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LSE or Warwick?

flugestuge

LSE is great for law.
Ranked just after Cambridge and Oxford for law.

that's what i said. didn't i? i said i regret very much that i didn't apply to lse, even though i have an offer from warwick.

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flugestuge

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jy9626

that's why i said. didn't i? i said i regret very much that i didn't apply to lse, even though i have an offer from warwick.

Warwick is all right for law.
Shame that you missed out on the good universities though.

Reply 22

Mask Of Sanity

14

I'd go with LSE personally.
Better reputation, career potential, and it'll be enjoyable.
Surely, you can move out of London after your degree. A couple of years really isn't that long.

Reply 23

ILIGAN

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For undergrad, Warwick is better. It also has a much better environment.

For postgrad, however, LSE is better.

Reply 24

jaz_jaz

Hellooo! LSE without a doubt.

Reply 25

Cj-Tj

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flugestuge

Dont ruin your life and future career just because you might enjoy the next 3 years at Warwick more.

Choose LSE.

Warwick has the highest employability % of any UK uni. So the chances of the OPs "life and future career" being runied is pretty slim. :rolleyes:

OP; LSE is slightly better, Warwick isnt for everybody, but the campus is nice, the course will be good, and your future sucess wont be comprimised by going there as opposed to LSE. Lets face it, with 2 candidates, one from LSE and 1 from Warwick, they are both going to get interviews and it will be the one who shines more as a person rather than which uni they went to.

^ excellent post!

I'm in a similar position, having offers from both. I'll likely put Warwick as my firm since I know a lot about the course there, the campus looks amazing and I'm sure the balance between academics and socialising is right for me. LSE seems somewhat unsociable, uncohesive and a bit hostile. Everything I've heard about it seems to suggest that students are having to go to other UoL colleges to find people to socialise with and that living there is far from what they expected or want. I have no doubt that it is a fantastic course, but is it really worth 3 years of this for only marginally higher prestiege? That's a call you'll have to make yourself and noone should try and second guess your answer since it really is personal preference in line with your aspirations and beliefs.

flugestuge

Dont ruin your life and future career just because you might enjoy the next 3 years at Warwick more.

Choose LSE.

Don't be so stupid, Warwick is actively targeted by a whole bunch of top level employers and is regarded as one of the best universities in the country across the vast majority of the subjects it teaches. The OP, or anyone else, aren't going to be 'ruining' their lives by choosing Warwick.

Tallulah G

I made the mistake of choosing LSE over another university because of its reputation, despite knowing I'd probably have a better time at the other uni.
I ended up having a miserable time at uni and have dropped out and am now reapplying. A degree from Warwick will be incredibly desirable to employers - it's an incredibly well respected uni too, just not quite as internationally as LSE is.
So what if you have to work a tiny bit harder after graduating to get a job (although I'll repeat, a degree from Warwick will be very sought after by employers, it's not going to make a difference to your job prospects)? Seriously, pick the uni you think you'll enjoy most, uni is as much about the 3 years you spend there as the degree you get at the end of it all.

The OP should take note of this. An account right from someone who actually knows. The only part I disagree with is your analysis of graduate prospects. As long as the university is targeted, as Warwick is, it's largely the applicability of the candidates to the post offered and their level of degree that will determine whether they get a job, not where they went.

Reply 28

gi.

LSE.

even though i got rejected by them, and been offered a place from warwick. you ARE reading politics afterall.. and as the school name suggests: its..

london school of economics and POLITICAL SCIENCE.

Reply 29

meowmix123

gi.

LSE.

even though i got rejected by them, and been offered a place from warwick. you ARE reading politics afterall.. and as the school name suggests: its..

london school of economics and POLITICAL SCIENCE.

I'd hardly say the name is a compelling factor from which the OP should make a decision.

Reply 30

EierVonSatan

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gi.

LSE.

even though i got rejected by them, and been offered a place from warwick. you ARE reading politics afterall.. and as the school name suggests: its..

london school of economics and POLITICAL SCIENCE.

The actual name isn't important - the University of Warwick for example is not even in Warwick

Reply 31

gi.

EierVonSatan

The actual name isn't important - the University of Warwick for example is not even in Warwick

ahh.. i concede then..

statement withdrawn. :p:

Reply 32

nimz

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IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION. LSE all the way!!!!!! :biggrin:

1) Much better university
2) Really nice people
3) Employers Love LSE
4) In London, I’m a student my self and everyone I know from outside London says London is amazing (people take it for granted. All the unis have linked party events. :headbang:

Seriously work hardd!!! Get the grades and the rest is history. hope u do well

If u have any question message me

FiatDriver

Hi,

I have applied to read Politics and have offers from both LSE and Warwick.

This is a huge decision. I think I would have a better time at Warwick, but also I think I'd probably have a good time at LSE and it has the added bonus of the prestige and being number one for the course.

Also, I currently live in London, so I would prefer to go out of London, but that's not a huge deal.

Any ideas?

Also, please can you say why :o:

Thanks in advance

Reply 33

FiatDriver

OP

Thanks for the replies everyone :smile:

Tallulah G

I made the mistake of choosing LSE over another university because of its reputation, despite knowing I'd probably have a better time at the other uni.
I ended up having a miserable time at uni and have dropped out and am now reapplying. A degree from Warwick will be incredibly desirable to employers - it's an incredibly well respected uni too, just not quite as internationally as LSE is.

Oh. How come you were miserable at LSE? Was it the course or the social life or the general atmosphere?

KP123

Warwick! Both are amazing Unis to get any degree from. LSE is just like dead apparently. Warwick would be a nice change of scene in term and then you have London to come back to in holidays! LSE is apparently only 30% home students if that would bother you. And its not like youre turning it down LSE for something like Hertfordshire (No offence anyone 8-) ) but like youre degree will be extremely valued from either university. So I'm basing this mostly on social life as quality of education is equal. Also you might want to see LSE. Its not the most inviting university in any fashion, whereas Warwick is quality seeing as it's campus etc. You should ask people there really I think they'd reaffirm this. I'm a Londoner though so I suppose that is why I'd choose the uni outside of London seeing as I'd prefer to move away.

Yes, that's what I'm worried about. I've heard that at LSE there is little social life. And also I figured I spend all the holidays in London anyway so a change would be nice! Aargh :frown:

meowmix123

I'm in a similar position, having offers from both. I'll likely put Warwick as my firm since I know a lot about the course there, the campus looks amazing and I'm sure the balance between academics and socialising is right for me. LSE seems somewhat unsociable, uncohesive and a bit hostile. Everything I've heard about it seems to suggest that students are having to go to other UoL colleges to find people to socialise with and that living there is far from what they expected or want. I have no doubt that it is a fantastic course, but is it really worth 3 years of this for only marginally higher prestiege? That's a call you'll have to make yourself and noone should try and second guess your answer since it really is personal preference in line with your aspirations and beliefs.

Oh OK. I've also noticed that LSE seems a little unsociable and hostile, I don't really get a great impression from it. But then again, academically it's amazing. This is so confusing.

nimz

IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION. LSE all the way!!!!!! :biggrin:

1) Much better university
2) Really nice people
3) Employers Love LSE
4) In London, I’m a student my self and everyone I know from outside London says London is amazing (people take it for granted. All the unis have linked party events. :headbang:

Seriously work hardd!!! Get the grades and the rest is history. hope u do well

If u have any question message me

Are you at LSE? Do the London universities generally do social events together then?

Thanks again.

Reply 34

JoeJBB

13

At the risk of stating the oobvious:

FiatDriver

I think I would have a better time at Warwick

Does that not answer your question? Plus you've said you'd rather be out of London :smile:

J

Reply 35

meowmix123

FiatDriver

Thanks for the replies everyone :smile:

Oh OK. I've also noticed that LSE seems a little unsociable and hostile, I don't really get a great impression from it. But then again, academically it's amazing. This is so confusing.

Warwick is academically amazing as well. People here are too ready to dismiss the significant success of non Oxbridge/London universities. Warwick really is very good indeed, their politics department is no exception.

Reply 36

Tallulah G

FiatDriver

Oh. How come you were miserable at LSE? Was it the course or the social life or the general atmosphere?

Mostly the social life - everyone was more focused on getting firsts and applying for internships than anything else. No one talks to each other in classes (obv you don't talk when you're actually being taught, but even when you're arriving or leaving people ignore each other), I got to the end of the year not even knowing the names of 90% of my classmates.
Believe me, this wasn't for lack of trying to meet and get to know people! When non-LSE friends came with me to campus they described it as "one of the most hostile places I've ever been" (that's an actual quote), it's just a very unfriendly place.

There were also issues with the course, but I think that was more to do with me making the wrong decision than LSE. Although I will say that the teaching is poor - you're taught entirely by postgrads (which I suppose isn't that unusual) and they really couldn't care less about how well you do!!
The tutorial system is a bit rubbish too - I saw my tutor twice over the year, every other time I turned up he wasn't there (they only have one "office hour" a week when you can see them, if you can't make that hour, tough luck), and he ignored 90% of the emails I sent him.

Having said all that, I know of people who have been to LSE and had an amazing time, made lots of great friends and thrived on their course. Maybe I was unlucky in the people I was put in classes with? Maybe I was assigned the only rubbish tutor?

But just make sure you go to the uni you think you will enjoy most - don't be blinded by reputation, it's not everything! And even if it was, Warwick has an amazing reputation itself!

As an aside, my sister went to Warwick, for a completely different subject so not necessarily comparable really, but she had the best three years of her life there!

Reply 37

Kitty Pimms

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meowmix123

Warwick is academically amazing as well. People here are too ready to dismiss the significant success of non Oxbridge/London universities. Warwick really is very good indeed, their politics department is no exception.

Agreed, it's a very good department. Not quite as good as LSE, but not far off (and more importantly, not far off enough to have much of an impact for an undergrad).

OP, you need to check out the respective courses, for one thing. That I can remember the layout and workload are extremely similar (four modules a year, increasing number of options, blah blah) but find out what sort of fields the options are in - just because a university has a massive range of academic staff, doesn't mean they'll teach a massive range of undergraduate modules.

Also, how important are library facilities to you? LSE has a fantastic library, and Warwick's isn't brilliant. If you've got the money to buy the odd book then this won't be a problem (Amazon saved me all the time as an undergraduate), but if university is going to be a financial stretch anyway then it might be something to consider.

There is, as you know, lots to do in London. Are your schoolfriends moving away? That might be something to bear in mind, because it's very weird being stuck in London if your friends are all away during the term.

Something to consider is, what are you likely to regret more? Going to Warwick and regretting turning the opportunity down, or going to LSE and regretting turning the social life and environment down? Consider for a second the possibility that you were at either and unhappy. Which would regret would niggle at you more?

Ultimately, it's probably a good idea for you to go and visit both. If you're really stuck, PM me and I can put you in contact with a friend of mine who recently graduated from LSE in IR; I also know some people who went to Warwick if that would help.

Good luck making the decision :wink:

Reply 38

.ACS.

19

If it were me, I would choose LSE based on the London factor (for you it'd be different; I've lived in the middle of nowhere, but have barely ever been to London or even a big city), the fact that LSE is the London School of Economics and Political Science, and so will be better for Politics, the reputation and prestige of LSE > Warwick, you're in London, the heart of politics in Britain, close to Europe and Brussels (for the EU), and the options available.

If you really don't want to go to the LSE due to it being in London and you want to get out of London, then go for Warwick. They're both great and will offer you a lot in terms of graduate prospects, but I just think LSE has the edge in every way here.

Reply 39

JoeJBB

13

All of you saying LSE is a much better department etc. - I agree it's a better department, but surely it won't have any effect on the OPs job prospects after an undergrad degree? Because Warwick is also a very top university.

The OP has also said they want to get out of London, and that they'd have more fun at Warwick - so surely Warwick is the obvious choice. Why do you keep reccommending LSE, which seems to go against everything the OP wants apart from 'reputation' - and, although probably higher, LSE's reputation isn't massively highe than Warwick's, and there certainly isn't enough difference for it to have any effect on job prospects, teaching quality etc.

J

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