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Cambridge vs Oxford Economics

I am struggling to decide whether to apply for straight economics at cambridge or E&M at Oxford. I have 10 9s at GCSE, and 4A* predicted including further maths, so I am assume I am equally competitive at both. How maths heavy is cambridge? And how does the workload compare for both, at I have heard it is far heavier at Cambridge. If anyone has made this decision in the past I would appreciate any thoughts.
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e&m is memed to be the easiest economics course that's the hardest to get into. but it's oxbridge so the workload is not going to be far different between the two

the best indicator of maths content and workload for you will be looking at the course content on each website. given that e&m is not pure economics though, there will almost certainly be a greater availability of maths at cambridge

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