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Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London

LSE A&F vs. Econ

Hi,

I am taking Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Biology at A-level and am predicted A*A*AA. I am applying for Economics at my unis, and was going to do the same for LSE but obviously it is an insanely competitive course to get an offer for.

I do also really like the Accounting and Finance course but my personal statement is mainly Economics related, although I do have Accounting work experience.
Should I bother applying for A&F or would they not consider me bc of the personal statement being Econ related?

Thanks
Econ > A&F
Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
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Original post by OnceUponAThyme
Econ > A&F


Yeah but are my chances of getting an offer A&F>Econ
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Yeah but are my chances of getting an offer A&F>Econ


What are your GCSE grades and Maths/FM average UMS?
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Original post by OnceUponAThyme
What are your GCSE grades and Maths/FM average UMS?


GCSEs 8A*4As which are okay
What I’m worried about is maths UMS, they’re not that bad about 85-90, but compare to other applicants not high because I make stupid mistakes
I got an A this year and resitting one module next year
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GCSEs 8A*4As which are okay
What I’m worried about is maths UMS, they’re not that bad about 85-90, but compare to other applicants not high because I make stupid mistakes
I got an A this year and resitting one module next year


Your UMS is not that high but tbh you are still probably better off applying Econ. LSE care a lot about the personal statement and if you apply for A&F with an Econ personal statement then it is unlikely that you will get in even if you have the grades. And even if you do get into A&F, there will always be that "what if I applied for Econ?" feeling and tbh for jobs, A&F is not as respected as Econ (although the difference is marginal).
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Original post by OnceUponAThyme
Your UMS is not that high but tbh you are still probably better off applying Econ. LSE care a lot about the personal statement and if you apply for A&F with an Econ personal statement then it is unlikely that you will get in even if you have the grades. And even if you do get into A&F, there will always be that "what if I applied for Econ?" feeling and tbh for jobs, A&F is not as respected as Econ (although the difference is marginal).


Yeah ik hopefully I can pull it up for FM, idk how much emphasis they put on UMS but I do know about personal statement, so yeah it makes more sense
Thanks for your help!
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Original post by OnceUponAThyme
Your UMS is not that high but tbh you are still probably better off applying Econ. LSE care a lot about the personal statement and if you apply for A&F with an Econ personal statement then it is unlikely that you will get in even if you have the grades. And even if you do get into A&F, there will always be that "what if I applied for Econ?" feeling and tbh for jobs, A&F is not as respected as Econ (although the difference is marginal).


Where are you applying?
Original post by OnceUponAThyme
Your UMS is not that high but tbh you are still probably better off applying Econ. LSE care a lot about the personal statement and if you apply for A&F with an Econ personal statement then it is unlikely that you will get in even if you have the grades. And even if you do get into A&F, there will always be that "what if I applied for Econ?" feeling and tbh for jobs, A&F is not as respected as Econ (although the difference is marginal).


Where are you applying?
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Where are you applying?

Where are you applying?


Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, UCL, Warwick
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Original post by OnceUponAThyme
Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, UCL, Warwick


Nice unis, what are you applying to Imperial for? Also what are your predicted, UMS and grades?
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Nice unis, what are you applying to Imperial for? Also what are your predicted, UMS and grades?


Maths everywhere and Maths w/ Econ at LSE
4A* pred + A* EPQ
99% UMS for M,FM AS
11A* GCSE
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Original post by OnceUponAThyme
Maths everywhere and Maths w/ Econ at LSE
4A* pred + A* EPQ
99% UMS for M,FM AS
11A* GCSE


Damn those are amazing stats
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Original post by OnceUponAThyme
Maths everywhere and Maths w/ Econ at LSE
4A* pred + A* EPQ
99% UMS for M,FM AS
11A* GCSE


How do you revise for maths?

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