I still remember the day when I read every single post of this thread to gather more info about LSE. Now Im a fresher studying BSc Economics here, I think it will be nice to give the info for those who wanna know about my life at LSE.
My background: I got a job at the LSE Career Service, started working as early as in the Fresher Week. I actively involved in Finance Soc and Investment Soc. I take Chinese (Beginner) as my choice for the optional module. I get the Spring Week offer from BoA Merrill Lynch and Goldman, now applying for some other summer internships. (Don't think that I have the 'LSE fever' for internships in the City, I applied to the divisions Im truly interested in with a throughout research beforehand)
For those who don't know: EC102 is Economics module, ST102 is Statistic, MA100 is Math n I choose LN104 which is Chinese Mandarin Beginner.
Monday:
1100 - 1200: EC102 Lecture - Best lecture of the week, often help you refresh what hv been covered last week. I never read textbooks (unless when doing problem set) so I try to listen as well as I can to compensate that.
Then rush to submit the ST102 exercise set before going to the next lecture.
1200 - 1400: LSE100 Lecture (Although attending this means I hv no lunch time, I rather do it than waking at 9am on Tuesday to attend the other LSE100 lecture).
1400 - 1600: Chinese class - I think I enjoy this class the most as it is very small (12 people) but studying a new language is frickin hard for me as my native language has nothing to do with Chinese.
Afterward: Walk back to the hall/ or chill on campus with friends/ or having society meetings/ or check FB in library.
Tuesday:
Supposed to wake up for the 900 - 1100 LSE100 lecture but Ive already attended it yesterday to enjoy some extra sleep.
1100 - 1200: EC102 Class: I got Iain Long as my class teacher and he is frickin awesome. I have never missed a single EC102 class as it is a huge waste for me.
1200 - 1300: EC102 Lecture: Great refresh after EC102 class. Again, try to listen to every single word, as everything Alwyn said counts.
1300 - 1400: Lunch time, I try to have lunch with different ppl every time so make new fds.
1400 - 1500: MA100 Calculus Lecture: The way our lecturer deliver the lecture isn't very helpful but the content of Math here is really difficult so my best bet is to attend lecture so I won't miss a thing (or won't feel guilty about it)
1500 - 1600: ST102 Lecture: Skip - Better use my time to read textbooks/do something else. But Im rather concerning about my ST102 now so I guess I will attend ST102 from next week onward.
1600 - 2130: Working for some career fairs of the LSE career Service.
Wednesday:This is a totally-free day for me, so I use it depending on my need. Often I come to school to attend some skills sessions/workshops of the career service which are very helpful. Or just spend the whole day for revising/shopping or meeting out with fds.
Thursday1100 - 1200: Ma100 revision lecture. This revision lecture proves that how hard u try revise it, u still fall so behind in MA100. So i try to attend it to fill in the gaps that i don't know.
1200 - 1300: St102: I hv been skipping it for the past few weeks, but I think I need to go from next week onward as Stat appears to be more and more impossible now.
1300 - 1500: 2 hour lunch - often the time to print out all the lecture notes and revision material in library.
1500 - 1700; Chinese class - Fun time studying with friends but the content is so difficult.
1700 - 2100: Working for the career fairs of the Lse career service again (on demand)
Friday - is the worst day of the week in term of timetable
900 - 1000: LSE100 class. Everyone is so tired and sleepy that they don't say a word, and I feel pity for my class teacher trying so hard to get the discussion going.
1000 - 1100: ST102 class: My class teacher is SUPER slow in term of explaining things, but I guess all stat class teachers are like that so i just bear with it and use some time in class to check/reply emails and finish other tasks.
1100 - 1200: MA100 Algebra lecture: Michelle is rather different from the other MA100 lecturer, the way she teaches is very engaging, but have to say she explaining very fast - like VERY VERY fast - so i try to note down everything she say and think about it later on.
1 hour lunch time.
1300 - 1400: MA100 class: Again, my MA100 class teacher is very slow (explaining things step - by - step) so I attend class but use my time doing something else.
1 hour free. often meet friends/have meeting/go library or finish other piece of work.
1500 - 1700: Chinese class: Last class of the week. Very enjoyable but again, studying chinese from zero is very difficult.
Afterward: Friday dinner with friends/ Go China Town with some group in the society/ or rush back to Holborn (my hall) to manage some deadlines that due on Friday.
My overall experience is: LSE has less of social life than other uni, but it gives you more opportunities. LSE students have the fastest access to information of all sources, but it depends on whether you are the type that can make use of that advantage.
I pay something like £14K for my international tuition fee - so i just wanna make the best out of the university really.
Advice for someone who is looking into the uni: Get involved into AS MUCH things as you can, and prepare to open yourself to a different and VERY diverse environment - LSE has no place for ppl who discriminate against other ppl. Everyone in the school is different and you will learn the most from them, even more than you learn from your teachers and lecturer.
If - AND ONLY IF - you HAVE CONFIRMED a place at the school , THEN contact me, I can show you around and help you with your first steps at the school. I will be a mentor for first year in September by the way