LSE 2016 Applicants

Original post by MouseyBrown

Really, really hoping to get the AS grades to put in a good application, for History and Government if they are ace.......just History if not. I reckon LSE would actually be my number one choice.

IGCSEs: 8 A*
AS Levels: History, Politics, Economics and English Literature.

I hate my English and Economics exams right now. Is a B or two really a disaster? I'm at least going well for History and Politics, and hope to get some good UMS marks.

Anyone else out there going for History and/or Politics?

Me for both! The acceptance is usually AAA at Oxford/LSE so two Bs at AS should be fine :smile:

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MouseyBrown

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Original post by antigone-

Me for both! The acceptance is usually AAA at Oxford/LSE so two Bs at AS should be fine :smile:

Ah, cool. The course looks awesome, doesn't it? Actually looks much better than Oxford to me.

Yeah, I'm hoping that a B in Literature, which I'm dropping, shouldn't matter, especially if I get good predictions for History and Politics. Hopefully I manage an A in economics.

What AS levels are you doing? Have you been to LSE?

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Original post by MouseyBrown

Ah, cool. The course looks awesome, doesn't it? Actually looks much better than Oxford to me.

Yeah, I'm hoping that a B in Literature, which I'm dropping, shouldn't matter, especially if I get good predictions for History and Politics. Hopefully I manage an A in economics.

What AS levels are you doing? Have you been to LSE?

I live near LSE so go to their public lectures and the open day. I managed to get into their Summer School too :smile:

I do Maths, History, Politics and English Lit and I'm probably dropping Maths. LSE said it didn't matter to them which I dropped so the same works for you I guess.

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MouseyBrown

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Original post by antigone-

I live near LSE so go to their public lectures and the open day. I managed to get into their Summer School too :smile:

I do Maths, History, Politics and English Lit and I'm probably dropping Maths. LSE said it didn't matter to them which I dropped so the same works for you I guess.

You doing AQA English? If so, how did you find it?

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Original post by MouseyBrown

You doing AQA English? If so, how did you find it?

Didn't mind it actually! I do Browning, Rossetti, the Road and the Kite Runner. I don't think I did too well though, hopefully the coursework will bring it up :/

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cleverasvoltaire

I'm applying for Law!!! It's not my first choice but it's still great
14 A*s at GCSE
predicted 4 As (obvs) in English Lit, History, Maths and Economics
All exams have gone well so hoping fo' 4 A* predicted :biggrin:

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iBall

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Original post by 10101010

You have a good number of A*'s at GCSE, 4A's at AS will make you a very viable applicant! They won't be too bothered with your gcse options, in fact I don't think they even see them!

Oh right thanks, so would they not really care that I have already completed an AS at grade A?

And LSE would be great

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Willnewman234

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What would you say is the absolute bare minimum GCSE requirements for economics at LSE? I know there are no 'minimum' requirements but to hope for a place what would the minimum grades be?

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coolguy123456

OP

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The LSE website mentions "a strong set of GCSE grades including several A and A*"

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Willnewman234

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Original post by coolguy123456

The LSE website mentions "a strong set of GCSE grades including several A and A*"
AP

So to put that in numbers what do you think it would be?

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Reply 33

Ecconomist

Applying for Maths and Economics

GCSEs - 9A* 2A
AS Levels - Maths, Further Maths, Economics and Chemistry. (Want 93%+ average)

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animesh96

hi, i am pursuing Bachelors in Management Studies from Delhi University, India. interested in doing Msc in Finance and Private equity/ Msc in Finance, plz let me know of reqd GMAT score. and other criteria on which an applicant is judges. like job experience is required or not. ?

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angel2015

Just wondering out of my options - Law, English Lit, Maths and Psychology would it be a disaster if I chose to drop psychology (as law is a blacklisted subject) I planned on dropping Law bc of this but I hate psychology so much...

Also wondering if I want to apply for the philosophy course but I didn't take philosophy a level even though its available at my college... Will this look bad? I wasn't truly interested in it until after I'd chosen my a level options anyway..

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Original post by angel2015

Just wondering out of my options - Law, English Lit, Maths and Psychology would it be a disaster if I chose to drop psychology (as law is a blacklisted subject) I planned on dropping Law bc of this but I hate psychology so much...

Also wondering if I want to apply for the philosophy course but I didn't take philosophy a level even though its available at my college... Will this look bad? I wasn't truly interested in it until after I'd chosen my a level options anyway..

I believe Law is only really blacklisted if you want to study Law so I think you'll be okay. Don't spend another year doing Psych if you really can't stand it!
Also I think you'll be fine regarding Philosophy, it's not a typical facilitating subject anyway :smile:

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angel2015