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Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
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What is the LSE social life like?

I've just received my offer from the LSE, and have read some negative opinions about what the student life at LSE is like and about the international students sticking together.

Is it really this bad? Do people go out a lot and are their outgoing people there or is it full of extreme academics?

I am just wondering whether applying to inter collegiate halls makes a difference to your social life and what they are like, as I don't want to accept LSE as my firm and then decide it isn't for me!!

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Reply 1
london: £5 vodka shots

have fun
Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
Original post by lucym1996
I've just received my offer from the LSE, and have read some negative opinions about what the student life at LSE is like and about the international students sticking together.

Is it really this bad? Do people go out a lot and are their outgoing people there or is it full of extreme academics?

I am just wondering whether applying to inter collegiate halls makes a difference to your social life and what they are like, as I don't want to accept LSE as my firm and then decide it isn't for me!!


Lots of outgoing people. I have some friends who're out (and very intoxicated) more nights than they're in. There are people who'll be in the library most of the time but they either love their subject or are overseas students who are incredibly disciplined.

I preferred an LSE hall as I didn't want to feel left out of the LSE community. It definitely helped me find friends within the university. Most people who aren;t in the athletics union tend to find most of their good friends within halls.
Reply 3
As with any university, there's a large variety of people. There are definitely plenty of people who like going out, and plenty who don't. London can be expensive, however, which is something to bear in mind.
Reply 4
Original post by TheUltimateProof
Lots of outgoing people. I have some friends who're out (and very intoxicated) more nights than they're in. There are people who'll be in the library most of the time but they either love their subject or are overseas students who are incredibly disciplined.

I preferred an LSE hall as I didn't want to feel left out of the LSE community. It definitely helped me find friends within the university. Most people who aren;t in the athletics union tend to find most of their good friends within halls.


Which hall did you stay in?
Original post by Hell0
Which hall did you stay in?


Passfield but without being biase I have friends at Carr Saunders, Rosebery and Bankside and it's the same story there.

Here's a video Rosebery put on youtube. Should be of interest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V24OZuJdkD0
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Original post by TheUltimateProof
Passfield but without being biase I have friends at Carr Saunders, Rosebery and Bankside and it's the same story there.

Here's a video Rosebery put on youtube. Should be of interest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V24OZuJdkD0


Thank you for the link. Just watched it and it's quite helpful :smile:
Reply 7
Original post by smd4std
london: £5 vodka shots

have fun


pre-lash on tesco's own vodka it is then :wink:
Reply 8
Original post by ehrmantraut
pre-lash on tesco's own vodka it is then :wink:


only way mate
Reply 9
I never really expected LSE to have a good social life. I mean its not the University of Greenwich. It's a serious institution and you wouldn't expect people to be partying all the time.
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Original post by arminb
I never really expected LSE to have a good social life. I mean its the University of Greenwich. It's a serious institution and you wouldn't expect people to be partying all the time.


Just because it's a good uni doesn't mean you can't have a fun time. Obviously you wont be out partying every night, but I'd hope there was still stuff to do. I hate the attitude that to do well at uni you can't have a good social life, it's supposed to be the best years of your life. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.
Reply 11
Original post by BigDaddy202
Just because it's a good uni doesn't mean you can't have a fun time. Obviously you wont be out partying every night, but I'd hope there was still stuff to do. I hate the attitude that to do well at uni you can't have a good social life, it's supposed to be the best years of your life. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

But the workload is high. Not like Oxbridge but its still high. On the other hand,a big number of people who get offers from there aren't used to having fun every week. London is also a very expensive city.
Original post by arminb
But the workload is high. Not like Oxbridge but its still high. On the other hand,a big number of people who get offers from there aren't used to having fun every week. London is also a very expensive city.


Of course the workload will be high, but that doesn't mean you wont have any free evenings to go out and fun. If you're not used to having fun each week, uni is the perfect place to try it. Never again will you have so many opportunities to do new things and meet new people.
Reply 13
Original post by BigDaddy202
Of course the workload will be high, but that doesn't mean you wont have any free evenings to go out and fun. If you're not used to having fun each week, uni is the perfect place to try it. Never again will you have so many opportunities to do new things and meet new people.

I hope so:smile:
In answer to your question OP: Awful
Reply 15
Original post by JustACoolDude
In answer to your question OP: Awful


Why is that? What's your personal experience been like in terms of the social life at LSE? Hope you don't mind me asking.
It's just very dry. I do apologise that I can't give you a more elaborate answer.
The culture of the place turns the most normal and outgoing people into socially awkward weirdos. Then the workload makes people boring... "library this and library that".

No cool events there either.

Outside of LSE, socialise at SOAS!
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Reply 17
I have also just received an offer from LSE and I am reluctant to accept because of the negative opinions about the social life. Do some people have the same nightlife experience as they would at other unis? I am choosing between Exeter and LSE and want to be reassured that LSE would still be a social experience! However its reassuring that other people are also worrying about the same thing.
Reply 18
Original post by jesst1
I have also just received an offer from LSE and I am reluctant to accept because of the negative opinions about the social life. Do some people have the same nightlife experience as they would at other unis? I am choosing between Exeter and LSE and want to be reassured that LSE would still be a social experience! However its reassuring that other people are also worrying about the same thing.


I have my offer for Sociology what is yours for? well done! and I think the fact that there are alot of people that are conscious of having a good social life (like me) probably means that when you get there, you'll meet all those sorts of people! I'm going to apply to Passfield because apparently thats one of the best accomodation for going out. I think if you make an effort to make friends who like going out and stuff you'll never be bored!!
Reply 19
Original post by lucym1996
I have my offer for Sociology what is yours for? well done! and I think the fact that there are alot of people that are conscious of having a good social life (like me) probably means that when you get there, you'll meet all those sorts of people! I'm going to apply to Passfield because apparently thats one of the best accomodation for going out. I think if you make an effort to make friends who like going out and stuff you'll never be bored!!


I asked a friend who's a fresher at lse about the social life on facebook and here's what she said: "Haha I think we all had the same issues coming to lse... Well I'm not British so I don't know the standards that well but I can assure you, you make the best out of being in London. I'd say first term we went clubbing about 3 times a week, and maybe more 2 times a week this term. But it varies. You could have a full week of going out, it depends what's going on. And I personally go out a lot for drinks with my gfs even when we don't go clubbing.
Now I'm not gonna lie, there are serious nerds at lse. But being in halls, you'll soon realise that you never see those people, and there's still a lot of people going out. I know I got really lucky with my floor too, but overall there's outgoing people on every floor.
And there's always a new nightclub/venue to try out. Or even hang out during the day, I don't know where you're from but if you wanna do something, London is amazing because there's always something to do and someone to do it with.
Do you have other offers in London?"

I'm really encouraged by this. I think the main advice is to choose one of the most social halls!

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