Stick at LSE or clearing

I currently have an offer for Politics and Economics at LSE which I will hopefully meet. However in the last few months I have become more and more fixed on a career as an actuary, which requires any degree with a high amount of quantitative content (which I’m not sure mine has).
I’m thinking of going for a STEM course at my local uni QUB (if there are any) such as engineering, which will also provide me with some options, or actuarial science.

Is it worth trading LSE for QUB for a STEM course or does my current degree offer good job opportunities outside London?

What makes you think that the "any degree with a high amount of quantitative content" requirement would not be met by Politics and Economics at LSE? I note that it contains both "Quantitative Methods (Mathematics)" and "Quantitative Methods (Statistics)" modules, for example.

If you did opt to change tack and go for an engineering or actuarial science degree instead, is there a particular reason you'd specifically opt to do to at your local university? Did you originally apply for any of their Economics courses? Or is there some other reason you're thinking of staying local?

If you know you want to be an actuary then I would say it’s worth contacting some universities about clearing vacancies on actuary courses (I would say go for actuary accredited courses that will give you professional exemptions).

It doesn’t sound like your degree at LSE will get you where you want to go.

You can always contact LSE and explain the situation and ask if they’ll agree to let you switch. The answer is likely to be no but it’s worth asking (after you have offers from elsewhere that you would like to accept in cleaing) before you use decline my place to put yourself formally into clearing

If you know you want to be an actuary then I would say it’s worth contacting some universities about clearing vacancies on actuary courses (I would say go for actuary accredited courses that will give you professional exemptions).

It doesn’t sound like your degree at LSE will get you where you want to go.

You can always contact LSE and explain the situation and ask if they’ll agree to let you switch. The answer is likely to be no but it’s worth asking (after you have offers from elsewhere that you would like to accept in cleaing) before you use decline my place to put yourself formally into clearing

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What if you go to LSE and then afterwards pursue a masters in something more quantitative? Would that work, or

Could do. I know for sure I could pursue a Masters in pure Econ, as for Actuarial Science, while it's not impossible I wouldn't say it's likely (the A* at A level Maths could help me in regards to applying to this masters at a uni like QUB)
With no guarantee that I'd get into a AS masters, and no guarantee an economics MSc could lead to an actuarial career, there wouldn't be any certainty in going down that route. But with the alternatives that degree provides (like becoming an economist) I suppose the gamble isn't that bad of an option. The only thing putting me off in that case would be the higher tuition fees, although many people have told me that shouldn't be a factor in deciding whether to go to GB or not.