Data science bsc at LSE? (experience, advice)

What’s it like studying data science bsc at LSE?
And,

- how’d you manage to get into these unis for the course? Any specific things people tend to overlook? Or things to prioritize/keep in mind for admissions (like PS, etc.)

- supercurriculars you’ve done? Projects, activities, books, etc.

- anything I should do to prep for these courses before entering uni?

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thegeek888

LSE recommends you do Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry at A-Level.

The competition is fierce with 27 applicants chasing each place?! :frown:

Familiarity with Python and R programming languages is advantageous.

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence might be mentioned as topics that 'excite' you about the Data Science course perhaps? :wink:

Cambridge University has a supercurriculars guide: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/super-curricular_suggestions.pdf

Algorithms:

T H Cormen, C E Leiserson, R L Rivest & C Stein, Introduction to Algorithms, MIT Press, 3rd edition, 2009.

Databases:

Essential Reading:

R. Elmasri and S. B. Navathe. Fundamentals of Database Systems, 7th Edition (Global Edition), Pearson, 2017.

P. Lake and P. Crowther. Concise Guide to Databases: a practical introduction. Springer, Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science, 2013.

G. Powell. Database Modeling Step-by-Step, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2020.

A. Beaulieu. Learning SQL: generate, manipulate, and retrieve data, 3rd. Edition. O'Reilly, 2020.

Additional Reading:

P. Zhang. Practical Guide to Oracle SQL, T-SQL and MySQL, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2018.

A. Meier and M. Kaufmann. SQL & NoSQL Databases: models, languages, consistency options and architectures for big data management. Springer Vieweg, 2019.

S. Bradshaw, E. Brazil, K. Chodorow. MongoDB: the definitive guide. 3rd Edition, O’Reilly, 2019.

I. Robinson and J. Webber and E. Eifrem. Graph Databases. 2nd Edition, O’Reilly, 2015.

C. J. Date, An Introduction to Database Systems, 8th Edition, Pearson, 2003.

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