Hi guys,
I am interested in the Msc Financial Economics course that the University of Oxford is offering but I am not quite sure if they would consider me.
Here is my problem, I went to a low ranked University in the UK (30-40) and failed my second year due to mitigating circumstances, also performed very poorly in my first year due to external health related factors.
Anyway, the reason I went to that University in the first place is because I did a BTEC instead of the traditional A-levels. I received an average of 86% in the end (91% in my final year) and during and after my degree I decided to do A-levels (Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Further Mathematics Additional and Economics all As, also took them wihin a year instead of two years).
After my degree I completed three years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) gaining the ACA qualification, all first time passes. Furthermore, I passed all three levels of the CFA qualification (first time passes) and am currently working on the RSS Graduate Diploma in Statistics (hoping to complete it this summer).
I am currently 27 years old (will be 29 when/if I start), what are my chances of getting accepted? In addition, from your perspective, do you think I am too old for a Masters? An MBA would probably be a more favourable option but I am not quite sure if I want to do it since it is quite costly.
The course I studied was Management with Economics by the way.