Land Econ at Cambridge vs Business Management at other unis for Entrepreneurship

Hi, I'm a year 11 student looking to go into entrepreneurship/related roles (potentially working in an early-stage startup or starting my own business) or business strategy
I have predicted straight 9s at GCSE and am taking Maths, Economics, Geography + EPQ A levels.
My question is whether a degree from Cambrigde in Land Economy (Economics/E&M at Oxbridge too competitive for me without further maths) would be better for these types of roles than a degree in Business Management/Management from degrees such as Warwick. Bath, Edinburgh or Durham. Thank you!

Reply 1

artful_lounger

Clearing and Applications Advisor, Universities Forum Helper

You can apply to both sets of courses so why not just wait until you have offers after applying to make a decision?

Reply 2

isaac123444566

Original post

by artful_lounger

You can apply to both sets of courses so why not just wait until you have offers after applying to make a decision?

Yeah, I will but if it would be helpful to tailor my extracurriculars and personal statement to one or the other.
Also, assuming (in an ideal world) I get in to both I would need to make a decision

Reply 3

artful_lounger

Clearing and Applications Advisor, Universities Forum Helper

Original post

by isaac123444566

Yeah, I will but if it would be helpful to tailor my extracurriculars and personal statement to one or the other.
Also, assuming (in an ideal world) I get in to both I would need to make a decision

Not really, land economy at Cambridge is a completely unique course in the UK and thus they not only are used to but in fact expect applicants will be necessarily be applying to other courses while also applying there. You can do some additional more specific wider reading or activities relating to land economy in particular that you could write about in the additional optional personal statement on the MyCambridge application portal although it's not required.

And yes, you would need to make a decision if you get into both but the reality of life is that it often makes such decisions for us. Spending the time now trying to preempt decisions you may not need to make is a fools errand and you could just as well spend the time more productively on other things. Not to mention by the time you actually apply to uni you may have totally changed your mind about what you want to do and end up applying to something else entirely.

You're only in year 11 - it's totally unnecessary and frankly in my opinion, unhelpful, to be trying to plan out things this far in advance. Having a general sense of the area you're interested in is already a very good position to be in and you don't need to and shouldn't really bother spending time beyond confirming that interest by reading around the subject areas and exploring opportunities to engage with them beyond the curriculum - without choosing between one or the other.

Reply 4

isaac123444566

Original post

by artful_lounger

Not really, land economy at Cambridge is a completely unique course in the UK and thus they not only are used to but in fact expect applicants will be necessarily be applying to other courses while also applying there. You can do some additional more specific wider reading or activities relating to land economy in particular that you could write about in the additional optional personal statement on the MyCambridge application portal although it's not required.
And yes, you would need to make a decision if you get into both but the reality of life is that it often makes such decisions for us. Spending the time now trying to preempt decisions you may not need to make is a fools errand and you could just as well spend the time more productively on other things. Not to mention by the time you actually apply to uni you may have totally changed your mind about what you want to do and end up applying to something else entirely.
You're only in year 11 - it's totally unnecessary and frankly in my opinion, unhelpful, to be trying to plan out things this far in advance. Having a general sense of the area you're interested in is already a very good position to be in and you don't need to and shouldn't really bother spending time beyond confirming that interest by reading around the subject areas and exploring opportunities to engage with them beyond the curriculum - without choosing between one or the other.