Official LSE 2019 Applicants Thread

Hi, I am hoping to study Geography at LSE, im currently in Year 12In GCSEs i got 4 A*s, 5 As and 1 BI am hoping to get predicted AAA/A*AA in Geography, Economics and German. I also do EPQAs i am from the North West, i wanted to know whether it was difficult move to London? and did you make friends easily?Thanks

and do other good universities in the UK have the same perspective over economics and business as overlapping subjects?

1) Subject combination
Your subject combination would be absolutely fine for either Economics or Gov & Econ. You obviously don't do a proper essay subject (Econ essays don't count - they're too formulaic) but you do an EPQ, so that's great. I know someone on the Gov & Econ course who did Maths, Biology and Geography (& an EPQ) at A-level, so no essay subjects, and no econ/politics either, and they still got an offer.

2) Philosophy
The first year Government course at LSE includes the module GV100, which is an introduction to political philosophy. So talking about political philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Machiavelli, Fanon, Mill) would be absolutely great.

I would avoid, where possible, talking about non-political philosophy - I know somebody who got an offer for HSPS at Cambridge, but got rejected from Pol & IR at LSE, because they had talked about sociology & anthropology in their personal statement for the Cambridge course.

Hi,

I am looking to apply for international relations with politics or international relations with mandarin, I’m not too sure I have a good chance of getting an offer.

The a levels I am doing are, politics, psychology, Spanish and geography and my predicted are in the order A*,A,A,A

Hi Lucy!

I'm still deciding on whether to apply to LSE soon and I wanted to have your opinion on whether I stand a good shot of getting an offer for Law. For GCSE, I went to a poor performing school and got 8A's (I know its poor for LSE). This was still top 8% in the new and inexperienced school. For A2, I moved and I'm now predicted A*A*A* at A level in English Lit, Economics and History (and an A in EPQ). Do you think I have a realistic chance?
Thanks in advance!

Hey Lucy,


I've been looking at the Politics with Economics course at LSE.

I was wondering how exactly does the personal statement need to be framed? Should greater importance be given to economics? Is any suggested reading recommended to show interest in the political sphere?

Furthermore, offers are usually given out at what grades? Lastly, is the course extremely competitive?

Thanks!

Just to let you know, there is no course called 'International Relations with Mandarin' at LSE. There are no degrees with languages in the title.

If you take IR, then you can take one Mandarin module as your outside option each year.

Hey
I’m in year 12, planning on applying to LSE to study Actuarial Science.
Got 5A* (including 2 9s) and 5 As
At A level I take Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Religious Studies
I am likely to be predicted A*A*A*A or A*A*A*A*
Also applying to Mathematics and Actuarial science at Manchester, Southampton, Leicester and MMORSE at Warwick

Should I focus solely on the Actuarial part of mathematics and economics?

Also do students from London still tend to live in dorms?

It needs to be 1000000000000% all about the maths and statistics. Actuarial is so so maths intensive. I got into Mmorse and Actuarial with my just maths and stats statement. If you give me your email I can send it to you.

It needs to be 1000000000000% all about the maths and statistics. Actuarial is so so maths intensive. I got into Mmorse and Actuarial with my just maths and stats statement. If you give me your email I can send it to you.

Hi! The thread for 2018 applicants had started by this time last year, so I thought I'd get the 2019 one going.

If you're thinking of applying to LSE this autumn, then introduce yourself! Reply with...

Course(s) you're applying for at LSE
Other universities you're applying for
GCSE grades
Predicted A-level grades & subjects
Any extra-curriculars?
Home/EU/International student

I'm a current student at LSE studying Government and History. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about my course, LSE generally, halls, LSE100, the application process, or anything else.




Also, just to explain the admissions process...

While LSE is considering your application, you will get a series of emails:

1) Initial Review - you will receive this email soon after submitting your application. It tells you that over the next 2 weeks, they will be
making sure that you meet the required grades for the course. Basically, they're checking that your predicted/achieved grades meet the
requirements and that you have the correct subjects. Pretty much everyone passes this stage.

2) Further assessment - this takes up to 8 weeks, and is when they start deciding who to make offers and who to reject. Some people
will receive offers in this period, some will receive rejections, and some will receive....

3) Gathered field - this email tells you that LSE is now considering your application as part as a gathered field, for up to 4 weeks (or
sometimes longer). Both offers and rejections are given out during this stage. You are more likely to get this email if you applied earlier
on (in September/October), than if you applied in January, as there's more time for them to decide.

You will definitely hear by 31st March at the very latest. Don't panic if you still haven't heard by late March - I got my offer on the 23rd March, and they were still giving out offers on the 30th.

Generally, offers come on Fridays and rejections come on Thursdays, but by February/March this starts to break down, and by the end of March there are offers/rejections every day.