Cambridge Land Economy Students and Applicants

Reply 260

Noémie

17

all i can tell you is the fitzwilliam land economy professor is AWESOME! he's lovely :smile:

Reply 261

MalcomNewMoney84

12

Noémie

all i can tell you is the fitzwilliam land economy professor is AWESOME! he's lovely :smile:

ha! really? I actually applied to fitz for this course, meh... I was obviously too good :yep:

Reply 262

Jtothean

Noémie

all i can tell you is the fitzwilliam land economy professor is AWESOME! he's lovely :smile:

Haha really, what do you study at Fitzwilliam?

PS: Love your homage to Lady Sov in your name

Reply 263

Noémie

17

Jtothean

Haha really, what do you study at Fitzwilliam?

PS: Love your homage to Lady Sov in your name

oh i only thought about applying for english! but i met the guy at the open day and he was such a cutie, he's all professory, he's exactly how you'd imagine a land economy professor to be.

Reply 264

chadz

1

Hey
i am very interesting in land economy can anybody tell me wa as/a level subjects they toook?
n whether taking 5 would increase my chance or shall i stick 2 4
adviceee plzzz

Reply 265

Nonsmoking

12

chadz

Hey
i am very interesting in land economy can anybody tell me wa as/a level subjects they toook?
n whether taking 5 would increase my chance or shall i stick 2 4
adviceee plzzz

I took economics, geography, physics and maths. As to whether having five is an advantage, see other threads.

Reply 266

chadz

1

ooo thanks =) can you reconmend other threads?

Reply 267

Jtothean

Nonsmoking

I took economics, geography, physics and maths. As to whether having five is an advantage, see other threads.

Hello! does this mean you are a student at Cambridge now? :eek:

Reply 268

Nonsmoking

12

Jtothean

Hello! does this mean you are a student at Cambridge now? :eek:

Yes, I'm a 3rd year Land Ec student at Pembroke.

Reply 269

Jtothean

Nonsmoking

Yes, I'm a 3rd year Land Ec student at Pembroke.

Check your PM :smile:

Reply 270

rm1234

1

To those who applied to Land Economy at cambridge:

1. What were the other 4 courses that you applied to through UCAS?

2. How did you write your statement so that it had enough to cover both land economy and the other courses?

Please reply, I need to give in a draft to my school by Wednesday: or else they won't let me apply to Oxbridge!

Reply 271

jcb914

11

The people I know who applied for Land Economy applied for straight Law or Economics at other universities, and tailored their PSs to that subject. AFAIK the Land Economy department understand your other choices will be different, so don't really care about the specific content of your PS. After all, there is space on the SAQ for a "Land Economy specific" PS.

Reply 272

rm1234

1

Just wanted to know if anybody on this forum is applying to Land Economy, and to which college.

I kinda feel that it would be better to apply to a college where there will be more one land econ student (in your year), so you can talk to someone about the subject/copy work etc. Since there are only around 60 land econ admissions every year, there is a good chance that you'll end up alone.

For those who are more sneaky, they can use this list to find out the colleges people are not applying to so as to get a possible advantage.

Of course, this is all speculation cuz many of us may not be accepted, but I think it might be good just to see where others are applying.

I will apply to Christ's I think, as it's right in the middle of cambridge, fairly small and you only have to do the TSA in addition to the interview.

Reply 273

havanaclub

Any chance a land economy student could help me by telling me what to prepare/read/research now in preparation for the interview ie. what did you do? what do you think is required and do you think i should research mainly the interests of my interviewers?
thanks

Abs.

read the RICS magazine (if you can get a hold of it)?

Reply 276

havanaclub

Are any of you currently studying land economy in cambridge? or do you know anyone doing so? If yes and especially if you are studying at or know someone at robinson college could you please PM me or reply to this forum and i can PM you back
Thanks

Reply 277

alix.alicis

7

rm1234

Just wanted to know if anybody on this forum is applying to Land Economy, and to which college.

I kinda feel that it would be better to apply to a college where there will be more one land econ student (in your year), so you can talk to someone about the subject/copy work etc. Since there are only around 60 land econ admissions every year, there is a good chance that you'll end up alone.

For those who are more sneaky, they can use this list to find out the colleges people are not applying to so as to get a possible advantage.

Of course, this is all speculation cuz many of us may not be accepted, but I think it might be good just to see where others are applying.

I will apply to Christ's I think, as it's right in the middle of cambridge, fairly small and you only have to do the TSA in addition to the interview.

Hi I'm also applying to Land Economy but I don't know which college yet, probably either Trinity or Jesus. Have you written your ps already? Ive written mine but I am still redrafting it over and over again. and how do you prepare for the tsa?
hope to see you there next year :P

Reply 278

mizzangelic

I might be interested in studying land economy at Cambridge University. Would I need to do any work experience, read some useful books? Do I need to have exctra curricular activities? Do I need to really be involved at school e.g. become a prefect, run clubs?

Reply 279

DJkG.1

17

Wow such broad questions.

I'm not a Cambridge student but I'm an undergraduate applicant and I'll answer from the knowledge I've accumulated:

Work experience - no, not important unless you can show how it has helped you gain exposure into the academic study of the subject. For land economy, this is near impossible.

Reading useful books - very useful and important. I believe land economy is comprised of three different subject areas (right?) so reading around those areas, especially the parts which you find interesting, will undoubtedly help you write a personal statement and perform well at interview.

Extra-curricular - Cambridge states that all admissions decisions are made on entirely academic merit. However, I'm personally convinced that when it comes to finely differentiating candidates, a nice profile of extra-curricular activities to show some 'personality' may be beneficial. But the official line is that they don't matter for the sake of admission, but you'd be a pretty boring person if all you do is study!

Involvement in school - well it will help as your school write your reference. I was (and still am) massively involved but my school recognised none of it in the reference, which was probably because my crappy tutor rushed it in 10 minutes and the senior staff nodded it through without any concern for checking (bar one single helpful teacher). Again, if it isn't academic then Cambridge officially don't rate it when considering whether or not to make an offer but it can't harm.

As I think you've gauged, grades and marks are important so make sure you pick the right subjects and work hard. You can't work so hard that you'll achieve more than you're capable of, but don't self yourself short by underachieving when you could score higher.

Good luck!

(P.S. I take no responsibility if any of this information is wrong, inaccurate or misleading. I am not and do not claim to be a Cambridge student, so please let some of them corroborate what I've said before taking it as gospel).

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