University of York or University of Lancaster for Economics?

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My friend has been going through the very same ordeal you have found yourself to be in. However, after much consideration he decided to go Royal Holloway instead. Or was it Surrey? I can't remember off the top of my head. Best of luck in the future with whichever university you FINALLY decide on. :smile:

Reply 61

Bustamove

Original post by A level sufferer

Ignoring the various departments and their rankings, Have you actually looked at the course and seen what interests you and which course gives you more flexibility. Theres no point York having the better department if all their modules are compulsory and ones that you tend not to like or do well in. Look more at the courses as both Uni's are of a good standard so niggling over reputation may be detracting from the important factors

Just had a look at the courses now... They're both pretty much the same in terms of the compulsory subjects... York university website seems to show a clearer break down of the course rather than the lancaster university website, but they are both pretty much the same...
the only difference is that York has a few more modules to choose from in second and third year compared to Lancaster university....

I still haven't decided what I want to do after my degree, so i'm not entirely sure what I want to pick in my second or third year....

Think I'm may end up basing my choice on facilities, reputation and uni life.... im gonna try to come to a decision by 3pm...

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Reply 62

A level sufferer

Original post by Bustamove

Seems like whatever choice you go for, there wont be an opportunity cost :^_^:

, I cant think of any other thing to look into tbh, Good luck with your decision :smile:

Reply 63

Bustamove

I tried to make a list to decide which one to choose.... Still stuck between these two universities...

Lancaster
Advantages
-better accommodation
-better facilities (newer and more modern)
-Renowned management school (department of economics part of LUMS)

Disadvantages
-Not as high rep/prestige as york
-Far from the town lancaster and the town itself is tiny. May feel isolated

York
Advantages
-Better reputation may lead to better prospects?
-Located closer to city. City of york is way better than lancaster, not as isolated
-department also slightly better... Compulsory modules at york is pretty much the same as lancaster, but with a few extra modules to choose from in 2nd and 3rd year

Disadvantages
-End up with really bad accommodation (as I'm in clearing now)
-Facilities are not as new/modern as lancaster (in my opinion, well from what I can tell when I visited)

First year at both courses at both unis do not count to the overall degree....Still can't figure out which uni to choose and I have till 5pm to decide today... :frown:

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Reply 64

Maxeth

I was the same as you but between York and Manchester for Economics, and picked York. The city is amazing and it does have a good reputation. York also has a new sports village which looks decent. I applied for accommodation a couple of days ago and got offered Vanbrugh. Not terrible, not great. They do have few places left but it's worth finding out what they can give you- you still get to put all your priorities down and there did seem to be a lot of choices left. Well, variety at least.

It's true that Lancaster is a great Business school, but in terms of Economics I'm not sure it has the reputation.

Good luck with your decision!

Reply 65

Revise1234

Original post by Bustamove

Based on your list of pros & cons, I fail to see why you are struggling so much between the two.

I personally don't value newer facilities/ better accommodation against a better night life, proximity to town centre and graduate prospects/university reputation.

Reply 66

Bustamove

Original post by Revise1234

actually, not entirely sure about the graduate prospects... they seem to be varying all the time... Just looked at the league tables and this year, lancaster has slightly higher graduate prospects than York uni according to the complete university guide...but then again, league table can be BS and I guess graduate employability depends on how well you do in your degree...

guess it's just deciding between newer facilities/better accommodation against slightly better night life/city.....

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Reply 67

Bustamove

Thank you everyone for their input...
**** it, I've decided to go to the university of york :smile:

This choice has stressed me out for days... but in the end, I choose york university due to the course having a few more modules to specialize in 2nd year and third year...

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Reply 68

Maxeth

Original post by Bustamove

Thank you everyone for their input...
**** it, I've decided to go to the university of york :smile:

This choice has stressed me out for days... but in the end, I choose york university due to the course having a few more modules to specialize in 2nd year and third year...

Grats! Just accepted accommodation so see you on the course.

Reply 69

1338

Original post by Bustamove

Yeah don't look at league tables for employability, they only look at the number employed regardless of whether they're working for McDonalds or Goldman Sachs :/

Original post by Bustamove

Thank you everyone for their input...
**** it, I've decided to go to the university of york :smile:

This choice has stressed me out for days... but in the end, I choose york university due to the course having a few more modules to specialize in 2nd year and third year...

Congratz

I didn't want to be too one sided earlier but having looked into them both about 12 months ago I would have gone for York 100%. Good luck with your course :biggrin:

Reply 70

Bustamove

Original post by 1338

Original post by Maxeth

Grats! Just accepted accommodation so see you on the course.

just waiting for them to accept me in clearing now.... awks if they reject me LOL.... they shouldnt do tho... they gave me a verbal offer and sent me an email with an offer and everything...

Reply 71

Revise1234

Original post by Bustamove

First: congratulations on choosing York!
Second: once you are officially a student at the University of York, I can tell you that you will never again call it "York uni". :wink:

Third: I wouldn't trust league tables. For instance, I intend to do law, and York is the 9th most occurring university at MC and other large London law firms. Lancaster, on the other hand, wasn't in the top 22 (which was as far as the list went).

My advice now is to join as many societies as you can, don't worry if you don't get along too well with your flat mates, and get wasted!

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Reply 72

Bustamove

Original post by Revise1234

First: congratulations on chosing York!
Second: once you are officially a student at the University of York, I can tell you that you will never again call it "York uni". :wink:

Thanks for you help :smile:

and why do you not call it york uni if i may ask? is there another university called york uni which has a bad rep?

and Yup, I probably will get wasted xD

Reply 73

Revise1234

Original post by Bustamove

Thanks for you help :smile:

and why do you not call it york uni if i may ask? is there another university called york uni which has a bad rep?

and Yup, I probably will get wasted xD

Yep. It's in Canada. But it's not necessarily a "bad" uni. It just isn't the York we know lol.

Reply 74

Jammy Duel

Original post by Bustamove

As has been said, that is somewhat of a no brainer, a lecture theatre is a lecture theatre, a seminar room is a seminar room, and all you get anywhere near needing your accommodation for is eating, sleeping and copulating

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Reply 75

Pro Crastination

Original post by Bustamove

Thank you everyone for their input...
**** it, I've decided to go to the university of york :smile:

This choice has stressed me out for days... but in the end, I choose york university due to the course having a few more modules to specialize in 2nd year and third year...

Woop woop, all aboard the York hype train! Congrats, you'll have a great time :smile:

Reply 76

Bustamove

Original post by Pro Crastination

Woop woop, all aboard the York hype train! Congrats, you'll have a great time :smile:

Thanks!

Reply 77

senz72

Original post by Bustamove

Thanks!

York Econ is pretty damn tough.
Good luck!

In regards of graduate prospects, I know at York there seems to be a thing where they'd rather be unemployed than have a minimum wage job. Lord knows why, but I've seen that's the case.
If you work hard in year 1 and keep at it averaging 65+, there's very little going to hold you back (unless you're terrible at assessment centres.) What's even surprising to me is the number of kids at Big 4 accountancy firms and IB. Could be the same at Lancaster, but for some reason (probably due to past York reputation), employers seem to prefer York. Perhaps it's the whole traditional vs up and coming.