LSE Government and Economics advice needed
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LSE Government and Economics advice neededI want to apply for Government & Economics at LSE and PPE at Oxford and elsewhere, so I was wondering:
1) Are my grades decent enough for LSE, especially the politics and maths grade?
2) Will LSE mind that my personal statement contains a bit on philosophy as its not part of the course I'm applying for?
3) Is it worth remarking my politics paper, bearing in mind if I lose 6 UMS, the overall grade could go down to a B?
GCSE: 9A*s
AS Levels: 4As
Economics: 182/200 - A* Prediction
History: 174/200 - A* Prediction
Maths: 256/300 - A Prediction
Politics: 166/200 - A* Prediction - however this includes a B in one module 2 UMS off an A -
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Re: LSE Government and Economics advice needed1) Yes, they are, I think. The Economics element of the course is really quantitative though, so I would strongly urge you to do Maths to A2 level. I know LSE requested all my modular scores for my Maths A level (and none of the others), so that showed to me that they give particular weight to it.(Original post by Redshirt)
I want to apply for Government & Economics at LSE and PPE at Oxford and elsewhere, so I was wondering:
1) Are my grades decent enough for LSE, especially the politics and maths grade?
2) Will LSE mind that my personal statement contains a bit on philosophy as its not part of the course I'm applying for?
3) Is it worth remarking my politics paper, bearing in mind if I lose 6 UMS, the overall grade could go down to a B?
GCSE: 9A*s
AS Levels: 4As
Economics: 182/200 - A* Prediction
History: 174/200 - A* Prediction
Maths: 256/300 - A Prediction
Politics: 166/200 - A* Prediction - however this includes a B in one module 2 UMS off an A
2) The Government and Economics course does/can include quite a bit of "political theory" which is effectively political philosophy, so I cannot imagine it'll particularly disadvantage you by discussing it. Try to do it in terms of political philosophy though, perhaps, rather than anything more abstract.
3) I wouldn't bother...
