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Ren Phua, a top-ranking PPE graduate from Oxford in 2023, shares notes and exercises from his undergraduate studies aimed at assisting future students. The document includes detailed feedback on various economics and philosophy papers, highlighting their difficulty levels and personal experiences. Ren encourages feedback and offers to clarify any points in his notes.

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Notes Introduction v1

Ren Phua, a top-ranking PPE graduate from Oxford in 2023, shares notes and exercises from his undergraduate studies aimed at assisting future students. The document includes detailed feedback on various economics and philosophy papers, highlighting their difficulty levels and personal experiences. Ren encourages feedback and offers to clarify any points in his notes.

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Notes Introduction
I am Ren (PPE, 2023). These are notes and exercises that I have written and completed during the course of my undergraduate study. It is my
hope that these will be of use to future cohorts of Oxford undergraduates.

I graduated with First Class Honours, ranked top in the cohort, and achieved the following marks at the Second Public Examination.

Paper Mark Highest Mark in Cohort


Microeconomics 84 🥈 85
Quantitative Economics 77 87
Economics of Industry 74 🥈 75

Game Theory 91 🥇 91
Microeconomic Analysis 80 🥇 80
Ethics 73 82
Nicomachean Ethics 72 75
Philosophical Logic 83 🥇 83

Comments on Options
Paper Difficulty Comments
A common option and a necessary pre-requisite for Economics of Industry, Game Theory, and
Microeconomics 2/5 ✔ Microeconomic Analysis, which were enjoyable and manageable papers. Microeconomics is also a much
easier paper for students who have completed those three options.
Quantitative
3/5 ➖ A common option that is essential for further academic work, and with some application in industry.
Economics

Economics of A very enjoyable paper with some application in industry. The scope of examinable content is reasonable
2/5 ✔
Industry and well-defined, but marks are awarded in a very narrow band.
Game Theory 2/5 ✔ A very enjoyable paper.
Microeconomic
4/5 ❗ A relatively challenging paper. Requires mathematical competence.
Analysis

A necessary but still enjoyable paper for students reading Philosophy. To score well, it is necessary to be
Ethics 3/5 ➖
somewhat tactical in topic/question selection, and to have friends to discuss Ethics with.
Nicomachean A relatively challenging paper, but a less abstract, and more manageable (I suspect) alternative to
4/5 ❗
Ethics Knowledge and Reality. I suspect that these notes will greatly reduce the difficulty of this paper.
An extremely challenging paper. This paper, we suspect, is attempted only by students who scored
Philosophical
5/5 ❗ extremely well in first year Logic. The exam requires not only mastery of the content, but ingenuity to solve
Logic
unfamiliar problems. The exam is harshly set but generously marked.

Feedback
I have checked through these notes at least once since completing my studies, but some minor errors are likely to remain. Please submit any
feedback, questions, or suggestions at this form. Alternatively, you can write to me or send me a message on LinkedIn. I will be more than happy
to make any corrections or offer clarification.

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