hey guyz

i jus finshed my AS examz (maths, economics, accounting and business studies, droppin BS 4 da 2nd yr), and im aiming to get at least 2 A's ad 2 B's.

I am currently stuck between choosing Accountin & Finance or Economics. I was set on economics until I visited the lse open day, and the subject talk for A&F explained that the course wasnt mainly accounts (as i first assumed) and instead had more to do with the financial element, with units such as analysis and valuation, corporation finance, a few economics units, some maths and even 1 management unit (possibly more, all depending on optional units). So it is alot more varied than I thought and seemed to leave my options open for a career, and the subject talk at lse explained that there are many different careers that it could lead to, many of which sounds like ones I would like to enter.

However i also know that employers for top jobs like to see economics as a degree and rate it highly.

I enjoy both subjects and can imagine myself continuing either one, so im abit stuck right now. Any advice at all would be very appreciated.

If it helps, I would like to get into a finance related job where I can use my interest in mathmatics highly. I would rather avoid the standard accounting as I do not enjoy this as much as I do when, for example, analysing and evaluating figures and things like that. Or any career really that is quite heavily mathmatical.

Thankyou in advance

hey guyz

i jus finshed my AS examz (maths, economics, accounting and business studies, droppin BS 4 da 2nd yr), and im aiming to get at least 2 A's ad 2 B's.

I am currently stuck between choosing Accountin & Finance or Economics. I was set on economics until I visited the lse open day, and the subject talk for A&F explained that the course wasnt mainly accounts (as i first assumed) and instead had more to do with the financial element, with units such as analysis and valuation, corporation finance, a few economics units, some maths and even 1 management unit (possibly more, all depending on optional units). So it is alot more varied than I thought and seemed to leave my options open for a career, and the subject talk at lse explained that there are many different careers that it could lead to, many of which sounds like ones I would like to enter.

However i also know that employers for top jobs like to see economics as a degree and rate it highly.

I enjoy both subjects and can imagine myself continuing either one, so im abit stuck right now. Any advice at all would be very appreciated.

If it helps, I would like to get into a finance related job where I can use my interest in mathmatics highly. I would rather avoid the standard accounting as I do not enjoy this as much as I do when, for example, analysing and evaluating figures and things like that. Or any career really that is quite heavily mathmatical.

Thankyou in advance

Fraz, I think the important thing is to choose whichever course you feel is right for you. I wouldn't choose Economics just because there might be more chance of employers giving you interviews for better jobs (I'm sure this isn't always the case anyway).

If the A&F course keeps your options open and covers some economics anyway, perhaps this is the choice for you. Also, it sounds like the course won't bog you down with too much heavy mathematics if it is not mainly focussed on accounting, and you might find the variation in the content may help hold your interest in and enthusiasm for the course.

I do not want to tell you which one you should choose, but I think a close comparison of the content of each course would help decide which one you prefer more and more comfortable in doing in terms of the type of work involved. Although, even if you start either course, and you think you've made the wrong choice, LSE will allow you to ask to change your course by filling out a form.

Hope that helps and please let us know if you have any more questions about deciding what to do.

Fraz, I think the important thing is to choose whichever course you feel is right for you. I wouldn't choose Economics just because there might be more chance of employers giving you interviews for better jobs (I'm sure this isn't always the case anyway).

If the A&F course keeps your options open and covers some economics anyway, perhaps this is the choice for you. Also, it sounds like the course won't bog you down with too much heavy mathematics if it is not mainly focussed on accounting, and you might find the variation in the content may help hold your interest in and enthusiasm for the course.

I do not want to tell you which one you should choose, but I think a close comparison of the content of each course would help decide which one you prefer more and more comfortable in doing in terms of the type of work involved. Although, even if you start either course, and you think you've made the wrong choice, LSE will allow you to ask to change your course by filling out a form.

Hope that helps and please let us know if you have any more questions about deciding what to do.

Well ive done a comparison of the units, and to be honest i dont know which one I would prefer. However, as you said badwolf the variation of topics may be interesting and hold my interest throughout.

For now then Im going to stick with A&F. My teachers also reccomended it to me over the economics course, so its probably the best choice.

Thankyou Badwolf I really appreciate your help