I am currently reading globalization and its discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz, cause I feel globalization is a really relevant topic post covid, do you have any recommendations that can counter such a book and make my PS more engaging? Amazing video! :)
Thank you so much for giving such a nice suggestion and I hope you will give me many more beautiful videos later and one more thing, I want to know is which is the best subject at Oxford University. Please make a video about this!
It would definitely be useful to read at least a couple, yes! If you are going for a joint degree with accounting you should also consider reading Outlier by Malcolm Gladwell, Factfulness by Hans Rosling, A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Malkiel, Black Swan by Nassim Taleb, or This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein.
I talked about mainly microeconomics (Public debt, business cycles, government spending, minimum wage etc.) In my personal statement. Like I included books, lectures, podcasts and essay competitions on those topics. Do you think that it is important to talk about poverty or the poor and how economics can benefit them or can I do without that? I already submitted so it doesnt really matter but I just wanted to know
Talking about public debt/gov spending was a great move! It's super relevant right now. And no I don't think it was at all necessary to talk about poverty. It's pretty distinct from the topics that you have mentioned so I'm not sure it would have been that useful anyway. If you did link it, great. But definitely not necessary.
When including the reading on management, do you risk putting off other universities that you are applying to with the same personal statement as you are making it obvious that Oxford E&M is your first choice?
There is definitely a risk at LSE because they place so much emphasis on the personal statement. Other universities prioritise other factors and so it should not be too detrimental to your app so long as you have a decent chunk of economics in there (maybe 60/35/5 (other) split)!
I'd also highly recommend HBR's 5 Years of Must Reads if you are looking for where best to started :) Also, going through the degree module list and then choosing a book from each topic can be more effective than reading more classic texts. i.e. for Behavioural -> Thinking fast and slow
Hi, I wanted to apply for E&M and have completed numerous super-curriculars such as entering essay competitions, creating a society at my school, beginning to complete some reading, starting my own business, and completing work experience at a wealth management company (St.James's Place) - however, I do not study economics at a level. Is there anything I can do to boost my chances of getting in? (PS: I am in year 12)
Sounds like you've already got a very strong application. Aside from what you're doing (and grades/TSA), it would be very useful to try and look at some econ maths questions. This doesn't require prior econ knowledge. I would also make sure to keep up with current affairs. It's definitely not necessary to be studying econ A Level but it would be bad if you didn't know e.g. the events leading up to the great recession. I'll try and make a more detailed video about this soon.
