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im interested in finance/accounting/management and stuck between kcl or ucl

Hey, im in year 13 and picking my unis, im predicted an AAA and i do economics, pscyhology and english lit/lang. i picked them because i had no clue what i wanted to do but now im 10000% sure i want a career in finance/management. my gcses arent great i got 76666655 and i dont do a level maths which makes me quite restricted when picking courses. i was thinking of doing international management at ucl (a risky bet) as you dont require A level maths but a humanites subject and gcse 6 in both math and english which i have. furthermore i have alot of supercurriculars which i mentioned in my ps. i am entitles to a contextual offer which would be AAB but i dont know if its worth a shot risking ucl as an option when i could play it safe and go for somthing else. it was between either that or business management at kcl (not sure if this is a mickey mouse course but it seems like something id enjoy and a degree that id deffo use in the future). can someone help me outttt!

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by two-way-saying
Hey, im in year 13 and picking my unis, im predicted an AAA and i do economics, pscyhology and english lit/lang. i picked them because i had no clue what i wanted to do but now im 10000% sure i want a career in finance/management. my gcses arent great i got 76666655 and i dont do a level maths which makes me quite restricted when picking courses. i was thinking of doing international management at ucl (a risky bet) as you dont require A level maths but a humanites subject and gcse 6 in both math and english which i have. furthermore i have alot of supercurriculars which i mentioned in my ps. i am entitles to a contextual offer which would be AAB but i dont know if its worth a shot risking ucl as an option when i could play it safe and go for somthing else. it was between either that or business management at kcl (not sure if this is a mickey mouse course but it seems like something id enjoy and a degree that id deffo use in the future). can someone help me outttt!
You’re in a good position to apply to both. UCL International Management is ambitious but doable with contextual and your predicted grades. KCL Business Management is safer and still well respected. Apply to both, treat UCL as your reach, and make sure you have a few solid backup options.

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by Kuriknowsbest98
You’re in a good position to apply to both. UCL International Management is ambitious but doable with contextual and your predicted grades. KCL Business Management is safer and still well respected. Apply to both, treat UCL as your reach, and make sure you have a few solid backup options.

thank youu

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by two-way-saying
thank youu

Of course!

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Both these courses are extremely competitive ( KCL BM gets about 4k applications and UCL IM got about 3K in its first year). You would have a chance in both with AAA predicted provided you are sure you would get contextual offers from both. That may be worth checking before applying. A non contextual student with AAA woud be one of many so it is much tougher ( and it's also lower than the standard KCL offer anyway)
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by khufiya
Both these courses are extremely competitive ( KCL BM gets about 4k applications and UCL IM got about 3K in its first year). You would have a chance in both with AAA predicted provided you are sure you would get contextual offers from both. That may be worth checking before applying. A non contextual student with AAA woud be one of many so it is much tougher ( and it's also lower than the standard KCL offer anyway)

thank you!! im sure id get a contextual offer because i tick most of the criteria, i think im going to choose UCL because im not sure i want to apply for both, whilst the grade requirements for UCL are AAA whilst KCL is A*AA

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