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LSE Applicants for 2012 entry

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What do you plan to firm and insurance?

Just noticed you had withdrawn LSE? Is it because you are sure you dont want to choose it as either your firm or insurance option?

I plan to firm Cambridge and insure Warwick, didn't want to wait since it wasn't going to be one of my choices (LSE)

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lyeos

Visited LSE yesterday. Got home and received a rejection through UCAS track lol. Ironic... I applied for law. Gutted, really liked the place.

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420719

Generally, how many people does LSE reject?

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420719

Original post by lyeos

Visited LSE yesterday. Got home and received a rejection through UCAS track lol. Ironic... I applied for law. Gutted, really liked the place.

That really sucks :frown:

hows ur other uni options?

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Mathematix

Does anyone know the ratio of offers to place for the Math with/and Econ courses?

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amk933

Original post by faithxfaye

Generally, how many people does LSE reject?

That's some easy math:
19,000 applications
1,200 places
2.5 offers per place, so 3,000 offers overall

19,000 - 3,000 = 16,000 rejections :redface:

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Koro

Original post by amk933

That's some easy math:
19,000 applications
1,200 places
2.5 offers per place, so 3,000 offers overall

19,000 - 3,000 = 16,000 rejections :redface:

Where do you base the 2.5 offers per place ratio?

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amk933

It is the official LSE-announced ratio. There is a .pdf called "Applying to LSE" made by the university and on one of the pages the document clearly says, "approximately 2.5 offers are made per each place". :smile:

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paul.walker9090

Original post by lyeos

Visited LSE yesterday. Got home and received a rejection through UCAS track lol. Ironic... I applied for law. Gutted, really liked the place.

I'm so sorry about the bad news. Where else have u applied. If u don't mind sharing, when did you send your ucas off, and what are your grades?

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Fofo

Got my rejection yesterday for government... was a long, long shot anyway

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paul.walker9090

Original post by amk933

More offers than places, why?

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paul.walker9090

Original post by Fofo

Got my rejection yesterday for government... was a long, long shot anyway

Sorry m8, what are your grades?

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nightmare91

Original post by paul.walker9090

More offers than places, why?

Because many of the applicants have also applied to Oxbridge and will probably just put LSE down as an insurance. Hence they give out more offers. :smile:

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paul.walker9090

Original post by nightmare91

Because many of the applicants have also applied to Oxbridge and will probably just put LSE down as an insurance. Hence they give out more offers. :smile:

That's really good! Which course have u applied to?

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sweetascandy

Ouch, it seems like yesterday was a big rejection day! Thank god they haven't rejected me (yet) on my birthday otherwise that would have been bad following an Oxford rejection :L And hearing that most people who have been rejected have more or less the same (/higher) GCSEs than me is not very reassuring either :no:

LSE, if you're going to reject me, please do it sooner rather than later? :redface:

Original post by lyeos

Visited LSE yesterday. Got home and received a rejection through UCAS track lol. Ironic... I applied for law. Gutted, really liked the place.

Awww I seriously feel for you :hugs:

Best of luck for all your other choices though! :redface:

But just outta interest, what was LSE like?

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paul.walker9090

Does lse offer/reject on weekends?

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Yeethoven

Original post by kenan and kel

2a* 6a 3b

a* (economics)
a (maths)
b (history)

you?

Just my "bonus" choice really, was expecting the rejection.

5 a* 5a, a*aa

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amk933

I have a question...

What happens if I have never taken GCSE's?
I go to an American international school and we follow the US curriculum up to 10th grade, so there are no external examinations whatsoever. From 11th grade on we follow the IB curriculum and essentially the only academic part of my application, which LSE has, are some predicted IB points.

How do LSE admissions folks compare me to you? Any ideas?

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Fofo

Original post by paul.walker9090

Sorry m8, what are your grades?

AS grades were AABBD, predictions were A*AAB

GCSE'S: 3A*s, 4A's, 2B's, 2C's

I know, shouldn't have applied in the first place, but at least I could say I gave it a shot . . .

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Brand New Eyes

Original post by Fofo

AS grades were AABBD, predictions were A*AAB

GCSE'S: 3A*s, 4A's, 2B's, 2C's

I know, shouldn't have applied in the first place, but at least I could say I gave it a shot . . .