Reapplication to Oxford
Post results day, I've decided to take a gap year and apply for the course I'd enjoy doing the most. I had an offer from Cambridge for maths, but during STEP preparation, I realised that maths wasn't the course for me. I achieved A*AA (maths, further maths, physics) and am thinking of applying to Oxford for economics this year. I'm confident with TSA prep and my PS, and have a few work experiences in finance. What else should I do/be doing to ensure I have the best chance possible of getting an offer? Is there anything I should be doing differently because I'm on a gap year? In general, what should I be doing specifically for the economics course at Oxford (if anyone is studying there or knows about admissions)?
Original post by Anonymous
Post results day, I've decided to take a gap year and apply for the course I'd enjoy doing the most. I had an offer from Cambridge for maths, but during STEP preparation, I realised that maths wasn't the course for me. I achieved A*AA (maths, further maths, physics) and am thinking of applying to Oxford for economics this year. I'm confident with TSA prep and my PS, and have a few work experiences in finance. What else should I do/be doing to ensure I have the best chance possible of getting an offer? Is there anything I should be doing differently because I'm on a gap year? In general, what should I be doing specifically for the economics course at Oxford (if anyone is studying there or knows about admissions)?
Which course? 😧 Because you can study one of Economics & Management, Economics & History and PPE.
Giving up a place at Cambridge to try for a place at Oxford is a Boss move, but go for it if you really want to. Have you asked your Cambridge college if you might transfer to Economics or Land Economy? Bird in hand, and all that.
Original post by thegeek888
Which course? 😧 Because you can study one of Economics & Management, Economics & History and PPE.
Well observed, but where is your Oxford comma?
(I am joking)
Original post by thegeek888
Which course? 😧 Because you can study one of Economics & Management, Economics & History and PPE.
Economics and management!!
Original post by Stiffy Byng
Giving up a place at Cambridge to try for a place at Oxford is a Boss move, but go for it if you really want to. Have you asked your Cambridge college if you might transfer to Economics or Land Economy? Bird in hand, and all that.
I have and there aren't any places left on those courses unfortunately, do you have any advice on the situation?
Original post by Stiffy Byng
Well observed, but where is your Oxford comma?
(I am joking)
(I am joking)
lol 🙂
Original post by Anonymous
Economics and management!!
I would recommend you apply for PPE, as you would still do the TSA admissions test and they have 3 times as many places.
Original post by Anonymous
I have and there aren't any places left on those courses unfortunately, do you have any advice on the situation?
Not really, sorry, save to say that certainty is usually better than possibility. But if you think that you'd really not enjoy and/or would not do well studying maths, I see your dilemma. There is little or no point being at Cambridge if you really don't like your subject, unless perhaps you decide to spend all of your time rowing, acting, or whatever, and don't care about your academic results.
You have already climbed one high mountain by obtaining a place at Cambridge to read Maths. You are proposing to set yourself another tough challenge by trying to obtain a place at Oxford for October 2025. As thegeek888 points out, Oxford doesn't offer Economics as a standalone subject, and E and M is Oxford's second most over-subscribed course. What is your current backup university? You might find a place at another leading university to read economics. Do any of the big London colleges appeal to you?
Perhaps email the Maths tutors at the college which has offered you a place, explain your dilemma, and ask very politely if one of them can give you an hour of their time to meet in person at college in the next week or so and talk the situation over.
A good friend of mine wanted to leave Oxford at the end of our first year. He went to see our tutor (we were both reading history at the same college), and had two long chats with him. In the event, my friend decided to stay. Another friend reading English left after a year. She still regrets doing so, but it was probably the right decision for her at the time.
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