BSc Econ, Finance, and Data Science at Imperial

hi, has anybody gotten into the bsc economics, finance, and data science course at imperial for the september 2024 intake? i was wondering the kind of a-level subjects and scores gets students in. I have AS grades of As in fm, cs, phy, maths and predicted grades of A*s in 3 subjects and A in fm.

hi, has anybody gotten into the bsc economics, finance, and data science course at imperial for the september 2024 intake? i was wondering the kind of a-level subjects and scores gets students in. I have AS grades of As in fm, cs, phy, maths and predicted grades of A*s in 3 subjects and A in fm.

hi, has anybody gotten into the bsc economics, finance, and data science course at imperial for the september 2024 intake? i was wondering the kind of a-level subjects and scores gets students in. I have AS grades of As in fm, cs, phy, maths and predicted grades of A*s in 3 subjects and A in fm.

is there a admissions test? i heard many of the courses have one also lmk how it goes bc imma apply to imperial bsc too but next year

hi, has anybody gotten into the bsc economics, finance, and data science course at imperial for the september 2024 intake? i was wondering the kind of a-level subjects and scores gets students in. I have AS grades of As in fm, cs, phy, maths and predicted grades of A*s in 3 subjects and A in fm.

Imperial publish a spreadsheet of admissions stats on their website. go on imperial.ac.uk and search transparency information

I'm going into the course in a week's time.
My preds were 4A*'s inc. FM and so were most successful applicants but you have a chance with 3A*1A as well as long as your TMUA is strong (ideally above 6.5/7 but idk what the threshold is since it's the first year imperial are doing TMUA instead of other admissions tests), and then make sure your PS is strong (ie. lots of supercurriculars, and a fully academic PS). Strong GCSE's play a part too, but with Imperial, the interview and TMUA defo more important.

do you have any idea on when the transparency info / admission stats are updated ie. when will the admissions stats for 2024 entry be put up?

how long do u study to get those grades? also what did u say in the interview and what subjects n extracurriculars did u do. sorry if that’s a lot but i’m rlly interested

no worries, I had a load of questions when I was in your position too, so ask away.
honestly, getting 4A*'s isn't that bad. Maths should be a relatively simpler A* because of the background in FM you gain during the subject. I guess around 2 hrs of revision after school since it's still very early into yr13, just making sure you understand all the content that you've done so far in each subject, and then start ramping up the hours a bit, and then you could be doing 5-6hrs a day during exam leave in may (when you'll have no school), maybe even 7 if you're determined enough but that may seem overkill.
As for subjects, I did Maths, Further Maths, Econ and Geog. I had no extracurriculars in my PS, absolutely none. The top unis dont care about your extracurriculars if I'm being honest. Ditch the 80:20 ratio between academic and extra curriculars your teachers may have told u if you're applying to the elite unis such as Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE etc. They really just want to see your academics, so make sure you include lots of supercurriculars (MOOC's, essay competitions, books you've read, lectures etc.), and what you learnt from that. Then try and make your PS like a journey, where each thing links into each other, ie. you read a book where u became intrigued by something, and so led u to do a MOOC on that thing. Another advice for the PS is to keep a general econ related theme going on your PS, and ideally have everything you're writing about eventually link back to that theme. Make sure that theme is something beyond the a level syllabus, and something imperial teaches (look at their modules on the efds page).
Also, don't worry about not including any finance or data science stuff in your PS if you're applying for econ everywhere else apart from imperial. They completely understand that most applicants would have applied for econ elsewhere, but just make sure that you include a fair bit of advanced mathematical concepts. Try have your PS like 60:40 or 65:35 in terms of econ/maths.
As for the interview, the interview isn't that bad tbh. It's less academic when compared to typical oxbridge interviews, and more conversational and the admissions tutors just tryna gauge your thinking, logical and conversational skills. They'll present you with a random case study, and then you'll have a 30 min back and forth conversation on that case study. They're just looking at which direction your thought process goes regarding the case study, and so it's not really something you can prepare for, but instead just comes natural. They start off the interview with motivational questions as well btw (anything like why the uni, why the course?).
Hope that helps, and lmk if u need any more help regarding PS or anything else - I can always dm on here if u want.

so ik my situation is kinda unusual but i do online classes bc my parents have a rlly busy job n the schools here r hard to get to n get back from since im from nyc. im graduating early tho n im rlly interested in imperial, im almost done w my high school courses but for college courses i think doing ap classes r too much work (basically a levels but in america) so i decided on doing a levels online. imma have to go n register for testing tho. also how many hours should i study n how long should i wait until i take the exams? when is the application for uk universities n where did u take the testing. i’m happy to fly out to like the uk if that’s where the testing centers r. sorryyyy ik this isn’t the norm

there should be test centres and registration for a levels in the US. It's a pretty popular exam type outside the UK as well, so finding a test centre to do a levels shouldn't be much of a problem, you can just search up the nearest one.
How many hrs you study honestly depends on the level of knowledge you have at the moment in the context of the a level syllabus. A lot of content for subjects like maths and maybe further maths overlaps with high school content in America. So for example, if the content in maths a level is all completely new to you, then yeah it'll take some work and long hours to learn it and be able to do well, but if you already know and understand most of the content, then it shouldn't take that many hours at all. It all just depends tbh. You should look at the a level maths syllabus (depending on what exam board you're doing) and see how much of it you're aware of. For reference, edexcel (the exam board) says that learning all of a level maths from scratch takes approx 300 hrs, but that can obviously vary significantly depending on how quick you grasp concepts etc.
The application for UK universities is through UCAS (it's basically the UK version of the common app in US), and you choose to apply to 5 unis, and the deadline is the 29th January for all unis except Oxbridge, and if you're applying to Oxbridge and Medicine courses at any uni, then the deadline is the 16th October (Since they conduct interviews in December, so applications need to be sent in earlier). So if you're prioritising Imperial, then you'll have until 29th Jan of the year you're applying in, to apply. Imperial, and some of the other elite unis in the UK have an admissions test as well called the TMUA. Again, it's a maths test (2hr30mins long), and it depends on how confident you are mathematically as to how you'll perform, but do make sure to practice for it, as it's pretty important in deciding whether you'll get an interview or not, and then the interview is all online so that's fine. As for the TMUA, there's two sittings, one in october and one in January or Feb (i cant remember exactly), and you have to register for that online if you just search it up. You have to take the test at an exam centre which does the TMUA, but that shouldn't be a problem in the US either. There's loads of applicants from the US who apply to Cambridge, Imperial and LSE each year, who all require the TMUA so there's probably test centres in the US who do the TMUA so those people can apply - so you shouldn't need to fly out tbh.
Hope that helps, and don't hesitate to ask anything else.
Also, I'm curious as to why you're really interested in Imperial, as in what kind of things about the uni attract you?

i rlly wanna go in business or stem n found it when looking up colleges, it js somehow stood out to me but im gonna apply to other unis, tho this one is my top 1

It's the best STEM uni in the UK, and one of the best unis in the world for STEM, but tbf it only started doing business recently, and only at postgrad level, not undergrad, so even though it's business programs are world class, they're not as acclaimed as the STEM programmes. If anyone wants to go into STEM, then yeah it's the best option out there, but incredibly competitive and hard to get into ofc.

I'm going into the course in a week's time.
My preds were 4A*'s inc. FM and so were most successful applicants but you have a chance with 3A*1A as well as long as your TMUA is strong (ideally above 6.5/7 but idk what the threshold is since it's the first year imperial are doing TMUA instead of other admissions tests), and then make sure your PS is strong (ie. lots of supercurriculars, and a fully academic PS). Strong GCSE's play a part too, but with Imperial, the interview and TMUA defo more important.

Hi, so would 4A*s prediction and a strong TMUA score would be considered more if GCSE's were like average grade 7 ?

I'm going into the course in a week's time.
My preds were 4A*'s inc. FM and so were most successful applicants but you have a chance with 3A*1A as well as long as your TMUA is strong (ideally above 6.5/7 but idk what the threshold is since it's the first year imperial are doing TMUA instead of other admissions tests), and then make sure your PS is strong (ie. lots of supercurriculars, and a fully academic PS). Strong GCSE's play a part too, but with Imperial, the interview and TMUA defo more important.

I'm going into the course in a week's time.
My preds were 4A*'s inc. FM and so were most successful applicants but you have a chance with 3A*1A as well as long as your TMUA is strong (ideally above 6.5/7 but idk what the threshold is since it's the first year imperial are doing TMUA instead of other admissions tests), and then make sure your PS is strong (ie. lots of supercurriculars, and a fully academic PS). Strong GCSE's play a part too, but with Imperial, the interview and TMUA defo more important.

Hi, I do Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Physics and am predicted A*A*A*A (A in Physics.) I'd say I have a strong personal statement and will be sitting the TMUA in January, I confirmed with Imperial that they are completely fine with the Jan sitting. However, would I still be a strong applicant if I drop Physics?