LSE Management

I have an offer to study Management at the LSE next year and am really looking forward to it.

However, I have certain worries about the course...

Are its employment prospects going to be that of other degrees such as economics?

How well is the Management BSc at LSE perceived by employers and other people? Some people I have spoke to seem to think that it doesn't sound as academic as other courses and so I worry that it wouldn't look as good.

I have an offer to study Management at the LSE next year and am really looking forward to it.

However, I have certain worries about the course...

Are its employment prospects going to be that of other degrees such as economics?

How well is the Management BSc at LSE perceived by employers and other people? Some people I have spoke to seem to think that it doesn't sound as academic as other courses and so I worry that it wouldn't look as good.

You will get conflicting opinions, the negative ones from those who claim to know a lot but actually not as much as they think they do and certainly not enough to make them wiser than those who do provide such courses or those who actually employ them.

Seriously, employment prospects are more than just your degree course or even the university you graduate from. There are many with successful careers with non-Economics degrees and from various universities. There is no doubt that a degree from LSE helps in getting a look-in with most employers, and an LSE Economics degree will be very respected. In reality, any degree from LSE is well recognised by employers who understand that the competitiveness of LSE is an indication of graduates in general.

How much do the employers care about how academic or relevant your degree is? Not as much as most think. LSE Management is both qualitative and quantitative and rather than think how non-quantitative it is compared to Economics, one could also realise how qualitative, and relevant to the real world, it is compared to very quantitative courses. All quants and no communication skills end up in backroom. You need both in the real world and most students underestimate the importance of qualitative skills.

I would have thought the relevant question for you would be - how is LSE Management compared with your other offers? It has probably better prospects than an Economics degree in most universities.

All in all, seem like its a good degree to study at LSE then haha.

I was just a bit worried, probably because I am going to uni in a few months.

Thanks for the reply

I am planning to apply to the same course next year. So out of curiosity, what were your gcse grades and a-level grades?

GCSE: 6A* 4A 1B (PE)
AS: AAAA
A2 predictions: A*A*A*A

in maths, further maths, history and econ.

I think with LSE, personal statement is very important as well.