UCL postgrad applicants 2014-2015

The letter only took a couple of days, but it's literally an A4 page telling me I have a place. A bit of information would have been lovely.. it's sad but I love reading through stuff like that haha, it gets me excited!

Plus I think it just makes the university look more welcoming, but that's just me!

Have you received anything after accepting?

Hey guys, ive applied to Msc Economics. Been waiting for over two months. Similar cases anyone?

Me too! No I haven't received anything since accepting haha, I might email the department to find out some information about class sizes etc but it has been 9 days since I accepted so I'm not sure I will be getting any welcome post!

Hey guys, ive applied to Msc Economics. Been waiting for over two months. Similar cases anyone?

Yep. Applied mid Jan. Already accepted an offer elsewhere that was tied for first place with UCL on my list.

Congrats! Im still waiting on my first choice.

I applied at the end of November for the MSc Economics but haven't received any outcome yet...
In the meantime I have received offers from the 4 other unis I applied to but I think UCL would be my first choice.

Wow that is a long wait. I applied dec end. I hv a feeling we will hear from them soon. They asked me for my official gre score card... means they are looking into it..

Yeah, I hope so. It's a bit weird.. I applied to Oxford 2 months later but have already received the result.

I mean, it should be in the interest of the university that the candidates get their results as soon as possible otherwise they might choose just another uni...

I have an uncoditional offer for PhD in UCL.

I suppose it depends on the field that you want to work.
I know many people who work in pharmaceutical companies. They probably have an msc in stats with medical applications (like that one from Sheffield) thought, and/or they have a PhD in a related area as well.
Others work in bank or in insurance companies (but those are more actuary-oriented).

Dealing with "Big Data" is one of the most high-paying jobs and in great demand. Someone with BSc in Statistics and MSc in Computers (or vice-versa, like your case), have the perfetct background for it. Please keep in mind thought, that all "Big Data" jobs, although they provide you with good salary, however they also require fore PhD.

Other than these there are many other sectors where you can work (Perhaps secondary education? But you will need a PGCE for that). Albeit I don't know a lot in general, because I am looking forward for a career in academia and thus I am not aware of all the available choices in the industry.

Hey there,

I am! Actually got my offer on Tuesday (an unofficial one from the department, hopefully gonna get an official one soon!). How is your application progressing? Where else are you applying?

Thanks for the information. I looked into it. I am not really sure about how much of higher level mathematics I will be able to keep up with. In one of the university websites offering MSc in Statistics and Machine Learning its written that first two weeks there will be a maths revision conducted. Those who aren't able to keep up will be transferred to Machine Learning course. So lets see. Congratulations for your admit! Good luck with your PhD.