Warning about LSE

Is this true for Rugby then? I'm not mint but I'd like to get involved with sport at Uni, but everyone I speak to about uni sport (not LSE though) say it's very high level, so I dont want to embarrass myself

LSE is ....... what it is ...... LSE
Studying & living in London is ....... what it is ....... London

LSE will never be as fun and meaningful as Oxbridge or Durham, just to quote some of the more collegial universities.
Living in London, studying in London, is very different. Depressing for some and rejuvenating for others.

LSE & London is not for everyone.
If some things matter to you much more than LSE & London,
and you are not the type who can make LSE & London work FOR you,
then you will be much better off somewhere else because you will probably do much better there, in every aspect,
than the horrible time you will probably have at LSE & London.

Decide before you commence, not upon graduation when you can only wish you have done otherwise.

Actually most Asian people here are from HK, Singapore or Malaysia, but sure.

Actually most Asian people here are from HK, Singapore or Malaysia, but sure.

Again I don't really want to make it too obvious that its me posting this cause I did kick up a fuss over it but put it this way, never borrow your laptop to someone when your halfway through you're internship application

China - 204

HK - 288
Singapore - 234
Malaysia - 269

You do realise that I was referring to undergrads, right? No one hangs out with postgrads on a regular basis.

So I have found this awful thread from what sounds like a bunch of people feeling sorry for themselves. No, the LSE isn't for everyone, so that's why you have this view.

Firstly, as a postgrad here, I can't comment on the Bachelor level life. I studied mine at the University of Surrey in Guildford, a campus site with the most nurturing, incredible university experience I could have asked for. Falling short of 50p per living expenses per day compared to London Universities, it was a hard to live there; Surrey is the UK's second most expensive region after London. But, I was recommended to continue my studies after working in journalism by my colleagues, editors and my old lecturers who I look up to at Surrey.

I feel so ashamed of someone speaking of another race in such a dividing way. The "chinese" deserve more respect than you have offered them in this thread. Fact: the LSE, any society you've commented on and the lecturers at the LSE do too. It is a shame that your university experience is this; but it sounds like you came here for the complete wrong reasons. You obviously impressed the LSE enough to be granted a place, but you came here for a quick rooted, and not to mention, cheat's way into your industry. My experience of the LSE, undergrad and Post-grad, I've been lucky enough not to meet someone looking for the "easy way" in. That is why you probably do not enjoy it; and have turned to blaming everything around you apart from tacking constructive action in making your situation better or your circumstances positive.

You can continue your final year at any other university, I met dozens of people at Surrey who integrated in during my second, third and fourth year at undergrad level. You can make the change if it's such a dire situation, but it isn't; and as you have stated, the LSE name is more important to you than learning how to better yourself in totality.

LSE may feel like you go to work, but I take it you have had little real life-work experience? hmm. I feel your complaint is just dissatisfaction you can help. There is no such thing as a "less smart" uni, and LSE doesn't get you that investment banker's position or that BBC correspondent stint. LSE is designed to challenge and rear you into understanding how the world works in your field, and how your personality matters the most.

A lot of you complaining, sound like you just suffer from a bad personality which would rather nag than just be grateful for the fact you get to have an education! By all means, do more for yourself. But do not complain about an entire educational body, when it could just be you. You get pushed here, but you are rewarded greatly for it. I hope you change your mindset and energy toward the lasting months of your studies. It's a stupid and false sense of pride you get complaining. The lecturers are some of the most supportive people I have met in my life, and the Chinese? I'm on a dual-masters which sees me in Shanghai's Fudan University next year. The mandarin lessons are tricky but my GOD are the Chinese friends I've made here some of the most helpful and selfless humans I have ever met. You have a perspective to see things in; whether you construct it and change your attitude is up to you.

Your view is very very personal and not representative of the majority of the LSE. I am the only home-student and "Londoner" on my course. It feels like an international hub in class most days but that's the great thing about being in London. At Surrey, in Guildford, it was so small-town. There were a lot of "privileged" students who, if on a night out, ran out of money, would use their "family credit card" for bottles and tables. People wore designer clothes everyday. People could NOT hold a discussion about current news affairs in the country let alone political opinions. It is rare to feel part of something "bigger" at a lot of county-universities. At the LSE at least you can be part of something bigger.

And hey, if you're still at LSE and would like to talk in person fee free. You sound like you could use a friend.. or someone who would lend you and ear at least. I'm in Monday-Friday.