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London School of Economics

London

Are my GCSE's good enough for Bsc Economics at LSE?

Hi guys,
I am aware that there are endless amounts of threads asking this very question but if you could reply with some honest advice, I will be extremely grateful. (PLEASE BE AS HARSH AND TRUTHFUL AS YOU WANT as it will be better for me to know the truth :smile:

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I got 3 A*'s and 8 A's and an E in French (lol huge contrast i know :biggrin:

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Im taking maths chemistry economics and bilogy for AS but dropping biology for A2.

Considering i get the a level requirment.... could someone tell me whther or not my GCSE's are good enough please?

Regards
Cookie Monster

Reply 1

sophiamarni

amazing i have lower youll be fine

London School of Economics

London

Reply 2

CookieMonster666

Original post by sophiamarni

amazing i have lower youll be fine

Are you in LSE or still in school?

Reply 3

icecreamcake

Original post by CookieMonster666

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I got 3 A*'s and 8 A's and an E in French (lol huge contrast i know :biggrin:

Truthfully, I think it's a bit low... I've heard that LSE is really picky about GCSEs but I'm not sure if this is just a myth or not.

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Reply 4

sophiamarni

the latter my love

Original post by CookieMonster666

Are you in LSE or still in school?

Reply 5

username638250

Original post by CookieMonster666

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I got 3 A*'s and 8 A's and an E in French (lol huge contrast i know :biggrin:

Original post by sophiamarni

amazing i have lower youll be fine

Actually they're low for LSE Econ.

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Reply 6

sophiamarni

Original post by yl95

Actually they're low for LSE Econ.

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3 girls in my school got in with lower

Reply 7

tanyapotter

what kind of gcses does LSE normally want for bsc economics? my friend is hoping to apply

Reply 8

superdarklord

I'm not too sure. I have heard that they place a lot of emphasis on GCSE grades, don't know how true that is. I got 9A* and a B so my grades shouldn't be an issue but for A2 I got predicted A*(econ)AA so I'm thinking that the fact I haven't been predicted A* in maths might be an issue there.

Reply 9

username638250

Original post by sophiamarni

3 girls in my school got in with lower

For Economics? And also is your school a low attaining one? or did they have amazing cocurriculars and AS UMS

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Reply 10

sophiamarni

Original post by yl95

For Economics? And also is your school a low attaining one? or did they have amazing cocurriculars and AS UMS

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its a low attaining one but the girls did amazingly well 5 at oxbridge :smile:

they had amazing ums but lacked in co curriculars my friend bull**** in hers XD
it was a first for the school

Reply 11

h3110

Original post by sophiamarni

its a low attaining one but the girls did amazingly well 5 at oxbridge :smile:

they had amazing ums but lacked in co curriculars my friend bull**** in hers XD
it was a first for the school

You are at a 'low attaining' school that sent 5 students to Oxbridge and 3 to LSE in a single year?

Reply 12

username638250

Original post by sophiamarni

its a low attaining one but the girls did amazingly well 5 at oxbridge :smile:

they had amazing ums but lacked in co curriculars my friend bull**** in hers XD
it was a first for the school

Then the OP still probably stands a low chance.

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Reply 13

username638250

Original post by h3110

You are at a 'low attaining' school that sent 5 students to Oxbridge and 3 to LSE in a single year?

Probably loads of people in a year group

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Reply 14

h3110

Original post by yl95

Probably loads of people in a year group

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Most secondary schools have between 501 and 1,000 pupils. The school I went to has about 1,500 pupils, and is the best state school in the city, yet it only sent 2 pupils to Oxbridge in 2015 and 1 in 2014.

I think the person above is underrating their school.