Economics

How have you arrived at the conclusion that you don't have enough maths and stats to apply for an economics masters degree? I've just had a look at the LSE pages which suggest you can do a longer course to make up for the lack of an economics background so maybe email the other unis or have a look at their websites to see what they suggest.

How have you arrived at the conclusion that you don't have enough maths and stats to apply for an economics masters degree? I've just had a look at the LSE pages which suggest you can do a longer course to make up for the lack of an economics background so maybe email the other unis or have a look at their websites to see what they suggest.

For your plan to be realistic in terms of top universities...were your second year results exceptional? I.e 80% or more? If not I would consider your chances to be slim, but not impossible...

From your reply the elite universities might not be your best option...I guess it depends on what percentage you got in the second year and in which modules...to whether you should apply when you return for the third year at your current university or wait until you have graduated...

The difference between MA and MSc in my opinion is the level of the modules...for example at Essex many of the modules are drawn from the second year BSc Economics course, while the MSc Economics modules are postgraduate level. To answer your question in terms of making you a good economist...in my opinion it is all about doing as many problem sets as you can...reading around the subject(exploring new concepts not included in your course) and just having a passion for the subject...

Here's what I'm doing...got strong first in year one and two...going to apply to MSc Data Analytics/Data Science at (Leeds or Sheffield) after that hoping to enter employment and go to Birkbeck in the evenings to do their mathematics postgraduate conversion certificate and then an MSc in Applied Statistics...

To me it seems strange that you are even talking about UCL, LSE or Oxbridge if you didn't do well in the second year of your degree, at which let's be honest is a low ranked university...did you not work hard in the second year? Did you find the work too hard or is there some other reason? I think you need to concentrate on why you didn't do well this year rather than thinking about elite universities etc...the only university I can answer questions on is Essex as I have experience there...good luck whatever you decide to do...