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Economics (L100) at Warwick or E&M (LN12) at Oxford

T123

I have offers from both Warwick and Oxford for Economics and E&M but don't really know where to go. Anyone have advise?

Reply 1

Jenii

15

Oxford baby. No competition.

Reply 2

Oldmannow

18

is this a joke lol :biggrin:

?

the only offer that can even slightly compete with Oxford PPE/EM is LSE Econ.

Reply 3

Realist101

13

Oxford mate, but then it comes down to personal preference.

Reply 4

receipt

ox

Reply 5

Aimless2007

Are you kidding? If not... well OXFORD!!!

Reply 6

ilovemyself

Judging by the fact that you asked such a question, you clearly do not have an average criteria. So in order for anyone to give you advice, you're going to have to say why, in your special case, Oxford isn't the obvious choice.

Reply 7

Drogue

19

ilovemyself

Judging by the fact that you asked such a question, you clearly do not have an average criteria. So in order for anyone to give you advice, you're going to have to say why, in your special case, Oxford isn't the obvious choice.

Wow, an eminently sensible post :yy:

Reply 8

Overmars

17

Depends on whether you want like to spend 3 years studying management or not.

Personally, and I honestly mean this, I would choose Warwick L100 but that's because I feel want to do economics only, or a more mathmatical degree. But if you want to go on reputation, choose Oxford.

Reply 9

veni, vidi, vici

11

either way you'll stand in good stead when applying for jobs afterwards.the 3 things i'd say you have to consider are

1) which course appeals to you most
2) which uni did you get a better initial feeling about
3) getting an oxford offer is a priviledge, don't throw it away

Reply 10

Oldmannow

18

Synergetic

Depends on whether you want like to spend 3 years studying management or not.

Personally, and I honestly mean this, I would choose Warwick L100 but that's because I feel want to do economics only, or a more mathmatical degree. But if you want to go on reputation, choose Oxford.

according to Drogue EM @ Oxford can have more economics than courses @ places such as Bristol + Notts.

Reply 11

Overmars

17

abrp

according to Drogue EM @ Oxford can have more economics than courses @ places such as Bristol + Notts.

Well obviously I'm in no position to argue that, but I just can't see how an Economics + Management course can have more Economics than an Economics course. Harder Economics - maybe, Harder Maths - maybe, but more economics?

As I said, I have no real knowledge of the degree course so I'm in no real position to argue. :cool:

Reply 12

Oldmannow

18

the only thing better than PPE imho would be PPEM.

philosophy, politics, economics and maths.

how awesome would that be :cool:

Reply 13

kiry

You do econ/maths/management in the first year but in the second and third you can structure it so you do 7/8 modules in economics or you can go the other way and have 6/8 options in management. This can lead to you doing more econ than some others at another university if they choose some non-economics modules. Honestly if your not the greatest fan of management its not a huge issue - the subject is very broad in the first year and your bound to like some of it and in the second and third you can specialize away from it if you so wish.

Reply 14

Overmars

17

abrp

the only thing better than PPE imho would be PPEM.

philosophy, politics, economics and maths.

how awesome would that be :cool:

hell, why stop there?

PBCMEEHGFG

Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Economics, English, History, Geography, French and German

:yy:

It'd be like GCSE all over again

Reply 15

Oldmannow

18

or IB.

Reply 16

tigtag

oxford no doubt

Reply 17

Drogue

19

Synergetic

Depends on whether you want like to spend 3 years studying management or not.
You don't have to go it for three years. E&M can be a 75:25 split either way, or even an 87.5:12.5 split in favour of economics if you take finance (classified as both), and this means you often have your third year being only economics or only management. And while L100 can be more mathematical, if you want to you can make E&M pretty maths based too. 1/3 of the first year is maths (plus whatever you do in economics), then it's possible to take 5 heavily maths or stats based courses out of your 8 options, with the other three having some maths in too.

Synergetic

Well obviously I'm in no position to argue that, but I just can't see how an Economics + Management course can have more Economics than an Economics course. Harder Economics - maybe, Harder Maths - maybe, but more economics?
Because at most universities, you can take outside options. You don't have to do 100% of your degree as economics. You can, but it's not necessary. With my options, my degree is 87.5% economics and 12.5% management, so it's perfectly possible to take a straight econ degree elsewhere and do less economics than that.

It's also in how much you cover - often the better the uni, the more covered by the course. I know I ended up having done more economics by the end of my second year than the Hull economics course has in it's entirity, just because we cover much more.

Reply 18

City bound

Go to Warwick and give me your Oxford offer....

Seriously though, Oxford is in a different league. If you turned it down I bet you would be kicking yourself later. There would have to be an incredibly good reason not to take the offer, like being offered Warren Buffett's estate (so you could buy Oxford).

Reply 19

ilovemyself

Drogue

Wow, an eminently sensible post :yy:

yay..makes me so proud that someone noticed!

on the subject of oxford, would you know if there is somewhere on the internet where I can get a list of modules available and course structure?

The only one I can find is on the oxford website and is very vague...For example, for the first year it is something like:

Foundations of econ, Foundations of management, quantitative methods.

I was basically after as much info as I can get hold of on the course content, as I want to know if it is the right course for me to apply to. thanks.

Economics (L100) at Warwick or E&M (LN12) at Oxford

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