Nottingham Trent Vs Uni of Nottingham for IB

Hello, fairly new here so I’m not sure if this is the best way to go about this, forgive me if this is the wrong place.

I’ve been wanting to break into banking since the day I stepped into college (UK). I’ve now got two options for undergrad and can’t decide.

Law @ University of Nottingham - I am extremely hesitant about this, massive reads are not really my thing; however, I do understand that with it being a Russel group uni my chances are higher. I enjoyed the mock lecture that they had on an open day, but I think I’d go insane.

Economics w/ international banking & finance @ Nottingham Trent - I was a clown in secondary school (ADHD) so I didn’t have the maths grade to get into Economics at uni of.

Trent would be ideal for me as that’s the course I’d be more interested in and certainly better at; however I’m worried that investment banks wouldn’t even bother with Nottingham Trent.

Is this the case?

*Bonus question - experiences with ADHD in banking/consulting??

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If you don't have A-Level maths, you will struggle significantly in any Economics degree. GCSE maths is not sufficient, and I don't know why Nottingham still doesn't require A-Level maths to be taken. 

It is extremely unlikely and you will certainly not be the person to buck the trend to get into any investment banking programme from Nottingham Trent. You will be able to get into them, however, studying Law at Nottingham. I always like to say that you should go to university to study where your academic interests lie, and if that is in Economics, then I strongly suggest you take a gap year, take A-Level maths, get an A (or A*) in it, and reapply to university.

 

I think I would enjoy doing law, especially the modules I want to do; it’s just the idea of reading that much, if I didn’t find a way to shorten it I’d be screwed.

 

If you really only care about banking and are stuck on it, then go with Law @ Notts.

But I'll give you 2 warnings:

1) There's a good chance you will change your mind about exactly what you want to do. You mention banking, there are so many avenues in that, and none of them may not be what you want in 2 years.

2) When you study something you have no interest in, it will drain your mind. You will come to hate doing your degree every day. Especially law which has TONS of reading lists for each module, and which I believe has notoriously high drop out rates vs other disciplines.

 

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