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There are a many more factors that affect your chances besides the admissions test; A Level grades, personal statement, sometimes college choice, etc. but the fact that you got an interview places your chances at generally around 20%. If you got like a 5.0 or above in the tmua + A*A*A minimum and got an interview then your chances lie at that 20% mark, if your stats are better then that percentage increases. Take my words with a pinch of salt as I am also applying this year and am far from an expert - this is the knowledge I've gathered through various sources on the journey so far. Hope this helps!

Tbh I think both. I didn’t like the others but also most of the work I was doing wasn’t that technical

@@SelvinsStudent101 Yeah ib hours don't sound great - did you consider doing a masters in data science or just decided to go straight into a data science job?

@@SelvinsStudent101 Just wondering if you could shed any light on the question below?

I did Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Physics. I got an A* in each of them except an A for Physics

Planning too soon!

Congrats!

I think it’s going to be tough to do it at Cambridge because the course is so mathematical. But if you are strong with your maths there is no reason you couldn’t try applying :)

reckon ur better off going into PPE or oxford economics and management

Hi Cryptic, sorry I’ve been very busy recently but am planning on making some career videos soon! Watch this space

@@SelvinsStudent101 thank you selvin! And also advice you would give to 1st years apart from spring weeks and joining societies! And what to do between 1st and 2nd year to maximise chances ! Thanks

@@crypticgod1134 I think the most important thing is to find about what investment banking actually is and to decide if you want to do it. Also, getting any sort of work experience that is somewhat related is a good idea so you have something to talk about in the interview. Also, apply early and try to get a referral from someone!

@@SelvinsStudent101 thanks. For online assesments like numerical and sjt do you recommend any website / any advice on how to prep for these?

@@crypticgod1134 not any in particular, I would just google and see what you find

Hi Suleman, AS Further Maths will be fine for getting in, although I always recommend Further Maths because it makes the standard maths feel easier. You also learn interesting topics that are used at university. However, given you want to study economics, the mechanics sections aren’t needed (but are fun to learn). So I think just follow your interest. I really loved further maths

@@SelvinsStudent101 no more ecaa, they use tmua for economics this year

Once you get on the course they teach the content in a very different way to A-level so no problem there. You may be less comfortable with the maths in the ECAA if you haven’t done further however

Good luck!

Nope, they don’t tell you

@@SelvinsStudent101 Did you include diagrams as we do in A-Level???

@@chewypiano7194 not really, the essay isn’t like that. It’s more about arguing your point across. The essay content isn’t that economicsy

@@SelvinsStudent101 thank you

I’ve just taken a look at the overview and it does sound good! It may be too mathematically theoretical depending on what you want to do. However, if you are keen on doing more maths than economics I think it sounds good. Again, this is just my interpretation and I didn’t study it

@@SelvinsStudent101 good to know! I am applying for Economics at Cambridge too, was just wondering

Sure! What sort of things would you like to know? Can try get this done in the next couple of weeks

I’m not too sure, but I know the vast majority of subjects do have one

Econometrics and machine learning are quite similar, but obviously still some stuff that would need to be learnt. However, if you are willing to put the time and effort in it’s definitely doable!

Hi, I did Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Economics and got A*s in all but Physics. However, the actual requirements are A*A*A so that’s a better guideline

@@SelvinsStudent101 hey do I need further maths to get in a good uni for economics I’m a month in year 12 and I I’m really unsure

You don’t need Further Maths but it is useful to have. It also makes Single Maths seem easier

Hi Veera, I wouldn’t say there is necessarily a best college because everyone does the same lectures. Supervisions do vary between colleges though. I don’t have much insight there, but I think King’s is good because the supervisors are also the lecturers of several first year modules. I would however pick a college based around what you like from a more cultural perspective, like the size and location

@@SelvinsStudent101 thanks Selvin. We have short listed Kings, Trinity and St John’s so far. Hope to narrow it down to one soon. Cheers

It may be slightly tougher. The main things you would need to convince the college of is your mathematical ability (because you don’t do further) and why you want to do economics (as it seems you are quite scientific). Given I don’t know you mathematical ability or your general grades I can’t give a strong judgement, but I would always say no harm in applying :)

@@SelvinsStudent101 thank you a lot for your reply, I'm currently predicted an A* for maths and As for the the sciences, but hopefully I will achieve 3 A* in my A-levels. I'm thinking to take a gap year so I believe I will apply next year after getting my results. One of my best friend does economics, do you think learning from his books would boost my chances of getting in?

@@redfireninetales6947that’s good to Hear! Regarding your friend’s books, it would mostly help with interviews and the sorts of stuff they could ask. Then again, you could overprepare and not quite understand the way they’ve asked the question. I personally wouldn’t take a look at the books to prepare but up to you :)

Hey, TSA is for Oxford. ECAA is for Cambridge so that’s the one I did :)

@@SelvinsStudent101 thx alot

Learnt lots of maths, and I’m not sure about Oxford as I didn’t study there! I’ve heard it’s less than Cambridge though because it’s Economics and something else

I think if you could do Further Maths it would be better, as you get the topics you need to know

@@SelvinsStudent101 if it isn't required then it is fine bcz I've already chosen these subjects however I think FM will help me with the entrance exam so I'll be learning it on my own

And how were your a level grades a*a*a* I assume

@@otdo5606 hey because I got accepted, they don’t provide scores at Cambridge. For A levels, I got A* A* A* A (A in Physics)

@@SelvinsStudent101 ok thank you. I was also wondering how much of an advantage 4 over 3 A levels puts you at

@@SelvinsStudent101 and did you take further maths ?

@@otdo5606 yep I did

Thank you!

You don’t need any prior historical or politics knowledge. I had none!

I think you don’t necessarily need further maths. The most important part of the application process is graph sketching and maybe some probability questions. It’s usually that people who have done further maths are more comfortable with this, but it’s not necessarily the case

To be honest, I’m not sure what the LSE course entails. I think LSE is better from a careers perspective but Cambridge teaches you more Economics in more detail and teaches you to think in a certain way.

Tbh no, if you don’t like maths, it will be tough because a lot of the derivations are done using maths and the questions are mostly using maths

To be honest, some of the concepts may seem a little weird at first, but they do somewhat teach the concepts too. You could look some high level concepts like monopoly, perfect competition ahead of time. Not the maths, just what they are and the assumptions. Hope that helps!

Thanks so much for your reply :)

You can, but it’s not a good use of your time. Learn some new skills instead!

I applied to LSE, Warwick, UCL and Bristol as wel. My view on LSE is that it’s great for careers but some people I have spoken to said it wasn’t very fun and most people just did what they wanted, not a big sense of community. But I can’t comment properly as I never went!

Yes I did, US was initially my top choice but unfortunately I did not get into any!

Thank you! I think I would want to tell my past self to be more confident and to the do the things I enjoyed more

I got a first and no plans to do an Economics masters at the moment.

@@SelvinsStudent101 congrats must have worked hard.

@@annajones9701 haha thank you

I think I didn’t want to do any pure abstract maths at university, I mainly wanted to do applied maths

@@SelvinsStudent101 oh right, thank you!