Official Warwick Economics Q&A Thread

Yes but will the D have a significant effect on the chances of being accepted?

I have a question I m gonna apply next year for two different courses Economics and Accountivg and finance and Warwick is one of my choice so how should I write my personal statement if I am applying for 2 courses

I have applied for L100 Economics and these are my grades:

IGCSE: 9A*
(Mathematics, Economics, Business Studies, French, English Language, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Computer Studies)

AS Level: aaab
(a in Economics, Chemistry and
Physics. b in Mathematics)

A2 Predicteds: A*A*AAaa
(A* in Economics and Physics, A in Chemstry and Mathematics A2, a in English Language and Literature and Mathematics AS)

I am retaking AS Level Mathematics. With regard to this, I just found out about the AWARDS Application and I wanted to explain this blip in my result, as well as my low predicted grade in Mathematics A2. However, the website said that if I submitted UCAS before this (early October), I should contact the Admissions Office. What should I do?

Also, as far as my grades are concerned, how competitive an application do I have?

Hi,
yes, certainly, mid December is not considered too late. I believe there will still be offers to make at this stage.

Hi,
If my referee is a Maths teacher, who doesn't speak english? Is it ok, or warwick can call her?

Hi,
you will need to email the central admissions office ([email protected]) about this

Don't know if you can answer this, but it was worth a shot:

1) From your experience, what's the typical GCSE profile of successful applicants (no. of A*s)
2) The number of A*s achieved at A level

(I'll be reapplying next year)

Thanks!

Due to personal circumstances I was not able to apply earlier this year and have only finished my PS recently.

One of the first postings here says: "The consequence of this, however, is that places will fill up quickly (as we are more decisive), and so we would encourage you to apply as early as possible in the cycle."

In light of this information, are there still places left in L100 Economics and is there still point in applying now?

I am an EU student if that matters.

Hi,
yes, from looking at our latest figures (end November), we still have offers to be made, so would encourage you to apply.

Will offers stop going out during the xmas holidays? Or will people still recieve offers over the holidays?

The university shuts down for a period of time over the holidays, but I have no reason to think there won't be processing of applications happening until that date.

I am looking to apply to Warwick again for Economics

I had an offer last year from Warwick but got AAAB so I missed the offer.
They were in Hist, Maths, Econ and Chem (the B)
Also did further maths AS and got a D (one UMS off a C) and did module fp1 s2 and s3

GCSE's: 8A* 4A 1B

I am resitting in Jan to boost the A's to A*'s
But my school will not be giving me new predictions because I am studying from home and therefore they have no basis for making predictions.

So am I a suitable candidate to re-apply to Economics L100 at Warwick, considering that I am resitting.

Will Warwick recognize that I applied last year, and if not can I use the AWARDS form for that?

Thank You

This sounds quite...(can't think of he word) but would Warwick count two short course GCSEs (IT and RS) with the same grade achieved in both of them (A*) a full A* or two halve A*S. Thanks!

Hi,

I sent my application in around 6 weeks ago.
Should I expect a reply before the end of 2011?

Is there any possibility of you stating how many offers have already been made?

I got AAAABBBBCC at GCSE and I have an offer for Warwick, I wouldn't worry :/

Hi,
we don't tend to simply "count them up" in the manner you describe. I think we look at the GCSE's (and equivalent qualifications) you were entered for, and the marks you achieved in those exams, and make a call on how well we think you performed given the subjects you chose to study, in the context of your overall application. It's a more subjective process than just trying to equate numbers and grades.

Hi,
you would need to contact [email protected] for info on application processing times, but I'd encourage you to be patient as we have a lot of applications to work through, and a lot of information to check, in order to make the right decisions. I can say we are processing applications much faster this year than we did do last year, however.

I don't have figures on how many offers have been made as of today. I do have figures from the end of November, but wouldn't want to give them out on the basis that

a) they don't mean anything without also knowing how many applications we've rejected / the number of applications made / how many offers we plan to make (which we wouldn't give out at this stage anyway)
b) on the basis of point a), putting out meaningless information will only ever give rise to mis-interpretation and false conclusions being drawn, which is not good for anyone to either hear or listen to.