Does applying for a masters increase my chances of getting in?

Comparing the offer rates at imperial for the course I want to do (Maths and Computing) we can see that there is quite a big difference between them:

2024 JMC BEng - 15.1%
2023 JMC BEng - 15.5%

2024 JMC MEng - 19.4%
2023 JMC MEng - 24.5%

so my question is, would I have a higher chance of getting in if I applied to the 4 year masters course rather than bachelors, or does it not work like this?

Reply 1

McGinger

Do the BEng and MEng have different entry requirements?

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

Both the same

Reply 3

McGinger

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by Anonymous

Both the same

This usually means that the two courses have a common first and often second teaching year, and people may switch between the two, and that therefore the the two variations may be considered as 'one course' purely for Admissions purposes. The binary division is therefore interesting.

Where did these stats come from? Do they include Home or Overseas? And do they actually mean 'received an offer' or 'were admitted'? Do you have a checkable source?

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WHO????

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by Anonymous

Comparing the offer rates at imperial for the course I want to do (Maths and Computing) we can see that there is quite a big difference between them:
2024 JMC BEng - 15.1%
2023 JMC BEng - 15.5%
2024 JMC MEng - 19.4%
2023 JMC MEng - 24.5%
so my question is, would I have a higher chance of getting in if I applied to the 4 year masters course rather than bachelors, or does it not work like this?

I am not a hundred percent sure but if we look at it from a university's perspective: for them giving an offer for a joint masters would be more risky. The last thing they want is accept a load of students who are then unable to make the 4 years (and hence the uni makes less money), if you want to study that subject for a longer period of time they want to know if you have demonstrated that you can be committed to it. With the stats I do feel the higher rates for MEng might be because people with lower grades won't apply for them, so there would be a higher proportion of applicants who meet the criteria in the MEng applications which would make it appear as there is a higher chance to get into the course, whereas with the BEng there could be more people applying or there would be a higher proportion of people who have applied and do not necessarily meet the criteria. So I would advise that looking solely at the statistics is not the best idea as you have no context or grades behind those stats. I would assume if you take into account all this the rate for offers for a masters or bachelors for your application might probably be the same, it depends on if you think you want and would be able to commit onto a Masters or would you rather move on in life after a Bachelors degree.

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