Notts or Leeds to break into FO IB

You're making the assumption that intelligence defined by english literature and psychology at A* is less than that displayed by an A in maths, neither is true to be honest. As Benryan pointed out, banks are looking for people to fill teams, there's been plenty of studies out there which show as teams become more diverse they become more effective. Different ways of thinking/contrasting viewpoints tend to better organisations as a whole. That, alongside picking clever people who will learn fast, is the reason they don't care about subject choice. Target schools themselves are a different kettle of fish and there are many other reasons why they only focus on certain universities.

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mnxnxnxn

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Original post by leviticus.

You're making the assumption that intelligence defined by english literature and psychology at A* is less than that displayed by an A in maths, neither is true to be honest. As Benryan pointed out, banks are looking for people to fill teams, there's been plenty of studies out there which show as teams become more diverse they become more effective. Different ways of thinking/contrasting viewpoints tend to better organisations as a whole. That, alongside picking clever people who will learn fast, is the reason they don't care about subject choice. Target schools themselves are a different kettle of fish and there are many other reasons why they only focus on certain universities.

Well it is a fact that some A levels are harder than the others and technically people who do Maths tend to be more analytical than people who take English literature. I mean, I am not arguing it’s just surprising to me how IB recruiting works. I come from a country where you cannot be accepted to study business degrees unless you take our „A level” maths and do very well in it. If you want to do an internship at a bank/consulting firm it is stated that you need to be studying for an Econ/Maths/Business degree. I guess it just works different in the UK

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leviticus.

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Original post by mnxnxnxn

Well it is a fact that some A levels are harder than the others

What is hard for one person is easy for another, but I concede some courses are viewed as soft by universities. The UK is very different indeed, recruiting here is increasingly favouring non-traditional backgrounds as the pendulum swings. HR don't have the money or time to filter through thousands of applications, at some point a bot or systemised screening process will be used to cull candidates; often times these are psychometric tests and a university filter. UK divisions, and increasingly US ones, are looking for people with alternative skillsets and diverse way of thinking. If everyone studied one of the 3 same subjects you're gonna have very limited perspectives i suppose. I don't agree with how target schools are used in recruiting but I recognise the need to hire people with alternative backgrounds, especially when the job is literally using excel and realigning PowerPoint slides which a well-trained monkey could do.

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Original post by mnxnxnxn

„the idea is to pick people who are clever” okay but let’s say a humanities subject at a target uni, say UCL requires A*AA and Economics at Manchester requires AAB with an A in Maths (I’m just taking Manchester as an example, I’m not a student there). One student takes drama, psychology and english literature and lands at UCL and is automatically considered smarter than somebody who took A level Maths and got into Manchester? The more I read about the IB environment, the more ironical it seems...

It's by no means impossible to get into IB from a university like Manchester. There are many who have went into IB from Manchester and you can see this by looking at IB's like Goldman Sachs on LinkedIn and seeing where their employees came from. it is just harder because when an employer looks at a resume they often have a few universities in mind as producing top grads and Manchester is not really in the pile of the targets and the upper semi-targets. However, you have to also look at it from another perspective. A great majority of LSE students want to do IB and therefore a lot more students apply to IB from LSE than say Manchester, and as a result, more students get in. The same applies to the other targets and semi-targets but to less of an extent, so obviously this skews the numbers.

The main point is that if you have a lot of work experience and have good grades it is possible to get into IB and plenty have done so in the past, it's just you have to work a bit harder than the people going to the targets/semi-targets.

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Original post by popsmokethewoo

Finance, Accounting and Management Bsc at Notts
or
Banking and Finance Bsc at Leeds

I read alot on tsr or people saying notts is so much better bc its a strong semi target unlike leeds which is a low target at most

Currently have an offer at Leeds rn, with an option to go to Notts for clearing. Leeds looks like they have the better modules and has a Chartered Banker (CBI) qualification alongside your degree after graduation. But would this be an edge up against the semi-targets/targets?

Please help what do I choose

Hi, I'm in a similar position right now. Currently have an offer from Leeds for Economics and Geography but would really like to try Nottingham through clearing for politics and economics or economics and International economics.

I was wondering whether you managed to get a place at Notts through clearing and if so how was the process?

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I've got an offer for BsC Economics at Nottingham and BA Econ and Finance at Manchester.
What would you choose for IB?

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