University of York Firmers 2011!

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Well only ~10% of people on the course will seriously think about becoming investment bankers and <1% will actually make it, so don't worry! Yep, it's completely separate from the careers service.

http://bit.ly/Join-BFY for anyone at York who's interested...

it sounds groovy!
when do people run for like welfare officer and sports things and stuff like that? is it collegiate and overall like separate from what i gather? so exciting at the prospect of being BUSY! need to do like twice as much next year to make up for the mass slump this year

haha cant wait! But i need to get my A2 results first :P

What is the most quantitative route you can take?
Also, what type of maths is involved at degree level economics I know matrices are often used but that's about it really :P

Probably Maths 1 and IST in first year, then dynamic modelling and capital markets..maybe some others in second.

Maths 1 overview: http://www.york.ac.uk/media/economics/documents/modules/Mathematics%20I%20-%20ECO00004C.pdf

no of course not, and if that's your dream job go for it. i just think with an economics degree you could go down pretty much any career path but some people seem to think banking is glamorous or something. obvs you do get paid a lot, but i don't think the work is very interesting, and i did work experience at an investment bank - my careers advisor thought cos i loved economics this is what i should do.

i'd rather like, work for the treasury or do sorta, back room stuff as an economist and be low paid but enjoy it then go into IB. anyway chances of going into IB as a woman are so low...

ps so many economists in this thread - we need some female economists! serious lack.

Name: Mia

Course: Bioarchaeology

Offer: Conditional (32 Points)

Favourite Accommodation: James or Alcuin

Any other info: IB people arn't that bad! Why the hating?? hahaha

officially firmed York for L100 bsc Economics

Ah, oh well about the masters thing! I will end up in Scotland one way or another! Yeah, I really like the rusticy parts of cities too, and with the shambles, city walls, York Minster and Clifford's Tower, York is pretty much perfect! I wonder if they'll let me come to next years open day too

Firstly, stop the IB bashing! and anyway, I actually said I didn't want to do IB, I want to something less competitive/more interesting.

I agree with you about doing something more interesting though, all IB is shifting money about to make a profit, it isn't about changing the economy at all, which is something I would be more interested, like god forbid working for government in an economy role. And your point about getting into IB as a woman are low, getting into IB at all the chances are so low! and you need so much work experience with the companies just to be considered for a job it is a joke.

And yeah i agree, I hope the course isn't a complete sausage fest! There were no girls in my a-level econ class, so I was hoping for a bit of a different insight really!

Anyway, this is the York firmers thread, not a career discussion thread!

i don't think i would wanna work for the government, but it could be quite interesting! god knows what the govt will even be up to in 3 years! it's true that there's like a 0.5% success rate of getting into IB but it's even harder for women! yeah for the infamous goldman sachs you have to get through 11 interviews or something ridiculous!
i'm sure it won't be too much of a sausage fest - i like to hope not anyway! they probs have a quota of females they have to fill aswell, they love girls on these sciencey subjects. although it is a SOCIAL science

Yeah I don't think I would either, but it is all a long way of yet, plenty of time to think about what I want to do! That is ridiculous for Goldman Sachs; I am really bad at interviews, I don't think I could cope with 11! I did a phone interview once for a job in a call centre, and just completely messed it up (to be fair I had never done one before, and didn't expect questions asking me about times that i had to sell something before, which i had never really done, so I just made up a load of stuff and still didn't get the job!)
Yeah they probably have to have it mixed to keep the equality people happy. My dad doesn't think it is a science, he is an engineer and is massively dissapointed im not following in his footsteps! Apparantly economics is a 'dossy' subject

anybody decided which college they like yet? and when do we apply for accommodation? august is it?

11 is a crazy number - and yeah phone interviews are horrible - i had one for 2 mins before they invited me to an assessment! i dunno how you can get an impression of someone over the phone, i need to smile at people, i'm useless at phones!! cleaning plates is better than call centre anyway!
yeah my mum was like, nothing is ever right or wrong in economics, no one can prove anyone else wrong, which is rather true but obvs you can be wrong with some stuff! engineering is hardcore, and then you can only be an engineer! i'd do engineering if i was clever enough

literally have no idea what i've done for the last 5 days of my life!

it is quite big sometimes you dunno what to do - like all my friend and i did was eat food cos we couldn't choose what to do when we went into central the other day!! it was a stupid waste of money. bath is just amazing, i really don't wanna become too fond! i haven't got good enough grades for there anyway.
it's true, but 4 and a half hours away, wah!

I applied because I knew I was moving there; so thought it would be convenient... I did like no research really into what uni's I was applying to except for looking at league tables and comparing entry requirements, which was probably quite stupid, but I get too bored researching stuff like that, so I figure if it is high in the league tables the course must be at least pretty good Stupidly I didn't realise St. Andrews considers itself the Oxford of Scotland, and is quite hard to get into even though it asks for AAB. The scenery is great though, and I am sure if I was a student and integrated more into the community would be better! I went to the student union today though, and it is rubbish, York's is actually so much nicer so that's good!

Yeah I should probably do some research also, but we have ages until september (it will probs go by super quickly though!), I will eventually have to force myself to do some research!

Name: Sara

Course: English Language and Linguistics

Offer: Unconditional

Favourite Accommodation: Vanbrugh, or Derwent....or Langwith....I can't decide really!

Any other info: Growing bored of my gap year now, can't wait to start! Any other musicians/musical theatre nuts off to York?

I know its so stupid, I just got really flustered and started rambling on haha.
Engineering is pretty hardcore, physics a-level was hard enough! dont think i could do it at degree level.
That is true about economics, I read somewhere that economics is 'the only academic field where two people can win the nobel prize for completely opposing theories.' Which means you are always right, therefore best subject ever!

Just did some googling, and i found these definitions of an economist:
1. an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today 2. a person who knows more about money than people who have it 3. one of a group of people who, if laid end to end, couldn't reach a conclusion 4. one of a band of educated men and women who define and codify the laws of greed 5. an ambidextrous individual who is always saying, "...on the other hand" 6. one who firmly believes that they are needed by the poor to tell them that they are 7. a person who works with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant

I agree with most of these, except for number 7. Accountants are the most boring people ever! Economics is what the cool people study

Tell me about it. All I do is work, tv, sleep, repeat. And now my computer has broken so i have to resort to using my crappy laptop that dies if the charger falls out However I am going out tomorrow night as i have my first saturday night off in FOREVER

Woah internet issues :/ Maasive fail but i see the Accom website has been changed and makes more sens\ (yay!)



I live near brighton so I go up quite a lot and we never manage to get everything we want to done Its just too big! I hate when you do that and regret it afterwards (I keep imagining me at uni and eating cat food) but its good to get out as I found staying inside with nothing to do sent me a little mental. Luckily York is pretty and all historic too, otherwise I can imagine it'd be hard to go there! Gah that commute to see your bf is going to be a bit of a mission - its hard enough for me to get home, cant imagine trying to do that frequently! Thank god for Skype eh? :P

Ah that makes more sense - wondered why you applied if you had lived there! I can imagine living there as a student is massively different though...it must be! :P Bit dangerous just going on league tables, i didnt overly research but just went for ones I thought Id like and knew a bit about. To be honest Im sure I'd have been fine anywhere as long as it had a decent course, friendly city and a library Haha Im sure it'll fly by....plus I just got made redundant at my job It was only temporary but still a bit annoying, going into full gap year mode for a bit i think... Travelling seems like its pretty much off the cards now, just sticking to the holiday! Hopefully you have the determination to stick with your job so you have the option!

haha that's a good quote about the nobel prize!! my fave one of those number things is "5. an ambidextrous individual who is always saying, "...on the other hand" " - HOWEVER is like my favourite word ever. but i don't even remember how to write an essay these days!! i can't imagine doing an accountancy degree, so dry ( i know a lot of people say that about econ) - but an accountancy career would be alright - i don't mind what i do i seem to get lost in stuff when it's hard and interesting!
haha at least work is in your routine, all i do is eat and sleep and quite a lot of both!! ah my laptop is a nightmare, my battery life is an hour - it's SUCH a pain and the laptop is huuuge and heavy