Economics Masters at Cambridge

is there any point in me applying with 68% in both first and second year from Nottingham Uni tarutaru?

Yes, of course. People do need to demonstrate first class potential to study Economics at the highest level.

BSc with significant quantitative components + at least near first class honor are the necessarily conditions for a highly technical MSc Economics.

Cambridge Economics isn't that great TBH. I would go for LSE, Oxford or even UCL over Cambridge.

Cambridge is famous for hard sciences such as Maths, Physics, Engineering, Natural Science. The Economics department there actually score lower in the RAE than Nottingham/Bristol.

It's hard to get into yea, but the department isn't as ELITE AND PRESTIGIOUS like most other departments at Cambridge.

No. From a low calibre university like Nottingham you would need atleast 75%~ in all three years to even submit an application.

No. From a low calibre university like Nottingham you would need atleast 75%~ in all three years to even submit an application.

guess i will just apply to lse then

I totally agree with you dude, that is why I need to write email to decline Cambridge... 19.3K for me and the quality is not the greatest...

Declining quality is probably the reason they have lowered the entry requirement.

Not sure. Done 4 quantities modules over the first two years and will be doing an economic disseration and a numerical methods module in my third year. would that suffice?

Well, without a doubt choosing Econometrics I/II would have been better preparation than QE III/IV. Doing the Advanced Micro/Macro modules would also be a good choice, along with Advanced Mathematical Economics.

No. From a low calibre university like Nottingham you would need atleast 75%~ in all three years to even submit an application.

Why is the MPhil in Finance so much more competitive? Open to all quantitive subjects?

Definitely doing the advance macro/micro modules as I always seem to get good firsts in them Numerical methods is the renamed Advanced Mathematical Economics module which is why I was considering doing it.

20 places and having Cambridge Finance on CV is just beyond this world, tbh.

Why is the MPhil in Finance so much more competitive? Open to all quantitive subjects?

The MPhil Economics is also open to all quantitative subjects. I think the reason is simply because Cambridge Economics Department has stagnant research and its reputation is declining...

The MPhil Economics is also open to all quantitative subjects. I think the reason is simply because Cambridge Economics Department has stagnant research and its reputation is declining...

Spot on.