Economics applicants 2015

I got one a day or two after results day, not sure how many of them to buy now and how many to look for at uni in librairies/borrowing. Have you not got yours yet? If not, it should come in a few days/weeks so dw. What uni are you going to?

No I haven't got mine! It's really frustrating. I'm scared that all of the books are going to be very expensive.
Cambridge - what about you?

Damn, that's a big difference Hey what's the difference between BA and BSc when it comes to employability?

Good luck!

Do you have any plans for a gap year if you don't get in?


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So my remark stayed the same meaning I've missed my UCL offer by 1 mark. I'm considering saying no to Bath and reapplying to other unis during a gap year spent mostly doing a work placement, whilst resitting C3 and C4 and doing AS further maths, and maybe even resitting a physics module to try get another A*.

I was wondering, does anyone here know of anyone who got into Oxford/Cambridge/LSE/UCL/Warwick when applying during a gap year? Bearing in mind I had 10 A*s at GCSE but I didn't do as well at A Level due to extenuating medical circumstances which disadvantaged me greatly, do you think I'd have a realistic chance of getting an offer if I applied to the aforementioned unis during my gap year?

So my remark stayed the same meaning I've missed my UCL offer by 1 mark. I'm considering saying no to Bath and reapplying to other unis during a gap year spent mostly doing a work placement, whilst resitting C3 and C4 and doing AS further maths, and maybe even resitting a physics module to try get another A*.

I was wondering, does anyone here know of anyone who got into Oxford/Cambridge/LSE/UCL/Warwick when applying during a gap year? Bearing in mind I had 10 A*s at GCSE but I didn't do as well at A Level due to extenuating medical circumstances which disadvantaged me greatly, do you think I'd have a realistic chance of getting an offer if I applied to the aforementioned unis during my gap year?

So my remark stayed the same meaning I've missed my UCL offer by 1 mark. I'm considering saying no to Bath and reapplying to other unis during a gap year spent mostly doing a work placement, whilst resitting C3 and C4 and doing AS further maths, and maybe even resitting a physics module to try get another A*.

I was wondering, does anyone here know of anyone who got into Oxford/Cambridge/LSE/UCL/Warwick when applying during a gap year? Bearing in mind I had 10 A*s at GCSE but I didn't do as well at A Level due to extenuating medical circumstances which disadvantaged me greatly, do you think I'd have a realistic chance of getting an offer if I applied to the aforementioned unis during my gap year?

So my remark stayed the same meaning I've missed my UCL offer by 1 mark. I'm considering saying no to Bath and reapplying to other unis during a gap year spent mostly doing a work placement, whilst resitting C3 and C4 and doing AS further maths, and maybe even resitting a physics module to try get another A*.

I was wondering, does anyone here know of anyone who got into Oxford/Cambridge/LSE/UCL/Warwick when applying during a gap year? Bearing in mind I had 10 A*s at GCSE but I didn't do as well at A Level due to extenuating medical circumstances which disadvantaged me greatly, do you think I'd have a realistic chance of getting an offer if I applied to the aforementioned unis during my gap year?

What were your a level results?

I was rejected by warwick and Cambridge and so I firmed bath but I also debated taking a gap year. In the end the only rational decision was to go to bath as it is only marginally inferior to the other 2 in terms of job prospects due to the placement year and it seems an awesome student city!

Sorry to hear that, was hoping you'd get that mark
Take Bath, with the placement year, I think, it's only marginally worse than UCL, and the placement year is invaluable.
I think with the extenuating circumstances, you'd get the offer from them, not sure what would happen with regards to their resit policy.

I would take Bath. The difference in prospects between bath and Oxbridge/LSE/UCL/Warwick isn't worth taking a gap year for unless you're set on IB imo. I'm unsure on whether they would look kindly upon the fact you're essentially taking your A levels across 3 years. I know that UCL specify that the grades must be achieved in the first sitting.

I got A*AAA with the A* in Welsh Bac and the As in maths, biology and physics.



That's fair enough, personally I didn't like the city even though the university is nice and modern. The city is just too old and boring for me lol



Ah well, it's extremely gutting but can't do anything about it now man I've contacted the unis and they said they'd consider me since I was disadvantaged with my extenuating circumstances first time around. Graduate prospects for Bath are really good I guess but still, I'd rather have a top, top unis name on my CV tbh



My main aim is IB atm but I'm open to other careers like management consultancy as well. I've explained my situation to the unis and they said they would consider me if I reapplied, but I'm just more concerned about knowing whether others have managed to get into these top unis when applying during a gap year, since I don't want to use 4 of my 5 application slots on 4 top unis which barely ever take post-gap year students

I'm really sorry but I'm not convinced after looking at the Welsh bacc requirements on each unis websites that you'll be making a competitive application (unless you've spoken to the unis and they've said something different)

Ucl do accept the Welsh bacc but would require you to have a*a* in two other a levels including maths

Lse do accept Welsh bacc but state it is a less preferred subject and considering how competitive the uni is I'd imagine this would put you at a significant disadvantage

Cambridge was less clear but considering the average student there has 3A* I'd imagine you wouldn't be very competitive

Oxford would not include Welsh bacc in any offer so you would be below the entry requirements

Warwick would not consider the Welsh bacc in place of one a level as it is just a 3 a level offer so you wouldn't meet their standard offer

In my opinion you should stick with bath it's a top uni and a lovely place, but again this is info I've just got from the websites and if the unis have said anything different go with that

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I got A*s in maths and further maths and then A's in geography and economics
Taking a gap year and volunteering for three months then getting a job

Reckon Warwick would take me?

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I'm really sorry but I'm not convinced after looking at the Welsh bacc requirements on each unis websites that you'll be making a competitive application (unless you've spoken to the unis and they've said something different)

Ucl do accept the Welsh bacc but would require you to have a*a* in two other a levels including maths

Lse do accept Welsh bacc but state it is a less preferred subject and considering how competitive the uni is I'd imagine this would put you at a significant disadvantage

Cambridge was less clear but considering the average student there has 3A* I'd imagine you wouldn't be very competitive

Oxford would not include Welsh bacc in any offer so you would be below the entry requirements

Warwick would not consider the Welsh bacc in place of one a level as it is just a 3 a level offer so you wouldn't meet their standard offer

In my opinion you should stick with bath it's a top uni and a lovely place, but again this is info I've just got from the websites and if the unis have said anything different go with that

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Hey guys, so I'm thinking about applying to bristol for Economics and Finance which want AAA, now i messed up a bit at AS and I got AABC, B in maths (edexcel D1 screwed me lol), are my chances still good because I got 7A*s and 3As at GCSE and I'm going to drop the C in physics - I took biology economics physics and maths

They're okay. Not great, but not bad either.
Resitting D1 is something you should be thinking about, what was your UMS for it out of interest?
GCSE's are good, but Bristol does value predictions fairly highly, IIRC.

I think i should be okay with predictions and maths was 90 ums Core 1, 76 ums core 2, and 68 umd D1

You'll need to resit C2 as well, most likely, seeing how C3 and C4 are harder.
Bristol want an A in Maths, and for me, they asked for an A in Economics too.
So you stand a decent chance, it's just about making sure that you can boost that chance as much as possible.
A good PS and a reference to match are definitely needed.

Thanks, and yeah i was thinking about resitting C2 as well, I think for this year it was a combination of physics dragging me down and being unlucky with C2, but do you think that resitting 3 exams would hinder my performance at A2?- got a 76 in Macroeconomics this year