you choose Politics and Philosophy or Econ and Politics? Predicted A* in maths, but do we think there are more people for econ and pol or phil and pol?

haha, thats so stupid, well at least you have confidence I will get in, thats something - Good Luck, Im sure you will be fine

Do we think your more likely to get a place if you choose Politics and Philosophy or Econ and Politics? Predicted A* in maths, but do we think there are more people for econ and pol or phil and pol?

I'm new here, but it's 2 AM and I've just scrolled through the whole thread. The wait is getting pretty unbearable.