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Missing LSE's offer

Poll

Tell us about your case.

We all know that firm/insurance universities are not bound to accept us if we miss their offers, but they still can.

Where does LSE stand? Did you get an offer, miss it, and still get enrolled? If so, give us more details of your predicted/offer/achieved grades.

Thanks

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Reply 1
Surely it's impossible for any university to have a system of dealing with people who miss their offers, because the numbers (and extent to which they do so) will vary each year, as will the number of applicants selecting LSE as their firm or insurance choice.
Reply 2
heninacoop
Surely it's impossible for any university to have a system of dealing with people who miss their offers, because the numbers (and extent to which they do so) will vary each year, as will the number of applicants selecting LSE as their firm or insurance choice.


I understand. I just want to get a rough idea of how strict LSE is with their offers.
Reply 3
given that they are very strict about who they give offers to i'd imagine they are very strict about you getting that offer.... unlike oxbridge they can't just say he was amazing at interview so he just messed up his exams...
Reply 4
didnt get an offer..didnt make it...they took me.
abrp
didnt get an offer..didnt make it...they took me.


:confused: how did you manage that?!
you really think people who got rejected will be participating in the poll? pointless imo
Reply 7
mypaperheart
:confused: how did you manage that?!


i went to Admissions and gave them $*lots.

:rolleyes:
I know two people who missed their LSE offer last summer when the IB results came out. LSE were very strict and refused to negotiate; now both kids are at Canadian universities. It's partly because the majority entrance qualification is A levels, and A level results continue to rise- some 24 % of all A level awards were at "A" grade last summer- so many candidates presenting A levels met their offers, and LSE was therefore at the top of their capacity for new students, and really had no room to negotiate. Hopefully, this will be somewhat rectified in 2008 when IB grades are tied in to UCAS tariff points- from the article I read, IB gets more relative value in the UCAS system from that date.
Reply 9
abrp
i went to Admissions and gave them $*lots.

:rolleyes:


you're kidding, right?
hads
you're kidding, right?


honestly no.

we all know that LSE loves rich foreigners and are willing to take the risk to do whatever they can to get those extra $/£ to get some new equipment.


:smile:
Reply 11
abrp
honestly no.

we all know that LSE loves rich foreigners and are willing to take the risk to do whatever they can to get those extra $/£ to get some new equipment.


:smile:


wow. LSE says its standard offer for IB kids is 38 points for economics. Is that what it'll always offer or is it known to have given offers higher or lower than that?
Reply 12
hads
wow. LSE says its standard offer for IB kids is 38 points for economics. Is that what it'll always offer or is it known to have given offers higher or lower than that?

AFAIK it's offers have always been 38 points for IB students, and AAA(E) for 'A' level students. UCL on the other hand has a 39 point requirement for IB students applying for L100.
Reply 13
Knogle
AFAIK it's offers have always been 38 points for IB students, and AAA for 'A' level students. UCL on the other hand has a 39 point requirement for IB students applying for L100.


oh okay. thanks.
I know a kid who got an offer of 36.
Let me be a bit more detailed- his father worked for the World Bank and he got EU fees status, so those people who buy into the notion that UK unis lower their offers for those who pay higher fees, ( I don't buy into that) it wasn't that. His offer was for straight Econ, and I guess they just really wanted him. In the end he missed his offer.
what did he get? and what was he predicted?
Reply 17
global_warning
In the end he missed his offer.


:s-smilie:

What were his predicted/achieved?
He was predicted at 36/37, his offer was 36, he got 35. LSE wouldn't budge.
Reply 19
global_warning
He was predicted at 36/37, his offer was 36, he got 35. LSE wouldn't budge.


darn