Ceteris Admissions · Year 12 Early Starter

Start Year 12 with a plan for a competitive economics application

Four things that strengthen an Oxbridge, LSE or UCL economics application and can’t be crammed in Year 13: wide reading, the maths behind the TMUA, thinking aloud under pressure, and a piece of work of their own.

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By the time applications open in Year 13, the strongest economics applicants have already done a year of reading they can talk about, made the maths behind the TMUA automatic, and practised working through problems they haven’t seen before. The Year 12 Early Starter gives your son or daughter that year, in about two hours a week.

What’s included

A guided reading path. Eight stages and 38 Ceteris Learn modules, from game theory and market failure to Keynes, Friedman, the 2008 crisis and the arguments still running today. Each module ends with a reflection prompt, building a reading log they can draw on for the personal statement and at interview.
TMUA foundations. 57 original questions with worked solutions, from GCSE-level number and probability up to first A-level calculus, paced to what is taught at school during Year 12.
Interview foundations. The method interviewers reward (thinking aloud, taking hints, catching mistakes, turning a situation into a simple model) and 40 practice questions with model reasoning.
The Essay Competition Pack 2027, for the John Locke, RES Young Economist and Marshall Society competitions.
A term-by-term plan that tells them what to do and when.

Season two

The Early Starter is the first of two seasons. From July 2027 we will offer you the Year 13 Applicant Pass (£199) or Applicant Pass with AI Interviewer (£299), with all progress carried over. Nothing renews or charges automatically.

Year 12 Early Starter

£99

Access until 30 September 2027

One payment. Nothing renews.

Includes the £79 Essay Competition Pack.

One-off payment, charged when you order. Nothing renews. Payment is taken by Stripe. Sold by Luke Masom trading as Ceteris, hello@ceteris.app. Terms · Privacy. If the student is under 18, a parent or guardian should make the purchase.

Who is behind Ceteris Admissions

Luke Masom is a Cambridge economist and admissions coach who has spent six years helping students apply for economics degrees. He went through the Cambridge Economics interview himself.

Luke runs Ceteris and EconCoaching.

Questions

Is Year 12 too early?

For Oxford and Cambridge, applications close in mid-October of Year 13, and the TMUA can be sat that October. That leaves the summer after Year 12 as the last long stretch to prepare. Students who start in Year 12 arrive at Year 13 with the reading, the maths and the practice already done.

How much time does it take?

About two hours a week, in blocks that fit around school.

Which universities is it for?

Any competitive economics course, with particular attention to Cambridge, Oxford (Economics and Management, PPE, History and Economics), LSE and UCL, where admissions tests, interviews or both are part of the process.

Does it include TMUA mocks?

Not yet. Timed mocks come in season two, once the full A-level maths syllabus has been covered. Year 12 builds the foundations they rely on.

Who buys it?

Parents and guardians buy it for students in Year 12; the student uses it on their own account. Buyers must be 18 or over.