LSE postgraduate offer holders 2011/2012

TO GOEWYN

unfortunately, there is not a single scholarship or award on earth that I am eligible for Overseas students in UK are unlucky

I am from Turkey. Chevening is only for MA/MSc (at least in Turkey) and Economic History is not really a popular subject I guess. Nobody wants to finance it.

Hi Kelsey,

If you don't mind me asking, how come did your letter become unconditional? Did you meet your conditions already? Sorry i'm just freaking out as i have a conditional offer on the basis i graduate with a certain gpa.. and was hoping that could just randomly and miraculously turn into an unconditional offer and I dont have to worry about gpas!

Hi
Got a conditional offer for MSc Public Management and Governance in LSE. Has funding of only 15000 GBP. Has a short fall of 20,000 including living costs. Will I be able to get some funding from the school? Any advice?

I don't know what you foreign rich kids are looking for but you can get the job done for less than £15k certainly.

*Bites*

Considering that the poster didn't have the full amount required, I would have gone with possibly misinformed rather than definitely "a foreign rich kid".

Whilst there are a number that fit your description, other international students just want this so much that they are scraping the barrel in order to be able to go, and are prepared to live on much less than 15,000. Gauging costs in London can be difficult from abroad however.

yeah I agree. I didn't think that through.

I think the offer letter usually gives an estimate if I'm remembering right. LSE state it's something like £10k.

The biggest problem is accommodation. You have some halls charging near £200 a week. For people who have lived in London before, they know the score and they'll just share a flat zone 2/3 so it's nowhere near as bad.

Btw, I can't believe the fees are 20k for this course. I'd definitely go elsewhere.

If I don't get allocated one of the LSE halls that is less than about 140/week then I will have to look into sharing a flat further out. Which wouldn't be a problem except that finding a good situation takes time so I'd have to get to London sooner which means more money. Never lived in uni halls either so I think it might an interesting experience

And yeah, LSE suggests 10,000 which most people seem to think is a generous estimate and if you're used to living like a student you could do it on less; which is why I was surprised at the 15 grand for living costs quote above.

I can assure you there was nothing 'interesting' about living in the LSE undergrad halls! Maybe the postgrad ones are better though. If your offered halls is too expensive, you might want to try south of the river (a popular area for LSE students is around Elephant & Castle); but if you're not sharing it will probably be just as expensive (if not more).

Good luck with the search. If all else fails, library's 24/7 these days I believe -- your cost of accommodation will be a sleeping bag.

Hey I got accepted as postgrad at LSE.

I am currently trying to decide accomodation and have it narrowed down to 5 choices:

Northumberland, High Holburn, Lillian Knowledges, Roseberry, Passfield.

I am not that into living in dorms, and would like to be able to cook my meals, but at the same time I think 31 weeks at Rosebery and for half the price of everything else could work as well.

Can anyone let me know about what life is like for a postgrad at Rosebery? Also what would you recommedn for accomodations. I would like to go ot farmers markets and cook my own food, but still want a cool area that is a little different and is postgraduate not undergrad

Butler's Wharf and Sydney Webb seem kind of far from campus, and I am not sure about the areas.

Can anyone tell me what the areas around there are like? What type of crowd, close by bars, restaurants, etc?

Also what are the neighborhood around Islington like? Just after doing some searching, it kinda looks like Shoreditch/Hoxton might be kinda interesting and Islington is by there.

How are living in Sydney Webb and Butler's Wharf?