Is it easier to transfer from UCL or LSE to Harvard/MIT?

Hey, my father is moving back to the USA in 3 years. He wants me to go with him and I don't want to say no. I have UCL and LSE economics options available for degree. So I was thinking if I go with him, I can do my MA at Harvard/MIT since he will be moving very close to Massachusetts. Do you reckon I have a better chance of getting in for an MA at Harvard/MIT if I come from LSE or UCL?

I doubt it would make any difference, but ask Harvard. They are the only ones who can answer.


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LSE is more prestigious, so probably LSE.

How do I ask them. Just phone up the admission office? Wont they say it won't matter anyway cuz they can't be biased?

UCL doesn't accept transfers and the LSE does.

No they will give you a straightforward answer, which I'm 99% sure will be it makes no difference.

To be clear, are you completing your bachelors at LSE/UCL and then applying for a masters at Harvard/MIT? That's not a transfer...

No they will give you a straightforward answer, which I'm 99% sure will be it makes no difference.

To be clear, are you completing your bachelors at LSE/UCL and then applying for a masters at Harvard/MIT? That's not a transfer...

Yes sorry. I should have been clear. I meant transfer as in instead of doing MA at the same uni.

An MA is a postgraduate course. You don't transfer into an MA, you apply when you are completing your bachelors in the UK.

The acceptance rate for MAs at Harvard and MIT is approx 10%, so you don't just walk in...

That seems incredibly hard..10%. You've scared already haha

Just being realistic. And it's probably lower for international applicants.

Hmm, do you know anythings they looks for in international applicants? or again should I ask them that?

Have you checked the fees and any assistance entitlements you have? It seems as if you've done no research on this at all.

I expected at least 12-14% to be perfectly honest. 10% just sounds demoralising.

My dad just told me about his transfer today. My 'GO TO" is the student room for simple easy responses. Ill do research asap then i guess.

Why do you even want to do a masters, whether it's in the US or UK? You must have been considering that already... unless you want to be an academic there's not much point.