Warwick Accounting and Finance
Will an undergrad in accounting and finance from warwick set me up for IB/PE in london. I've heard firms mostly recruit students studying econ/math.
Will an undergrad in accounting and finance from warwick set me up for IB/PE in london. I've heard firms mostly recruit students studying econ/math.
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You’ll be fine. In the UK uni > course (generally), and A&F would be a ‘target’ course anyway
I currently study A&F at Warwick, it definitely places for IB/PE. Economics from Warwick is a bit more respected, but like the other person said, uni>course. Feel free to dm if you have any other questions.
Was going to make a post myself about this, but saw a fair number of A&F students particularly land a lot of great springs at the likes of DE Shaw, Optiver, trading invitationals by Citadel etc. Only (potential) problem I'm not 100% keen on the accountancy part as I have heard generally modules are quite boring / monotonous (feel free to confirm/deny). I would also still like to take some electives in Econ during my degree too, and was wondering if this would be possible to do? On the website it mentions CORE optionals and electives separately in the module section so thought I'd ask what overlaps and generally, what sort of freedom you get to select other modules.
Equally wanted to know if it's the success of the HF society at Warwick leading to a lot of students getting such springs?
Final one but I also had a look on whatdotheyknow.com recently too (which is just an openly available report of all FOIs people send into unis). The offer count seems really odd over the past 2 years for the course. For 2021 there were 1437 offers from 2210 applications (65%) but for 2023 there were only 808 offers from 1718 applications (47%). I know there was a stagger post-COVID so I'm not sure if I'm reading too much into it, but my GCSEs are poor (mainly 5/6s, 2 7s) so I worry I'd get rejected. I'd have 2 preferred subjects (Business/Econ) alongside the Maths at A-Level - so I'm not sure if it makes up for it - but would love to hear your thoughts.
Sorry in advance for the long message
Good luck
Tbh, the econ at uni isn’t so useful in practice anyways. Probably best leveraging the free time you’ll have (some WBS courses are seen as being easier) and focusing on extra stuff e.g. societies, interview prep.
Warwick will get you into the first interview, but it’s by no means a free pass (same as LSE, imperial etc). Recommend you optimise for overall CV/prep rather than just academia, by taking as many ‘practical’ courses as possible.
Wanted to ask if either Management with finance or PPL at Warwick is okay for IB prospects, and which of the two is better.
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