LSE 2015 Applicant for Accounting and Finance

was into my last day of my 8week email too, yet received an email telling me to wait for another 4 weeks

UNCONDITIONAL OFFER. Was into my last day of my 8 week email. Relief is a severe understatement

I was pleasantly surprised with a congratulatory email from LSE yesterday, since I only applied on January 15th. That would mean I got my conditional offer (38 IB points with 6's in HL) after three weeks and one day.
Is anyone here going to the Offer Holders' Day in April? If so, hmu?
Best of luck to applicants still awaiting a response!

damn congrats man, i also applied around that time. i am still on my 2/8 week. what was your predicted grade? your predicted grade must be amazing. when did you receive your 8 week email?

Thank you! I'm predicted 44 points in total (my German is a bit..weak). I was notified of the 8 weeks thing on January 30th, actually - so that would mean exactly 1 week passed before I got my offer. Mmm but I don't think my grades are what made me 'stand out'. Good luck to you!

LOL you joking that your grades weren't the one that made you stand out? 44 is insanely good man! be proud of yourself. i am only 41 so i have less chance.
do you think you wrote a good personal statement? did you follow what lse wants for ps on their website?
damn after 1 week, that was fast lol. wish me luck too!

LOL you joking that your grades weren't the one that made you stand out? 44 is insanely good man! be proud of yourself. i am only 41 so i have less chance.
do you think you wrote a good personal statement? did you follow what lse wants for ps on their website?
damn after 1 week, that was fast lol. wish me luck too!

Ah, I am proud of my academic standing haha, and yes, I do think I wrote a good personal statement. How else would I be accepted into THE London School of Economics?


I had to go back to my personal statement to answer you properly. Bc of my predicted's, my counselor urged me to focus entirely on the research I have done (and where and for whom) and achievements/positions I have earned as a result of them, and that's exactly what I did. You get a sense of 'woah she's done a lot' when you read it, I think.

I laughed at your 'only a 41' comment. That's nothing to sneeze at, okay? Stay hopeful!

Just to point out, sometimes you don't need to follow what the LSE website says. I wrote about my experiences outside of my academic life and what I was doing in my National Service and how giving back to the community is the true purpose of my journey, linking it to finance and apparently they liked it. Key is to be unique. Whatever you think will be extraordinary or something the academic selector doesn't usually come across (in a good way) is the best personal statement in my opinion.

Thank you for your reply!. Argh some says you need to include extra readings related to the course some says this. blah

So there is no definite answer on how to write a good personal statement?. My ps is about what I have done to equip sufficient ability, attribute to successfully study the course. I wished my counselor helped me with the ps. It was very independent for me.

yes i will stay hopefullll thanksssssssss

you could have done that cuz you had really good final grade man. so jealous. but anyway now i see that you need to link back to the course on whatever you have wrote. so there is not use of writing wonderfull thing if you dont link it back to the course right?

Haha there is no 'one best way' to write a personal statement; it's kinda a personal thing, ya know. It sounds like you have a good, focused statement, though, and don't worry about the counselor thing. My school assigns a counselor to everyone and mine didn't actually have much of a say in anything I did (partially because she has several other students and partially because I preferred it that way). Let me know when you hear a decision wishing you well!

Somehow I feel like one needs to demonstrate an interest in and commitment to a course on top of showing your competence in the personal statement. Writing something unrelated to the course you apply for definitely won't be of any help, that's for sure. But giving the admissions officer a nuance of your personality/character can't be harmful, I think.

Yep... got mine 4 days ago!

I just need to choose between warwick and lse now