LSE 2017 Applicants

Does anyone know whether they ask for Maths UMS for L101? If so, will they still do it if you already have your grades?

I'm applying from a gap year with:

• A-Level: A*AAa (Maths/Physics/Politics/Business respectively - my school is shite and doesn't offer Economics A-Level hence Business, I also learnt all the AS Further Maths modules during A2 but didn't sit the exams as it wasn't part of my offer (elsewhere) at the time and didn't want to risk my A2 grades)
• EPQ: A* (on EU federalism, large focus on international trade and monetary union aspects plus the political ramifications)
• GCSE: 5A* 4A 1B (probably below average for an LSE applicant, but as I said my school is bad so this was actually the 6th highest set of results from about 225 students so I'm hoping this will work in my favour)

In my gap year I'm going to be studying A2 Further Maths and I'm also going to buy textbooks for both AS and A2 Economics and self-teach so I'm not behind, wish I'd done this earlier on tbh. Do you think just studying the units will be enough for them, or would they rather me actually sit the exams? I already have my A2s so I obviously could probably get A's, or even A*s potentially, if I did, but I don't want to run the risk of having these tagged onto offers at my other UCAS options just in case there's a disaster on results day and I end up missing it (particularly since I already meet the requirements without doing so). What do you guys think? It's clear in my reference that I will have the knowledge, but actually sitting the exams would probably look better. I'm a bit unsure as to what to do, since so many other applicants have FM and Econ A-Levels, although they aren't a necessity obviously.


Edit: For the people above, at Oxford a TSA score of 60+ will probably get you an interview for PPE, and for E&M it tends to be a bit higher at about 67ish. Offer holders usually score at least 65 for PPE, although many get 67-72+, and for E&M I assume it's similarly around 70+ for an offer. You also need to do well in the interviews, of course.

Hey,

They ask for Maths UMS of each module and the overall UMS of your other subjects, based on what I remember (as long as they havent changed it for the new process). So the UMS you get in subjects matter to them.

Your grades might be enough for them, but I still recommend you to do the exams. If you mention that you are taking those exams and end up getting an offer, it is likely that they will give a conditional offer on them, since they are relevant subjects. Therefore, it is up to you to decide to whether mention them or not. Obviously doing them is better.
This is just a thought though, they might not ask you to get an grade in it, but it is likely they do.

Your GCSE's look fine, dont worry.
However, I dont think mentioning that you were 6th from 200+ students is that valuable, so not worth mentioning I guess.By the way, what courses and universities did you apply for last year? Where were you planning to go to? What made you change your mind about your course?

Guys i have made a pretty big problem in my personal statement.


At the last paragraph I forgot to add a word like and it ruined the meaning of the sentence and will make people think asif I am applying to computer science program. I also made some grammatical error in it as well and my personal statement looks kinda quantitative because 80% of the personal statement is about how my interest grew in this area of subject

I am an international applicant from India .

In my tenth grade I got 95% in math (A*), 95% in economics (A*), 94% in Science (A*) and 86% in English (A I guess, I am not sure )

I got a predicted grades of full A1 (A*) for my 12th boards from school.

Will i be facing any disadvantages because of my mistake in personal statement?

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What is the 3rd subject?
If you want an honest answer then read the spoiler.

Received an acknowledgement from LSE today and then got another email saying my application went into "initial assessment" and a short while after that I was asked to fill in my UMS scores in a survey they sent me

Once you apply, go to UCAS and then if you want you can order your references and predictions for £10
(Personally I haven't done that process, but it is possible to do it)

Hi guys for those, who applied, how soon did you get your application acknowledgement? I applied for law on monday and haven't heard anything yet.


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I applied on Friday and got one yesterday

Oh thanks I was just nervous because I got an email from all the other universities I applied for either on monday or yesterday.


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Yeah LSE was my last one! My others came super quick so I got nervous too