DD has higher than expected predicted grades- any ideas for a ‘stretch’ option for economics?

[LysistrataSusanCarter]

DD had a list of three universities she liked in her expected grade range and two insurance options. Her favourite is York, which asks for AAB.

Predicted grades have come back today and hers are A, A, A for economics, classics and maths. I think that York would still be her first choice, but she is being encouraged to at least consider a couple of more ambitious options too and she is now also a little worried she is undershooting. Her interests are more in health and development economics than in finance.

However, we are a bit stuck about other options. She doesn’t want to be in London, wants a campus university and no more than a couple of hours from london on the train. She is autistic and dyslexic, and would need good support around neurodiversity. There are several (e.g Warwick, Cambridge) where an offer is highly unlikely. The only other options we can think of are Bath and Exeter (not sure she has high enough GCSE grades for Bath- they were 6-8’s.) it’s not the end of the world if she overshoots and doesn’t get an offer somewhere as she loves both York and Sussex.

Before we go back to the drawing board, I wonder if there are any other suggestions?

That's the reputation but I went there back in the day and it's not really at all, there is a real mix of people and choice of colleges. Defo worth a look (my son looked for economics last year and liked it, just found it a bit small for him)

I think the collegiate system at Durham can be very supportive for students with additional needs so could be worth a look if it's not too far for your DD to manage.
We are locals & my DC has just finished his first year. He has a lot of new friends from state, private, boarding & international schools. I've met some of them a few times and they seem to a nice bunch. However he's quite resilient & sociable, not fazed by daft kids asking him which school he went to, or ashamed to tell them he went to the 6th form college in Durham.

Leeds is AAA. It’s not technically a campus university but it’s single site with several student halls on that site, so if she feels more comfortable living close to the department she can.

Economics is part of the Faculty of Business(it is in a fair few places) so there’s room to pick other options if she changes her mind and student support is good.

But frankly if she likes York go to York. Good luck

My older brother did a BSc. in economics at York, then an Msc in macro ecomomics at York, and then he joined the civil service as an economist through the fast stream scheme for graduates. He started his working life at the Dept for Health in Leeds.

He loved York uni and thinks his economics studies there set him on a good path for his career.

York is internationally famous for health economics!