Results day went absolutely terribly. I’ve missed both my LSE and Warwick Economics offers. My grades were BBD. My Dad is now forcing me to take the army > MBA approach, because he thinks I lack work ethic. A gap year is completely off the cards in the current climate. Through clearing I’ve got a place at notts Trent, but are springs and summers even possible with BBD? Any advice would mean a lot to me.
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why dont you do retakes? BBD is not good at all and Notts Trent is not worth going to either. Doubt a top MBA would accept you with BBD either tbh and im not even sure its such a well trodden path in UK as it is in America where its quite comment.
Do you know how this came about? what about appealing? was just reading an article on guarding how loads of exams got reduced 1-2 grades through an algorithm.
really sorry to hear this. must have been crushing news. I guess LSE would have been AAA* or something and Warwick AAA?
also you can always do volunteering / travel / etc in gap year to be more interesting have a better story. doesnt necessarily need to be working in a bank etc.
MIght as well put "incoming McDondalds Intern" on your LinkedIn now
Have you looked at non-Economics courses in clearing? Better to study Sociology at Warwick than Economics at Trent. A lot of good universities are very lenient in clearing - especially for non-desirable courses.
It is possible to get internships with BBD, but as you can imagine you would have to significantly make up for it elsewhere. If you are on a 4 year course you could re-sit in your 1st year, before applying to springs in your 2nd.
Well worth doing resits if you can and are trying to get into IBD. You might push your graduation back a year by doing that, but if you have an honest shot at getting into places like Warwick and LSE vs. Notts Trent then well worth it
No worries dude - you can still become an internal auditor at a decent startup
Go for the army route. LBS/Insead/H/S/W will give you a great shout at mbb or a BB/EB
dont listen to this guy. resit your exams OP. then you can go army if you want but that is more of a US thing to do Army + MBA --> corporate. I havent seen that be prevalent here in UK. Plus an MBA costs 50k in UK, much more in USA. Where would you get the cash for it? Certainly not from UK army service.
https://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/243112/how-many-ucas-points-do…
"...The average number of UCAS points for summer interns in the UK is around 530. For anyone not immediately familiar with the UK points system, that's about 3 A*s and an A as you leave high school (top grades, in other words)"
Resit them, OP.
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