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Chances of getting accepted: MSc Machine Learning UCL

I have applied for the MSc in Machine Learning at UCL for the academic cohort 26/27.

I wanted to ask how hard is it to get in without a traditional computer science or mathematics background?

I have a BSc and MSc in Economics from Lancaster university. I achieved a grade of 84.5% in my MSc and won the award for overall academic excellence. One of only two people to achieve this grade ever at Lancaster in the MSc, and achieved what Lancaster deemed as a 4.0GPA (never got below 70% in any module in the MSc).

I specialised in computational economics, and did modules that contained heavy linear algebra (matrices, eigenvectors/values, systems of linear equations), discrete optimisation, dynamic programming, and did a data science module during undergrad, including econometrics at MSc.

TL;DR MSc Graduate in economics from Lancaster with a grade of 84.5%, what’s my chances to get into UCL MSc machine learning course?