how hard is it to get into LSE???
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Its down to excellent grades , PS , references but the main thing you need is LUCK ! Some people who had lesser grades got in whereas some with brilliant grades lost out , so obviously luck plays a huge role esp if you re a home student . But as a international , its a bit different ..
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???You didn't?(Original post by bramz19)
This is completely and utterly fallacious, I didn't have to kill any applicants...
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Nah still hard(Original post by yahyahyahs)
Piss easy provided they met the entry requirements then? -
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???You're negging the post then posting tongue and cheek? How ever will I know if you approve or disprove!!!(Original post by bramz19)
This is completely and utterly fallacious, I didn't have to kill any applicants...
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???You go LSE? What do you study?(Original post by bramz19)
This is completely and utterly fallacious, I didn't have to kill any applicants...
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Yeah my friend said that a couple people from his school got into Cambridge but none got into LSE. He says it's because the school sent a terrorist to LSE so now they are blacklisted.(Original post by Lumos)
more competitive than oxbridge, you could argue. I know plenty of people thap applied to both and got into oxford/cambridge but not LSE. -
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Nope. But notice how I said nothing about not giving head...(Original post by loki276)
You didn't?
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You're negging the post then posting tongue and cheek? How ever will I know if you approve or disprove!!!
Delightful, ain't it? Behold my ambiguous mastery.
Law, don't watch that.(Original post by JCC-MGS)
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Rah, wasn't expecting that at all. I was thinking about LSE but a) thought I wouldn't get in and b) thought it would be **** anyway. What's the social aspect like? Loads of public school kids and Oriental aristocrats?(Original post by bramz19)
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???So do I, I know one girl with an amazing 8A* 2A at GCSE and AAAAA at AS-Level and A* Mathematics but the intense competition for Economics is such that even academic excellence does not assure a place. Although another friend attended a not so well peforming comprehensive school, but compared with the schools average GCSE grades, he had achieved a remarkable set of GCSE grades. Joint courses tend to be less competitive, even so, there is considerable numbers of applying. Competition is intense, however you could be suprised as LSE seem to give offers to those that you would'nt expect to recieve. However it is clear just 25% of places are allocated to Home UK students, with over 50% being International...applying to LSE is the only way to find out if you'll recieve an offer or not!(Original post by Lumos)
more competitive than oxbridge, you could argue. I know plenty of people thap applied to both and got into oxford/cambridge but not LSE.
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Bloody hell!(Original post by intellectual1)
So do I, I know one girl with an amazing 8A* 2A at GCSE and AAAAA at AS-Level and A* Mathematics but the intense competition for Economics is such that even academic excellence does not assure a place.
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Probably cos she gave so much head.(Original post by intellectual1)
However she did recieve offers from Cambridge, Durham and Warwick though. LSE has the lowest number of places for "Home" students of any English university. -
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Not really. Admissions for international students are considered seperate from admission for home students. Only a set number of home students allowed by the government on each course/university to keep costs down and to keep a certain level of quality. If a course is only allowed 500 home students then that's all they can accept or else face a large fine for each extra student admitted. But as international students pay for the full cost of their degree they don't fit into this quota, thus you (home students) will never lose your allocated place to an international student.(Original post by intellectual1)
However it is clear just 25% of places are allocated to Home UK students, with over 50% being International...Last edited by Stricof; 23-09-2011 at 21:37. -
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???How do you always know everything?(Original post by Boobies.)
I think in 2010, 6.9% of all UCAS applicants to LSE got a confirmed place there, the lowest rate in the country.Last edited by electric-wars; 23-09-2011 at 21:41. -
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???But u gave the head right ? :P(Original post by bramz19)
This is completely and utterly fallacious, I didn't have to kill any applicants...
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Based on observations I saw a high number of Oriental students than any other. One would think just 1 in 4 were British of any kind, it was based upon that view, as well as speaking to a few of them.(Original post by Stricof)
Not really. Admissions for international students are considered seperate from admission for home students. Only a set number of home students allowed by the government on each course/university to keep costs down and to keep a certain level of quality. If a course is only allowed 500 home students then that's all they can accept or else face a large fine for each extra student admitted. But as international students pay for the full cost of their degree they don't fit into this quota, thus you will never lose your place to an international student. -
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Regardless of what other nationalities you see at LSE, more international student allocation(Original post by intellectual1)
Based on observations I saw a high number of Oriental students than any other. One would think just 1 in 4 were British of any kind, it was based upon that view, as well as speaking to a few of them.
less home student allocation.
In anycase, if this issue concerns you so much, you'll be happy to know that Govt is considering allowing universities to allocate spaces for home students at international student rates (i.e. entirely non subsidised by the state by loans or grants). Quotas are kept because of discrepancies in budgets. If this upsets you then I feel you'll be happy to pay the £15- 32k or unlimited fees (depending on the course) per annum.Last edited by Stricof; 23-09-2011 at 21:43. -
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Re: how hard is it to get into LSE???Good observation(Original post by intellectual1)
..applying to LSE is the only way to find out if you'll recieve an offer or not!
I'm clever as fook, ha. 
