<p>Just found this thread.</p>
<p>I have an offer for deferred entry 2010 from Oxford (Merton College) to do Economics & Management, conditional upon getting 39 IB points.</p>
<p>^ Congratulations. Hope you fulfill your offer and enjoy a lot of traveling in your GAP year!</p>
<p>^ I wish. :D 12-month compulsory military service doesn't allow for much travelling.</p>
<p>But it'll make a man out of you. A proud person who can defend himself - and his country. Pretty cool I'd say :)</p>
<p>did anyone here apply for LSE and Oxbridge for Post-Graduate courses??</p>
<p>i've applied to cambridge trinity college but was pooled by it. now i got an offer from murray edward college from cambridge. </p>
<p>but i still want to go to US.</p>
<p>Why US over Cam? This kid, who scored 22 As, is going to Cam: The</a> boy so set on getting to Cambridge he got 22 A-levels | Mail Online</p>
<p>oh. because i want to do research. and us schools offer much better research programme than UK schools. and tuition fees for UK colleges are really high. can't afford it.</p>
<p>really curious, but is Cambridge or Oxford better in the financial field? I reside in Asia, and UK universities arent exactly the focus here...it seems more tilted towards the US counterparts...</p>
<p>Should be the case. Here's why:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>1/3 of UK economy is based around its financial sector</p></li>
<li><p>Accounting and Finance is one of the most popular courses in the UK</p></li>
</ul>
<p>But:</p>
<ul>
<li>With the financial crisis, finance doesn't seem the "thing" for the future</li>
</ul>
<p>And Commonwealth countries, I believe, are way more tilted towards the UK than USA</p>
<p>hmm...so which is better for accounting n finance? Cambridge or Oxford? and for commonwealth countries, i doubt its really more tilted towards UK Uni's as i come from one and the focus isnt really towards there...</p>
<p>In terms of focus, Oxford tends to be more theoretical whereas Cambridge is more mathematical. The difference between them should be minimal, though.</p>
<p>Do they even offer A&F?</p>
<p>Theses are my decisions so far:
Imperial (Physics with Theoretical Physics): Unsuccessful (I forgot that I wrote my PS about Engineering not Physics :S)</p>
<p>Imperial (Materials): Offer 555</p>
<p>Cambridge (Engineering): Unsuccessful </p>
<p>UCL (Engineering with Business Finance courses at LSE): -</p>
<p>Imperial (Mechanical): -</p>
<p>Predicted Grades: 5 Chem, 5 Calc BC, 4 Physics C, 4 Psychology</p>
<p>Didn't send transcript :S</p>
<p>Good PS</p>
<p>Bad Reference</p>
<p>No, I don't think either of them offer A&F, but Oxford offers economics and management, which is of a similarly vocational nature. Cambridge offers economics courses that rely more heavily on mathematical models.</p>
<p>Ooh new to this site. I'm from the Caribbean, mine so far are.</p>
<p>Cambridge (Emmanuel): Chemical Engineering via Nat Sci - Offer: A in Further Maths
Imperial: Chemical Engineering - Haven't heard yet
UCL: Chemical Engineering - Offer: Unconditional
Newcastle: Chemical Engineering - Offer: B in Further Maths
Manchester: Chemical Engineering - Offer Unconditional</p>
<p>Cambridge is definitely gonna be my firm, I'm waiting to hear from Imperial to decide what the Insurance will be.</p>
<p>@ Begoner I would like to borrow your brain for my AP exams in May, please.</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>Me too. PLEASE put it up on ebay ;)</p>
<p>haha...i think i will ask first cause i havent really checked...when you apply to Oxbridge or LSE, will you have to submit your O level results (essentially 10th grade results)? Im from Asia...Even if you follow the western style of education and your school year begins in September?</p>