Switching courses (Kcl)

Hi there. Back in December I received an offer for history and political economy at Kings. Since then I’ve considered my career further and wanting to work in the finance sector decided I’d like to switch to just political economy in ordered to cover more economics. I messaged on kings apply and was told that the entry closed on Jan 29th and that a change wouldn’t be permitted, however political economy still shows up as open on the Kcl website and it is only the History and political economy course which has closed due to reaching max capacity i am assuming. Would I be able to change when joining in September? I’m aware it’s just a simple change and not drastic but from what kings apply have said it’s not looking good.

The transfer process for individual universities and departments/courses will vary, but if King’s have told you that the change won’t be permitted, it’s likely that the course is oversubscribed or full. I would call to clarify, but for transferring in September, the course would need to have a) not been filled via UCAS extra and b) not have been filled via clearing. If you were able to submit a transfer application, the likelihood of you obtaining a place for your course in September would probably be higher. Though you would also have to consider people who don’t up going to King’s leaving spaces in the course on results day, which could give you a better shot if you were to apply for a transfer later on, but estimating those chances would be near to impossible.

Thanks for the reply, the course on their website is still open even after the deadline which tells me it’s still open. Not sure what my chances of changing are upon arrival. Feel like it should be possible as it’s a minor switch that’s in the same department. Regardless, that may not be possible if the course is full as you say. Not sure what to do…

Call up admissions to clarify the situation. I had to call admissions for one of my universities to transfer from law to philosophy, as the information on the website didn’t provide me with enough clarity. Admissions were very informative about the internal process and I managed to secure the transfer offer within a day after following their instructions. Go directly to the source.

Ok will do that. Did you offer change in terms of grade requirements? Slightly worried about my offer going higher by a grade if I do get the change.

Thank you so much, really appreciate that. Yh like mentioned above I’d just like to switch from History and Political economy to just Political economy. Do you think that a valid reason for the change could be that I want to be able to take more quantitive modules as I’d like to work in finance?

Absolutely! Just emphasise the modules you want to take, and why, and you should be ok. Fingers crossed for you