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Business studies

Entry Standards Overall Score
1 Oxford 528 100.0
2 LSE 464 99.7
3= Warwick 450 97.1
3= Cambridge 97.1
5 Bath 416 97.0
6 King's Coll London 398 93.4
7 Nottingham 435 93.0
8 Lancaster 395 92.8
9 Aston 358 92.6
10= Manchester 405 92.2
10= St Andrews 434 92.2
12 Imperial College 413 91.5
13= Leeds 391 90.1
13= City 351 90.1

Reply 81

v2006

lol so much for the high entrance requirements...

Reply 82

Riim

ellie28

that is not true at all! notts has a very reputable business school! and besides that a gorgeous campus and good accommodation! another thing city lacks is the accommodation.! Notts is a much more prestigious uni than city and cass together. :cool:

Erm... you seem to have a personal grudge against city.

Reply 83

fblade

14

Riim

Erm... you seem to have a personal grudge against city.

And I like it :wink:

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Reply 84

Riim

fblade

And I like it :wink:

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You're just jealous you wont be going to CASS for act sci. ;p

Reply 85

Singh_87

15

ellie28

that is not true at all! notts has a very reputable business school! and besides that a gorgeous campus and good accommodation! another thing city lacks is the accommodation.! Notts is a much more prestigious uni than city and cass together. :cool:

Lol, if only a gorgeous campus and accomodation could get you into Investment Banking? :rolleyes:

Nottingham, in general, is a better university, which if you re-read my post, is what I said. However, in terms of business/finance degrees, I would pick Cass.

Reply 86

fblade

14

Singh_87

Lol, if only a gorgeous campus and accomodation could get you into Investment Banking? :rolleyes:

Nottingham, in general, is a better university, which if you re-read my post, is what I said. However, in terms of business/finance degrees, I would pick Cass.

Well in the case of Nottingham it would :p:

. Their Econ/Maths dept. are really good. And I do think they send off quite a few students to banks. I now of a guy who held 3-4 offers doing Econ there.

Reply 87

ellie28

Riim

Erm... you seem to have a personal grudge against city.

no! I just try to warn ppl! cause I have experienced at first hand negatives and positives of the uni and especially cass. you can also go to the facebook cass group and see. there are a bunch of ppl who regret their choice of cass. undoubtedly city has an excellent location for social life, going out etc though its expensive :p:

Reply 88

ellie28

Singh_87

Lol, if only a gorgeous campus and accomodation could get you into Investment Banking? :rolleyes:

Nottingham, in general, is a better university, which if you re-read my post, is what I said. However, in terms of business/finance degrees, I would pick Cass.

the ranking speaks for itself :cool:

Undergraduate Business studies TIMES

Entry Standards Overall Score
1 Oxford 528 100.0
2 LSE 464 99.7
3= Warwick 450 97.1
3= Cambridge 97.1
5 Bath 416 97.0
6 King's Coll London 398 93.4
7 Nottingham 435 93.0
8 Lancaster 395 92.8
9 Aston 358 92.6
10= Manchester 405 92.2
10= St Andrews 434 92.2
12 Imperial College 413 91.5
13= Leeds 391 90.1
13= City 351 90.1

Reply 89

Mustard-man

18

Riim

Erm... you seem to have a personal grudge against city.

ellie28

no! I just try to warn ppl! cause I have experienced at first hand negatives and positives of the uni and especially cass. you can also go to the facebook cass group and see. there are a bunch of ppl who regret their choice of cass. undoubtedly city has an excellent location for social life, going out etc though its expensive

ellie28

the ranking speaks for itself :cool:

Undergraduate Business studies TIMES

Entry Standards Overall Score
1 Oxford 528 100.0
2 LSE 464 99.7
3= Warwick 450 97.1
3= Cambridge 97.1
5 Bath 416 97.0
6 King's Coll London 398 93.4
7 Nottingham 435 93.0
8 Lancaster 395 92.8
9 Aston 358 92.6
10= Manchester 405 92.2
10= St Andrews 434 92.2
12 Imperial College 413 91.5
13= Leeds 391 90.1
13= City 351 90.1

Firstly those rankings are based on entrance criteria, so it doesn't give a whole picture. Those points on the left represent the average UCAS points (predictions mostly) of people applying for the course. 351 points ~ AAB is actually pretty high, since CASS seem to have upped their requirements. Secondly, 13th is not bad at all. Therefore this doesn't really support the crapness of city/cass that you have described. Look at it, City is shown as in the league with Imperial, Manchester, St Andrew, how the hell is it bad?

Edit: That table does not prove anything, quite the contrary, it contradicts what you have been saying. Please stop spamming this table.

Reply 90

v2006

Wow even aston has a higher average ucas score than cass. i thought aston only wanted ABB?

Reply 91

Mustard-man

18

v2006

Wow even aston has a higher average ucas score than cass. i thought aston only wanted ABB?

No, you haven't understood it properly. It doesn't show what they want, it shows what the average person applying to Aston's course has (like I said, these would be predicted A2 grades in most cases).

Reply 92

v2006

Yeh I thought so, because an average nottingham graduate achieving AAAA sounds a bit fishy.

Reply 93

andy_85

v2006

Wow even aston has a higher average ucas score than cass. i thought aston only wanted ABB?

manchester only ask for abb, the difference is they have no problems filling their degrees so dont have clearing dragging down their entry score. if city could attract more students then it would rank alot higher, but it really needs to invest alot more in its facilities before that one will happen. but those tables are from last year anyway, the latest will be out sometime this month i believe. and i really wouldnt get into silly pedantic arguments about value of the degrees and to say that one is respected more over another. it is no great secret that oxford and cambridge students will find it easier to get jobs after they finish their degrees but you have to look at why that is and how it applies to you. the fact is they all hard to work incredibly hard to get in, then perhaps even harder when they are there and that is how they get jobs more easily.. hard work and perhaps a little networking. so my message to all of you is stop bitching and arguing and get on with doing your degree, dedication is all you need to get a good degree

Reply 94

barrister18

Mustard-man

Firstly those rankings are based on entrance criteria, so it doesn't give a whole picture. Those points on the left represent the average UCAS points (predictions mostly) of people applying for the course. 351 points ~ AAB is actually pretty high, since CASS seem to have upped their requirements. Secondly, 13th is not bad at all. Therefore this doesn't really support the crapness of city/cass that you have described. Look at it, City is shown as in the league with Imperial, Manchester, St Andrew, how the hell is it bad?

Edit: That table does not prove anything, quite the contrary, it contradicts what you have been saying. Please stop spamming this table.

well, I am a student in the second year at Bsc management and I can tell you that some things about unprofessionalism at cass are true. Lecturers often come late, so do handed in papers and excersizes. But that depends on which lecturer you have.
It is true that cass has some excellent links with business, but I admit this is more of an advertising market strategy to appeal to new prospective students, cause other top business schools like Notts, Aston and Warwick have also excellent business contacts.
Having said that, indeed it takes quite long to get back work and marked work . Well, some colleagues of mine want to the lecturers to complain. cause as u know this is needed for self.correction and revision for the finals.
Another thing I have heard of 3rd year students is that they do not provide sample essays. :s-smilie:

To be honest, I had expected much more out of cass, but I guess some people were right who said that it is overrated. I regret not going to KCL or nottingham but it was too late to change.
All in all, student life is pretty good and everything is nearby well you know its london :smile:

Reply 95

Mustard-man

18

Thanks for that post. However you and ellie28 have both described experiences based on the Management course. Different courses obviously have different lecturers, so I'd be intrigued to see if this un-professionalism spans across the CASS courses, more importantly, Actuarial Science :biggrin:

Reply 96

fblade

14

andy_85

manchester only ask for abb, the difference is they have no problems filling their degrees so dont have clearing dragging down their entry score. if city could attract more students then it would rank alot higher, but it really needs to invest alot more in its facilities before that one will happen. but those tables are from last year anyway, the latest will be out sometime this month i believe. and i really wouldnt get into silly pedantic arguments about value of the degrees and to say that one is respected more over another. it is no great secret that oxford and cambridge students will find it easier to get jobs after they finish their degrees but you have to look at why that is and how it applies to you. the fact is they all hard to work incredibly hard to get in, then perhaps even harder when they are there and that is how they get jobs more easily.. hard work and perhaps a little networking. so my message to all of you is stop bitching and arguing and get on with doing your degree, dedication is all you need to get a good degree

Well because they know Manchester is better than City.

Reply 97

lyfsaver999

yeah as mustard-man said; im doin act sci ther as wel it has to be differnet for different courses coz of the diff lecturers

Reply 98

Riim

Mustard-man

Thanks for that post. However you and ellie28 have both described experiences based on the Management course. Different courses obviously have different lecturers, so I'd be intrigued to see if this un-professionalism spans across the CASS courses, more importantly, Actuarial Science :biggrin:

You spoke my mind. :wink:

Reply 99

andy_85

fblade

Well because they know Manchester is better than City.

well yes, they've invested millions in improving their facilities and now have more applications than any other university. but then again things are much cheaper in manchester than in london so they can perhaps afford to invest more money. city has a major problem in the fact that it is located in the most expensive city in europe, and only has the ability to charge the same rates as the rest of the country, (something kcl, imperial etc are trying to change - for their own sake of course) so it has to rely on donations in order to improve its facilities (unlike say east london, south bank etc which get more government grants because they provide higher education to to inner city pupils who might not have ever gotten the opportunity) add to that the fact that business is one of the most expensive degrees to operate (the large amount specialist staff needed compared to the largely hr based management degrees) and is it not possible that the lateness of professors has something to do with the fact that they may have been teaching over at bunhill row before your class. if problems like that persist you should really have a word with your lecturer, and if that doesnt help you could always (politely) speak to the dean

in any case the most important thing is to make the most of your opportunities, do not miss out on opportunities because you were too busy bitching about what might have been, there really is more to life so live it and enjoy it

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