PPE/ Politics and Economics - Oxford, KCL, Bath, Warwick, Exeter

P.S. can I apply from all these unis to Oxford Masters competitively assuming I do well?

Yes

Realistically it is worth applying to all of these courses as you have a reasonable chance of getting an offer for any of them, provided you are comfortable with not having a safer option (grades-wise) for your insurance choice. Obviously for Oxford in particular, having a competitive application alone does not make getting an offer a likelihood, but I'm sure you know that

Hi All!
Wanted to get your feedback on my application!
PPE: Oxford and Warwick
Economics and Politics: Bath, Exeter
Political Economy: KCL
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GCSEs 9s: Maths, Physics, History, Computer science
GCSEs 8s: Further Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, English Literature
GCSEs 7s: English Language
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A-Level 3
A* economics
3 As: Maths. Politics, Religious Studies
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School: Highly selective (like Westminster) - tbh predicted grades for everyone were very harsh this year - BUT only been there midway through GCSEs in Year 10
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UCAS Information: English not first language, moved to UK in 2014. Nationality: White Other.
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Super curricular:
(1) Selected as one of top 5 economists to lead Year 2 Econ Society; Covered every single budget for the past 2 years, at Econ society at my school. Wrote in politics magazine about summary of budget
(2) 12K+ word essay regarding 2008 financial crisis and macroprudential regulation - why Canada's political structure and regulatory regime and philosophy made the country's response to 2008 more effective than that of the US' - PUBLISHED on Apple Books
(3) University of Oxford CONTED course politics
(4) 17K word research paper: Do markets now control economic sovereignty and has fiscal sovereignty waned?
(5) Yale School of Management course on 2008 financial crisis, avg. 90.12% attainment
(6) UCL Course on GDP and prosperity 100% - why politicians chasing a higher GDP can worsen conditions for the public, and the tensions between economic success and political duty/ambition
(7) Central European University essay: does power to the people enhance democratic institutions/is it a good or bad thing
(8) FCDO Economics Competition
(9) Model United nations commended delegate Economics And Finance Committee, MUN for 2 years to enhance my understanding of geopolitics
(10) Run my own company, pushed me to then research and write 8k opinion piece published on Medium about Labours first budget and the deeper impacts it has on small businesses and startups
(11) Couple more political economy papers
(12) Books read obvs
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Assume I do very well on TSA
Motivation for course: PPE - interested in economics and politics and philosophy interest because of interest in power (power to people in democracy, power of religion so on) + LOVE to study how connected everything is!
How realistic are my chances?
Are my grades good enough?
How competitive is my application?
What could I do to further enhance it?
My unis in order of preference are:
Oxford
KCL (because of civil service connections)
Bath
Warwick
etc.
P.S. can I apply from all these unis to Oxford Masters competitively assuming I do well?
Many thanks in advance!!

Hi YellowFrog33
Great to see Exeter on your list and interest in our Economics and Politics BSc. The grades you have indicated for your A-levels are in the range for the offers we typically make. You might like to have a look at our After you apply which has some details about howe applications are assessed.
If you haven't yet visited us then the Undergraduate Open Days are in October but there is also a wealth of other information on our website to help you Choose Exeter.
If you have any questions about student study and life with us then please do get in touch. Our @ExeterStudentRep would be happy to share their insights with you.
Chris
University of Exeter Student Recruitment Team