LSE 2017 Applicants

I would say in terms of grade you are fine. Depends on the UMS/Perecentages though... (On French and Geography the % and on Maths the UMS of each module)
I am not sure, but I think some Universities prefer you to do the AS even if it doesnt count towards A-Levels. LSE might be one of them, but I do not know. Because to be honest predictions are not always correct and its hard for them to know if for example your Economics is actually A* level or not. It would have been better if you did AS Economics exam.
Also, it would have been slightly better if you did Further maths instead of the French, but this is not that big of a deal since you will be doing the AS further maths at least.

Overall I think you have good grades so you just have to wait and see if you will get an offer or not, since sometimes very strong applicants get rejected too. The wait for LSE to respond will be very long for many applicants so it will be tough... (Few will hear back early, but many hear back near the end)
No one is guaranteed an offer for the top courses in top universities. Good luck.

Okay thanks. I'm not sure if you're aware of the Linear A level system but there is no way I could've done an AS in economics; my school didn't offer it therefore I cannot be discriminated against for not having it surely.

It seems like overall you don't rate my chances too highly?


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Yeah, I dont know that much about the new system. I thought colleges "can" take the AS but it just wont count towards your A-Levels. In my college the students did their AS even though it doesnt count towards their final grade. (For Economics)

No, I never said your chances are low.
I said you have a good chance, but also depends on the % of your Geography and French (and also how LSE judges the students who didnt take the AS, but I do not know that much on this topic, hence I put it in a bracket). Your maths UMS are good enough.

Last year I saw many good students get rejected while students with slightly lower grades got accepted (rare, but I saw a few), which is why I said you have to wait and see what happens... You just have to wish for the best if it makes sense.

Yeh we had no option to sit an AS at the end of year 12 or any exam in economics for that matter,

I got 99 and 91 UMS in French and geography respectively btw


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Yeh we had no option to sit an AS at the end of year 12 or any exam in economics for that matter,

I got 99 and 91 UMS in French and geography respectively btw


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Thats good.
You should be fine then. (Again there is no threshold which gives you an offer if you pass it, so you never know. Personally I think you have a good chance.)

By the way, I am just asking this for my own information, but is French spoken in your country or did you learn it from scratch?

Have you already applied?

Thanks, no I'm from the UK so not a native French speaker, I picked it up in year 9 and found it quite easy really!


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No I'll apply some time this coming week


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Ok.
Same, I am planning to apply this week but I think I might have to apply the beginning of next week, so probably 3rd of October. Just need to do a few little changes on the PS and then everything is ready to go.

How are you feeling about your PS?


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what is the best time to apply?? Im still drafting my ps...

How is everyone feeling about their personal statement? I find its so hard to know whether mine is good or not :/


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Is no one applying for Business maths and stats or stats and finance??

Does anyone think LSE would be reluctant to give too many offers for the same course to students from the same college? My grades were decent and I think I have a fair PS, but considering there are 10+ students in my college applying to LSE Economics, most of which have excellent AS grades (>90% average ums conversions based on notional grade boundaries), I am a bit worried.

No, it doesnt matter at all...
I even once read someone saying 3 people got into LSE for Economics from the same school which was in another country (I "think" it was in Singapore).

Which means it is the same for UK colleges. I have heard of it happening.

One of the people I met here comes from a large school in Cyprus, which sent around 15 to LSE this year, some of whom (it is quite possible) got offers for the same course.

Other than using your school to contextualise your results (with postcode flags and all that), I can't imagine why any university would put a limit on the number of people with offers.