Hi there, I’m Sam, a 20 year-old prospective ‘youtuber’ who studies Economics at the University of Cambridge. I make videos that hopefully motivate and inform you about learning, education, revision - as well as what I get up to! If that sounds like something that appeals to you then maybe consider sticking around for weekly videos!
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ive done chapter 1 and 2 of edexcel pure further maths and oh my goodness it's so interesting. Im having so much fun despite sometimes not understanding things straight away
Hey Sam, I have 16 A*/As in my IGCSE and I'm aiming for 4 A*s in Maths , Further Maths, Econ and Business in A levels. What advice would you give me to be accepted in Cambridge for Economics?
Today, during Economics class (school), my teacher let's call him E) started teaching about PES. As we all know, PES is always positive. After telling us this, he asked about PED's sign. Everyone in my class said Negative, I was the only one who said that it can be both Positive and Negative (I wanted to say that it's almost always Negative, but at that moment, it came out like that). He looked at me for a while with an unreadable expression. I thought that he was going to ask me to elaborate it. But this E just stared with those creepy eyes, "Are you planning to drop eco?" This made me froze. I wasn't expecting this at all. I love eco, I plan to study eco as my major. I'm very sensitive about this subject. But the way he said it completely broke my heart. "Study, study seriously or drop this subject." My family's situation isn't currently well, I'm in a lot of stress because of that, and I'm hearing this from E. Then he started saying how our seniors got bad grades in this subject in AS and A2, and how hard it is and kept looking at me like that. At that moment, I started to rethink, am I wrong? Is PED always Negative? After the class, I kind of looked it up, and it turns out I was right; PED can be Positive (giffen goods and veblen goods). My wording may be a bit wrong, but that doesn't mean that my logic wasn't correct. He could've corrected me politely, instead of saying that. What do you guys think? Am I overreacting?
Hi Sam , do you have a video about why you specifically chose kings at Cambridge vs the other colleges and would love to know do you get people coming into the college such as banks as for career insights, thanks
had to pick this subject cause my school force further maths students to take a fourth subject. i dont even care about the economy bro i just wanna do my maths
I went from a 6 in Feb to an 8 in maths after a couple weeks of revision so I decided to full send it into maths and further maths cause I really enjoyed studying it for GCSEs
this is super useful - do you have any tips on what kind of work experience, specific courses, books or lectures to engage in? or competitions to participate in?
I'm interested in social sciences, so I'm thinking of opting for History, Sociology and the third subject I'm confused btw GP and economics, bcz economics is interrelated with politics which is the only reason I'm considering it for A level, should i opt for it? What do u say?
Is it worth doing fm if I'm doing 3 a levels?? I'm doing maths, fm and cs. Maths was my favourite at gcse, and I'd love to do a level fm. I'd also love to do 4 alevels, but my college doesn't allow it.
Yes but you might want to consider physics in place of computer science if you aren’t sure what you want to do. As you don’t need CS alevel to do it at uni, but if you did want to go into engineering you will need physics.
@@ayaanpatowa87 I unfortunately didn’t do the TMUA (I did the ECAA instead). However, here’s a useful document: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/average_tmua_score_for_economics
Wow, Definitely a wonderful video, I enjoy watching all your videos, it motivates me a lot to study hard and be a great student, I'm studying economics to here in Mexico and these tips are very useful.
Pirates and even Well educated people will not think of this strategy to get one coin + they can make a deal that if the one making a proposal is kicked out then let’s say N2 proposes himself to get 85 and other to get 5 counts each which will be so much better for them and they will agree so it’s the negotiating power. Also people are greedy so when they are proposed one coin at the start they will not agree and expect more from the next person proposing.
Of course this question relies on a set of assumptions. You can definitely argue that Nash Equilibria like this one are extremely unlikely to be seen in reality, for the reasons you outlined. This is probably the main criticism of game theory as a whole. The point of this question is for the interviewer to see how you think, given that they tell you that all the pirates are perfectly rational. So assuming all players are perfectly rational, this is the outcome we'd expect.
@@SamHillman I am glad that I received such a quick answer from you. So I got another question. You said UK unis don’t really care about extracurriculars ; I want to apply for Either economics and finance or business management. I got 7 years playing football, 2 Model UNs in one of which I got an honorary mention (the only one in the history of my school), National debate competition two times, business ambassador at my school, I am also head of communications at my school. The only relevant thing is that in Model UN I once represented USA in the economic and social committee where the agenda was set to the topic of dedolarization. I am really proud of all my extracurricular achievement and I worked super hard for it. I want it to count for my uni and to be appreciated and help me get into the best place possible. What can I do ? Like are there unis who enjoy students with extracurriculars and care more about them ? Please give me some advice
@@danmkhv It's not that UK unis don't care about extra-curriculars (a lot of UK unis do), it's more that the top UK unis (e.g. Oxbridge) care significantly more about your academics and what you have done relating to the subject you have applied to. What I would personally recommend is to present your extra-curriculars in your personal statement in a way that translates to the subject. For example, in my personal statement I spoke about how debating improved my analytical skills. I also spoke about how being captain of my football team developed my leadership skills. But note, 90% of my personal statement was about academics and/or further economics research I had done, and only about 10% was on extra-curriculars. i.e. when applying to a top UK university (e.g. Oxbridge), make sure that extra-curriculars are only a relatively small part of your personal statement.
I want to apply to Cambridge for Economics and I am currently doing my GCSEs. I want to know that, do most Cambridge (economics) students have all 9s for their GCSEs? If I end up having some 9s and some 8s, will it make my application less competitive?
Hi Sam, it's getting closer to applications can you please do a video on that and share some insights on how you got in cam econ? Tips like how to write our ps how to prepare for tmua and interview will be much appreciated
