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I'm in the very fortunate position of having got my two dream offers - Warwick economics bsc and a DA with bank of England to become an economist (Leeds office).
My dilemma entirely depends on if I'd even be able to reject the BoE, I already signed an online contract and the apprenticeship only starts 3 days after results day (I'd have to cancel them on results day because I wouldn't be sure until then if I got requirements for Warwick). So my first question is is that even possible - if not I dont have a decision to make.
However if I was able to cancel, what should I do. My long term goal is to drive redistributive wealth policies (whether through working in policy, academia, think tanks or whatever), and although the BoE is amazing because I'm immediately becoming an economomist and working in policy, I'm working on regulating the financial system and stuff which isn't ultimately where my interests lay, and I'm concerned because the uni is Kent - and because of that and not having done a broader economics degree first will this narrow my options in the future. I think apprenticeship is better in short run because of getting a salary, experience etc but I don't wanna narrow what I can do in the future. I'm also a bit concerned over if I'll miss student experience and making friends and joining clubs etc.
Sorry if this is a bit convoluted, I'm currently thinking of still firming Warwick and asking if they'd defer my offer on results day, then doing a year at the bank of England and then see if I wanna continue or go do a degree, but I'm also not sure if they would defer it for me, or if I'd even be able to leave the bank during the apprenticeship. As I say all of this is dependent on if I could even reject the bank of England anyway. Any help and advice would be very greatly appreciated thankyou

Hi, congratulations on receiving both offers and I hope you can resolve your current situation. I'm currently in year 12 and looking to apply for the Professional Economist DA next year for the Leeds office as well. Do you have any advice on how to ensure you are successful at each stage of the process? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I'm in the very fortunate position of having got my two dream offers - Warwick economics bsc and a DA with bank of England to become an economist (Leeds office).
My dilemma entirely depends on if I'd even be able to reject the BoE, I already signed an online contract and the apprenticeship only starts 3 days after results day (I'd have to cancel them on results day because I wouldn't be sure until then if I got requirements for Warwick). So my first question is is that even possible - if not I dont have a decision to make.
However if I was able to cancel, what should I do. My long term goal is to drive redistributive wealth policies (whether through working in policy, academia, think tanks or whatever), and although the BoE is amazing because I'm immediately becoming an economomist and working in policy, I'm working on regulating the financial system and stuff which isn't ultimately where my interests lay, and I'm concerned because the uni is Kent - and because of that and not having done a broader economics degree first will this narrow my options in the future. I think apprenticeship is better in short run because of getting a salary, experience etc but I don't wanna narrow what I can do in the future. I'm also a bit concerned over if I'll miss student experience and making friends and joining clubs etc.
Sorry if this is a bit convoluted, I'm currently thinking of still firming Warwick and asking if they'd defer my offer on results day, then doing a year at the bank of England and then see if I wanna continue or go do a degree, but I'm also not sure if they would defer it for me, or if I'd even be able to leave the bank during the apprenticeship. As I say all of this is dependent on if I could even reject the bank of England anyway. Any help and advice would be very greatly appreciated thankyou