Economics applicant thread UCAS 2014

Original post by blazekid75

Got our maths predicted grades, and what do you know I'm predicted an A! Now I have a chance to apply to uni's that I would like to go to..Just need to decide those first :colondollar:

Almost finished my 1st draft of my PS (yes im late) xD

Nice, where you looking to apply?

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blazekid75

Original post by NedStark

Nice, where you looking to apply?

Tbh I have no clue,it also depends on my predicted grades for my other subjects :eek:

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Dilzo999

Original post by blazekid75

Got our maths predicted grades, and what do you know I'm predicted an A! Now I have a chance to apply to uni's that I would like to go to..Just need to decide those first :colondollar:

Almost finished my 1st draft of my PS (yes im late) xD

Kind of annoyed that I still haven't gotten mine yet. Whenever I ask it's like you'll get them soon etc.

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Original post by Dilzo999

Kind of annoyed that I still haven't gotten mine yet. Whenever I ask it's like you'll get them soon etc.

supposedly getting ours on Monday , although it's a bit stupid cos ive already found out what im predicted from my teachers already ( A*AA )

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hows Personal statements going for everyone then ?

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Original post by Fas

hows Personal statements going for everyone then ?

Finished. Paid and sent so once my teacher finishes his reference I'll be all done :smile:

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Jkizer

Original post by Fas

hows Personal statements going for everyone then ?

Awaiting feedback :P
Took a lot of the essay competitions out, and replaced them by talking more about what i done in EPQ/Criticisms of books... Hopefully thats what the admissions would rather see! (I hope!)

Wbu?

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Original post by Giant

Finished. Paid and sent so once my teacher finishes his reference I'll be all done :smile:

noot baaad , i think ive pretty much done mine so hopefully should be ready to apply this time next week ! :smile:

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Original post by Jkizer

same haha , going through my latest draft with my Econ teacher on Monday :P

aye same ive done a lot of that , gone for EPQ - critically analysed a contrasting viewpoint that the books differ on , and talked about a third book what ive learnt from the book. im sure thats the kind of stuff admissions tutors like to see , but we'll see i guess :smile:

ive also tried to make it interesting by reflecting on what ive seen and linking it to economics , apparently if you do that well it can be a deal-sealer but if you do it badly it can be a deal-breaker haha :tongue:

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Epic Flawless

Original post by Fas

hows Personal statements going for everyone then ?

Finished my final draft but it's 47 lines and around 3900 characters. I'm debating whether to just get rid of lines between the paragraphs. Nonetheless, I paid and sent it off so that I can get the references from school.

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Original post by Fas

hows Personal statements going for everyone then ?

Into my third draft, by the looks of it, all the usual posters on this are done and dusted.

I should have it completed soon though. Just struggling to keep the word count down.

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Original post by NedStark

Into my third draft, by the looks of it, all the usual posters on this are done and dusted.

I should have it completed soon though. Just struggling to keep the word count down.

UCAS is a bit iffy with the character limit.

I had 4000 characters on the dot using MS Word, but this was somehow 12 characters too long on UCAS... :confused:

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Original post by Giant

UCAS is a bit iffy with the character limit.

I had 4000 characters on the dot using MS Word, but this was somehow 12 characters too long on UCAS... :confused:

I think they also want you to keep it under 47 lines.

But on a side note, I'm torn between Bristol and Bath. Anyone got any advice on which to pick?

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Original post by NedStark

I think they also want you to keep it under 47 lines.

But on a side note, I'm torn between Bristol and Bath. Anyone got any advice on which to pick?

If it's for insurance, go for whichever one has the lower offer.

I also know that Bath have a really, really great placement year in industry that I would definitely recommend looking into

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purplemind

Original post by Giant

UCAS is a bit iffy with the character limit.

I had 4000 characters on the dot using MS Word, but this was somehow 12 characters too long on UCAS... :confused:

On UCAS, 'enter' is 2 characters.

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Original post by purplemind

On UCAS, 'enter' is 2 characters.

That's dumb

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Boy_wonder_95

Original post by Giant

If it's for insurance, go for whichever one has the lower offer.

I also know that Bath have a really, really great placement year in industry that I would definitely recommend looking into

They are both A*AA :tongue:

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