Thinking about studying Economics and Management at Oxford university? In this series, we asked current and past students about their experience. This particular article is all about the Economics and Management course, courtesy of Gideon – a first year student. Course Structure: Economics and Management (E&M) at Oxford E&M is a three year degree and…
If you’re applying to study Economics at Cambridge, you’ll soon be sitting the ECAA, or Economics Admissions Assessment. But what exactly is a good score on the ECAA? As one of the most competitive courses at Cambridge, with only 16.3% of applicants receiving an offer in 2019, you’ll want to make sure that you get…
The TSA or (Thinking Skills Assessment) is a test that Oxford University requires applicants applying for certain courses to take. These courses vary widely and include some of the most competitive course at the university, such as Economics and Management, PPE and Philosophy. So, why exactly do applicants have to take the TSA and what…
The Economics Admissions Assessment (ECAA) is a 2-hour written exam, for students applying to Economics at Cambridge. The test is sat on 31st October 2018 and you must register separately from your UCAS application. The deadline for application to the ECAA is 15th October 2018. Your assessment centre must register you for the exam, you…
The ECAA is scored similarly to most other Cambridge Admissions Tests. This means that Section 1 is scored on a scale of 1.0 to 9.0. Only Section 1 are scored this way because the answers are either right or wrong. With Section 2, the essay section, this is marked by individual colleges so the mark…
Get examples of plans for ECAA style essay questions from The Ultimate ECAA Guide. Provided to you as a complementary addition to your Economics Programme.
The second part of Section 1 of the ECAA tests principles of Advanced Mathematics. You have to answer 20 questions. The questions can be quite difficult and it’s easy to get bogged down. However, it’s well worth spending time preparing for this section as its possible to rapidly improve with targeted preparation Again, let’s begin…
ECAA Section 1A tests Maths. Students tend not to struggle too much with this section – the real tricky specification is in Section 1B. However, there are some useful techniques you can employ to solve some types of questions from ECAA Section 1 much more quickly. The main thing that students struggle with on this…
Different Cambridge colleges will place different weightings on different components so it’s important you find out as much information about how your marks will be used by emailing the college admissions office. In general, the Cambridge university will interview a high proportion (~80%) of realistic applicants so the ECAA score isn’t vital for making the…
It’s all about the TSA results! The TSA results are the be-all and end-all of this process. They determine whether you are invited to interview along with other factors like your personal statement. Some colleges/courses operate a cut-off, so scoring highly is a must! Section 1 Section 1 scores 1 mark per question.…
This section is not a brain dump of academic knowledge! This section is all about your ability to write a structured, logical and reasonable argument. The question will not be subject specific; you will not need any prerequisite knowledge to answer it. However, having residual knowledge about a topic will help! What is…
Problem Solving questions are difficult to prepare for. This is an accepted statement, and one that we do agree with, but we disagree with the naysayers who say it can’t be prepared for! Here are our top methods of revising for and tackling problem-solving questions; Constructing Equations Some problems in this section are very…
What does TSA Critical Thinking require? TSA Critical Thinking questions require you to understand the constituents of a good argument and be able to pick them apart. The majority of TSA Critical thinking questions tend to fall into 5 major categories: Identifying Conclusions Identifying Assumptions + Flaws Strengthening and Weakening arguments Matching Arguments Applying…
What is the TSA? The Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) is an aptitude test taken by students who are applying to certain courses at Cambridge, Oxford and UCL. Cambridge applicants sit the TSA Cambridge, Oxford applicants sit the TSA Oxford and UCL applicants (surprise, surprise) sit the TSA UCL. What does it test? Although…
Every Cambridge Economics Interview is different, how do you start to prepare? For anyone interested in understanding more about the economics course at Cambridge, there are a few key factors to keep in mind. Let’s start with the economics interview. The first of these, and perhaps the most important: You might be best…
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