<p>I already posted this in the College Search and Selection forum, but I was told that you guys would be better equipped to answer the following question:</p>
<p>After attending a university in the UK while studying business or economics, how likely is it to get a job in the US, and which universities besides Oxford and Cambridge have the best reputations regarding job placement in the US? Does the School of Oriental and African Studies have any reputation?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Dear Young_one,</p>
<p>LSE has pretty good reputation around the world for business and economics. Other than LSE/Oxford/Cambridge (one can only apply to oxford OR cambridge in one year), I dont know of many other colleges with similar reputation as HYPS.</p>
<p>Never heard of School of Oriental and African Studies, but that does not mean anything since I am from India.</p>
<p>^^^^
thanks, anyone else?</p>
<p>you can apply to a bunch of schools using their national app system, the only problem is that at least at oxbidge it isnt a liberal arts education and you are stirctly limited to the sequence of classes for your major</p>
<p>"Does the School of Oriental and African Studies have any reputation?"</p>
<p>SOAS is considered to be one of the best schools in England and probably the best in its field. It has a great reputation everywhere, also in US. People do not know about it, because it is a special school. They know about Imperial (technical), LSE (business), but, unfortunately, very little about SOAS. Your future in US depends on your specialisation. At the moment Middle East studies may provide the best opportunities ??</p>
<p>If you go to the UK, I definitely recommend you stick to Economics. Forget about studying Business in the UK.</p>
<p>As for universities, many have a good reputation in the US. So if you have a US citizenship or green card, it should be no problem getting a job. Here are some schools I recommend for Economics:</p>
<p>Cambridge
London School of Economics
University College of London
Warwick
Bath
St Andrews
Manchester</p>
<p>You cannot apply to Oxford and Crambridge at the same time anyway...and since Cambridge is significantly better than Oxford in Economics...I definitely recommend you apply to Camdridge over Oxford.</p>
<p>If you insist on studying Business, then the list would look slightly different.</p>
<p>Oxford
LSE
Warwick
Bath
Nottingham
Laughborough
Imperial</p>
<p>For Economics, an important difference between Cambridge and Oxford is that Cambridge teaches Economics as a stand alone subject; at Oxford it is only available it combination with other subjects. The most longstanding one, and one of the largest schools in the university, is PPE - Philosophy, Politics & Economics - where you can study the spread of all three subjects or specialise on two in the 2nd & 3rd years. More recent and heavily oversubscribed is Economics & Management, where the Management element involves the Said Business School at Oxford.</p>
<p>Alexandre:</p>
<p>May I ask why I shouldn't study business in the UK? Is it because the information they teach is only relevant there?</p>
<p>I am biased but Cambridge rules!! 4 very happy years spent there. For economics, Cambridge has a great tradition. Indeed the great Liberal Keynes was at King's.
SOAS is a good school for the speciality. Lots of VERY left-wing people. Makes Berkley look like a National Front rally! :)</p>
<p>what are the interviews at oxbridge like? Do you have to have a deep understanding of the material of the course you are applying to? Also, how much does the interview affect admissions?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>My economics interview for Cambridge lasted thirty minutes. They checked to make sure I had an understanding of key concepts (i.e. market failure) and asked some oddball questions to judge how I think. There was one which was essentially a math problem, only in words, and one propose-the-best-solution to this scenario. It is my understanding that the interview is quite important, and can ruin your chances of admission, but there is a difference between doing badly on the interview (i.e. never having heard of the stuff they ask about) and giving the interviewer a bad impression. I recieved an unconditional offer, btw.</p>
<p>cevonia:</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info. so are you pretty sure that it essential to have an intimate knowledge of economics to suceed in the interview? I am just asking this because at my school there is no AP economics course, so I am very much considering self studying the course.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I think they will forgive you if you don't know any economics - there is no economics prerequisites to study the course, even at A-level. If you say you have, however, be prepared for a few definition questions. If you haven't, they care more about how you think, so I would prepare math and reasoning skills. You don't actually need to understand most of the economics theories to be able to give an intelligent answer to a question, and they'll explain any concepts you say you don't know so you can try for an answer. It should be clear on your application that you haven't studied economics before, so they'll know what to expect and what to ask you.</p>
<p>there are plenty of economics book that don't need extensive knowledge- Krugman's books, Bhagwati on globalisation etc</p>
<p>GoodLiberal: a very good point indeed, and one I hadn't considered. I saw from the other post you're a LibDem (if I could vote in the UK I'd vote LibDem as well) - are you at college, applying to college or about to apply to college? In all three cases, where, and what field?</p>
<p>I graduated from Cambridge this summer gone and have applied to Brown (Taubman Centre Public Policy), LSE for History of International Relations, Georgetown American politics and Stanford for International Policy Studies. I have gotten in to everywhere apart from not heard from Stanford yet. I am leaning toward Brown at the moment.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your acceptances! What did you read at Cambridge?</p>
<p>I started reading Law for a couple of years, but decided to do Social and Political Sciences for the last two as I seemed to spend more time doing politics than Law anyway!! SPS is a great course but doesn't have the private sector sponsorships of Law, Management, Economics, Engineering etc, but don't regret doing it at all.
Are you at Cam now?</p>
<p>No... I got in, but was accepted ED to Princeton, so that's where I'll be going</p>
<p>young_one:</p>
<p>I understand that Economics at Oxford gets very mathematical, so they will usually be looking for reasonably advanced maths skills to assure themselves that you will be able to stay afloat. It may well be the same at Cambridge.</p>