Is royal Holloway a good uni for accounting and finance?

I got my final UCAS decision back today, and got rejected from LSE for accounting and finance. My predicted grades are A*AB ( business, economics and maths) yet I have only gotten offers from uni of west London and royal Holloway, and was rejected from Bristol, Durham and LSE. My question is is royal Holloway a good enough uni to get into top accounting firms like golden sachs, or should I do another year of A levels and reapply next year

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DataVenia

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Original post by Shehshwh

I got my final UCAS decision back today, and got rejected from LSE for accounting and finance. My predicted grades are A*AB ( business, economics and maths) yet I have only gotten offers from uni of west London and royal Holloway, and was rejected from Bristol, Durham and LSE. My question is is royal Holloway a good enough uni to get into top accounting firms like golden sachs, or should I do another year of A levels and reapply next year

Goldman Sachs is an investment bank, and so seems a poor example of "top accounting firms".

Perhaps you were thinking more of a firm like PwC, Deloitte, EY or KPMG? Or perhaps your career ambitions are more in the field of Investment Banking?

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Shehshwh

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Original post by DataVenia

Goldman Sachs is an investment bank, and so seems a poor example of "top accounting firms".
Perhaps you were thinking more of a firm like PwC, Deloitte, EY or KPMG? Or perhaps your career ambitions are more in the field of Investment Banking?

Yeah I was thinking in the direction of investment banking

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DataVenia

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Original post by Shehshwh

Yeah I was thinking in the direction of investment banking

Investment Banking is one of the few area where the university you've attended seems to be important to employers. There are "target" universities (Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick, and Imperial) and "semi-target" universities (Durham, Bristol, Nottingham, St. Andrews, etc. - people will disagree about the full list here).

I think most people would say that Royal Holloway is not a target or semi-target university of Investment Banking. That might make is difficult to break into that world once you graduate.

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Royal Holloway, University of London

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Original post by Shehshwh

I got my final UCAS decision back today, and got rejected from LSE for accounting and finance. My predicted grades are A*AB ( business, economics and maths) yet I have only gotten offers from uni of west London and royal Holloway, and was rejected from Bristol, Durham and LSE. My question is is royal Holloway a good enough uni to get into top accounting firms like golden sachs, or should I do another year of A levels and reapply next year

Hi there,

We're delighted that you're interested in learning more about Accounting and Finance at Royal Holloway, University of London.

You can find out more about our course here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/undergraduate/business-and-management/accounting-and-finance/ including the entry requirements and course content.

Get answers to the questions that matter to you by chatting with our students and staff! You can chat to a current student to find out what life is really like at Royal Holloway: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/chat and sign up for more information about us here: https://royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/sign-up-for-more-information/

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Royal Holloway, University of London

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