As a part of my undergraduate course we are required to write a thesis. We may choose the subjects ourselves. My question is; does it matter? Could you use your thesis to get admitted to a specific program (I mean, supposing your grades aren't terrible)? The thought struck me when I read about programs such as Finance and Private equity at LSE and Economics and international financial economics at Warwick. If you had written a thesis (approximately 10 000 words) about private equity or about financial economics, would you then have a better shot? Seeing as you had already demonstrated some interest for the area which you were going to study.
/John