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E&M + Marketing Oxford PS

Hi

I'm considering applying to Oxford under E&M(Economics&Management), next year. But, I am concerned with the level of detail I need specifically to cater my admission to this course.

That is because I am planning to apply to Marketing for my other 4 options, and I feel that my personal statement may be viewed as confused by Oxford, if it's not entirely relating to E&M however, I want to do marketing in the future. I enjoy rigorous academic structure which can't really be obtained in business courses but, I would also only want to study a course like E&M, if it was at Oxford. Due to this, I'm struggling to determine whether it would be worthwhile for me to consider applying, given my current ideas.

Marketing and E&M have very close ties, in the way that they operate around business decisions, and economies in general, and I find that it would be more useful for me to actually study a more broadly related subject like E&M than trying to study Marketing as a degree, which would have rigidity in the content covered, which would be incompatible with the actual practical aspect of Marketing, which requires more adaptation. Hence, learning from a broader view about businesses and the economy would likely be a lot more beneficial for me, not to mention, I have a deep interest in the topic, and have done a competition, as well as academic reading on the topic.

If anyone has applied similarily to Oxbridge through something similar, then please let me know!

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by Anonymous
Hi
I'm considering applying to Oxford under E&M(Economics&Management), next year. But, I am concerned with the level of detail I need specifically to cater my admission to this course.
That is because I am planning to apply to Marketing for my other 4 options, and I feel that my personal statement may be viewed as confused by Oxford, if it's not entirely relating to E&M however, I want to do marketing in the future. I enjoy rigorous academic structure which can't really be obtained in business courses but, I would also only want to study a course like E&M, if it was at Oxford. Due to this, I'm struggling to determine whether it would be worthwhile for me to consider applying, given my current ideas.
Marketing and E&M have very close ties, in the way that they operate around business decisions, and economies in general, and I find that it would be more useful for me to actually study a more broadly related subject like E&M than trying to study Marketing as a degree, which would have rigidity in the content covered, which would be incompatible with the actual practical aspect of Marketing, which requires more adaptation. Hence, learning from a broader view about businesses and the economy would likely be a lot more beneficial for me, not to mention, I have a deep interest in the topic, and have done a competition, as well as academic reading on the topic.
If anyone has applied similarily to Oxbridge through something similar, then please let me know!
What are your GCSE grades and subjects?

What are your A-Level subject choices and predicted grades?

Which Marketing courses are you applying for?

Oxford would reject you if you did not make your UCAS Personal Statement predominantly about Economics & Management. So, why not apply for Economics and Economics & Management courses elsewhere as well?

You could always consider studying: "The Chartered Institute of Marketing" exams.

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