Can't Decide between my Foundation Year Choices

It's not a gimme that because you have secured a foundation place at a uni you will automatically be allowed to continue onto their degree programme. Most unis set a high threshold to make the transfer - e.g. getting 60% on every module in your foundation year and not failing any of the foundation year modules.

Use the 'freedom of information' route to ask UCL and LSE how many students they took from the foundation route onto their econ degree programmes - I have doubts that it was many (if any). These are elite universities asking for the majority of GCSEs at 7 or above and A*AA at A level. Indeed A*AA is just an indicator, in a lot of cases the offer is higher - please the quote from the LSE website:

"Competition for places at the School is high. This means that even if you are predicted or if you achieve the grades that meet our usual standard offer, this will not guarantee you an offer of admission. Usual standard offers are intended only as a guide, and in some cases applicants will be asked for grades which differ from this."

My point is that if you have BBB at A level and are entering a foundation year, you may need to be realistic about your chances of getting a place at UCL or LSE.

The same can be said for the investment banks. They have students from the best unis in the UK applying and the first filter is your A-level grades. Sorry to burst your bubble

yep I understand! for UCL they just said "yes we accept this FND programme" and I need to get a minimum of 70% per module. LSE hit me with "we accept any foundation programme by a UK institution and I'll need to sit for a entrance exam". They said they cant give exact numbers since they don't know, which is why I'm here hahah. and yea, investment banking is impossible for me to get into unfortunately, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Thanks for your input!