Economics or History & Economics

I'll be applying to Uni this year through UCAS, but can't decide exactly what to do (I've been deliberating for months). My favoured course is History and Economics offered by Oxford, but then the other courses I really want to apply for are all straight Econ BSc (Warwick, UCL, Bath, LSE)... With the exception of History and Economics at Oxford, and Economic history (maybe with Economics) offered by LSE there are no other History + Economics courses on offer that I like the look of (not a fan at all of modules on offer at Edinburgh)

So my query is whether there is any way I'll be able to make a competitive application for all the courses I'm interested in (probs 3 or 4 would be straight econ and 1 or 2 combined with history), or would the personal statement having elements from both simply mean I'm likely to get rejected by all my choices?
Do I have to do choose between applying for 5 Econ courses and 5 History/Econ courses or will I still be given offers for Econ at competitive Unis (Warwick, UCL) despite my personal statement containing a paragraph of history???

Advice would very welcome, thanks a lot

Hmm. Tricky one.

I suppose my question is: why are you drawn particularly to the History and Economics option at Oxford?

Economics at the sort of places you have in mind is very competitive. However, if they are courses that would give the opportunity to do a module or two in History (some do) then you might get away with 'diluting' the message about economics a little. I get the impression that if pushed you'd head for economics rather than history - so it's worth thinking about why that is.

I'll be applying to Uni this year through UCAS, but can't decide exactly what to do (I've been deliberating for months). My favoured course is History and Economics offered by Oxford, but then the other courses I really want to apply for are all straight Econ BSc (Warwick, UCL, Bath, LSE)... With the exception of History and Economics at Oxford, and Economic history (maybe with Economics) offered by LSE there are no other History + Economics courses on offer that I like the look of (not a fan at all of modules on offer at Edinburgh)

So my query is whether there is any way I'll be able to make a competitive application for all the courses I'm interested in (probs 3 or 4 would be straight econ and 1 or 2 combined with history), or would the personal statement having elements from both simply mean I'm likely to get rejected by all my choices?
Do I have to do choose between applying for 5 Econ courses and 5 History/Econ courses or will I still be given offers for Econ at competitive Unis (Warwick, UCL) despite my personal statement containing a paragraph of history???

Advice would very welcome, thanks a lot

Just a word of advice...

Economic history =/= economics and history!

Is there really no chance that a personal statement with a bit of History but the majority Economics, could be sufficient for both courses?

I'm not saying that it wouldn't be. It is potentially risky, but by no means a definite no-no.

On the career prospects issue - history graduates can do very nicely, thank you, if they want to Don't let that consideration crowd out more important issues like what really interests you.

Hmm this I'll speak to my Economics teacher at school and see what they think.. Sorry if my comment came across as rude or disparaging to History students! I simply meant that studying Economics would leave more options open (especially in Finance) which I stand by, not that History graduates have any sort of disadvantage in the job market!