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London School of Economics

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LSE entry for 2014

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Reply 3100

IceKidd

Original post by buzfail

I am 9 weeks into my 5 weeks email. NINE. WEEKS. Thanks LSE (Y)

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Lol wow what course?

London School of Economics

London

Reply 3101

buzfail

Original post by IceKidd

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Lol wow what course?

Social Policy and Economics :frown:

Reply 3102

solaars

Original post by President M.E.

I know, I thought it was pretty much giving an offer, now I think it's a stall from LSE to give them more time :confused:

Idem. I'd feel so bad if I didn't get an offer after this mail.. Wait and see!

Reply 3103

CEKTOP

Original post by Manamarak

Thanks everyone for your interest.

In the end, it was a rejection, but then, I sort of knew it would be, as my personal statement was geared towards Oxford for PPE, and thus had to contain a lot of politics, so that would probably have been frowned on by the LSE philosophy and economics tutor.

All applications are handled exclusively by the admissions department, which consists of 9 full time employees that are completely unrelated to any academic departments of the school.
So this is clearly not a "frowned upon by the tutor" case.

Reply 3104

solaars

Original post by CEKTOP

Didn't knew. Interesting, though..

Reply 3105

Dilzo999

Original post by CEKTOP

So me reading a book because it was written by one of the professors was useless? :frown:

Reply 3106

CEKTOP

Original post by Dilzo999

So me reading a book because it was written by one of the professors was useless? :frown:

No, why would you think that?

Reply 3107

LittleRedDot

Original post by CEKTOP

Where did you get this info from?

Reply 3108

hersheys10

Original post by Blackfyre

Republic of Moldova, what about you?

India

Reply 3109

Lisoko12

Original post by Dilzo999

So me reading a book because it was written by one of the professors was useless? :frown:

Cheeky

Reply 3110

dente

Original post by Perks25

Mature student here too. May I ask what sort of route you pursued to re-engage with higher education? Access, A levels, or something else?

Hi,

I applied only with my A level examination results attained on the first sitting. I will be a mature student when I enter, I did not/ will not be taking any course in between my a levels and entry to LSE.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

Reply 3111

Dilzo999

Original post by CEKTOP

No, why would you think that?

Wishful thinking :wink:

Reply 3112

solaars

Original post by Dilzo999

Wishful thinking :wink:

The real question is: was the book good? :wink:

Reply 3113

CEKTOP

Original post by LittleRedDot

Where did you get this info from?

I study at LSE and I had to hang around that department to sort some issues with my DBS form, so I even know some of them personally.

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Reply 3114

silonthesofa

Original post by CEKTOP

Surely you do not mean to say that I can apply for history and write a personal statement on mathematics. Perhaps the OP used the wrong word when he said tutor, but clearly you need to write directly on the subject that you applied for.

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Reply 3115

CEKTOP

Original post by silonthesofa

Yeah, you do, of course.
I'm just saying that none of the applications are handled by the academic staff.

Reply 3116

benq

Original post by CEKTOP

Yeah, you do, of course.
I'm just saying that none of the applications are handled by the academic staff.

But are those selectors who deal with apps proficient in the subjects? Are you saying that academic staff never look at applications at all?

Reply 3117

CEKTOP

Original post by benq

But are those selectors who deal with apps proficient in the subjects? Are you saying that academic staff never look at applications at all?

You don't have to be proficient in a certain subject to critically assess a PS. Academic staff never see or consider any applications (unless these are PhD applications), they have other things to do.