LSE vs Cambridge

Reply 20

koby

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i heard that economics in lse is more maths based and the academic life is more rigorous than cambridge. is it true?

Reply 21

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sTe\/o

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koby

i heard that economics in lse is more maths based and the academic life is more rigorous than cambridge. is it true?

I have never heard that. It seems hard to believe.

Reply 22

The West Wing

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LSE is crap. Pick Cambridge ;yes;

Reply 23

alex_hk90

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The West Wing

LSE is crap. Pick Cambridge ;yes;

Says someone who get rejected from LSE. :rolleyes:

Reply 24

The West Wing

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alex_hk90

Says someone who get rejected from LSE. :rolleyes:

My wonderful logic (like in the last post) worked on converting you didn't it? :rolleyes:

Reply 25

alex_hk90

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The West Wing

My wonderful logic (like in the last post) worked on converting you didn't it? :rolleyes:

No. I had decided by December 6th. You were rejected on December 7th.
So unless you managed to send your arguments back in time... :biggrin:

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sTe\/o

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I didn't realise this was the character assassination thread. :eek:

Reply 27

The West Wing

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alex_hk90

No. I had decided by December 6th. You were rejected on December 7th.
So unless you managed to send your arguments back in time... :biggrin:

You decided the day before I was rejected? That's quite a convenient made-up date :rolleyes:

Reply 28

Johan C

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Cool.Zero

Oh and by the way Cambridge is ranked 2nd in the world, and LSE 59th. Even HKU is better: ranked 18th.

Lol, you were making some sense and then this spoilt it all. No-one takes this seriously ; The Economist itself was holding the volatility of the ranking against it, explainging that the "high-flying" (sic) LSE had recently tumbled down to 59th place. This was about a new ranking of unis the OECD is planning to issue starting in a few years' time btw. Bound to be much more interesting and reliable than all this newspaper crap.

Reply 29

alex_hk90

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sTe\/o

I didn't realise this was the character assassination thread. :eek:

I know The West Wing so it's just a bit of banter. :wink:

The West Wing

You decided the day before I was rejected? That's quite a convenient made-up date :rolleyes:

Actually, that was the day I had my interview at Cambridge. :smile:

Reply 30

Doji

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Go to cambrdige, unless you really want to get into investment banking, then i'd say LSE, purely because of location, and reputation amongst IB's.

Reply 31

LSCRon

koby

chorpus christi

corpus christi in cambridge?
me as well...

ar u an international student?

Reply 32

na221

For economics LSE is ranked best in the UK for economics, a degree from LSE is just as good as having a degree from Cambridge, I think in terms of social life you'll have an amazing time at lse cos its in central london

Reply 33

J-bob

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i was interviewed by a senior lecturer in economics at manchester university who had studied his undergrad economics at cambridge and did his postgraduate studies in economics at oxford. he told me that even if i had gotten into oxbridge that I should reject it if i got an LSE offer because LSE is simply THE place to be for economics. i got rejected by oxford so it made up my mind for me, but he told me that before I had heard from either so make of it what you will

dont trust the rankings that put LSE 59th nor should you trust the fact tha they put cambridge 2nd...it varies from year to year nad they openly favour the natural sciences which obviously LSE dont do..employability wise you go to eiter and study economics and you're probably going to be very employable, if you want to work hard (very very hard) for 8 week terms then cambridge will suit you, LSE is probably less intense and in my mind has a much much more flexible degree structure...you can take an outside module in each of your first two years and they are wide ranging (im planning to do a history one for example) and in years 2 and 3 the range of options that you get allow you to really find what type of economics you like and hone in on studying that. at cambridge you'll have a much more rigid degree (i think options are out of maths sociology and development but i could be wrong, and thus another advantage you might find of the LSE over cambridge is not only will you be studying a degree thats equally prestigious but you'll be able to go where you want with ...

having said that theres probably no doubting that cambridge has better teaching and it is the more prestigious university both in the uk and worldwide..

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sTe\/o

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J-bob

i was interviewed by a senior lecturer in economics at manchester university who had studied his undergrad economics at cambridge and did his postgraduate studies in economics at oxford. he told me that even if i had gotten into oxbridge that I should reject it if i got an LSE offer because LSE is simply THE place to be for economics. i got rejected by oxford so it made up my mind for me, but he told me that before I had heard from either so make of it what you will

Can I just clarify something? Did this lecturer tell you to take LSE over Oxford (as in your specific case) or over Oxbridge as a whole? I ask because Cambridge's course is pure economics and Oxford's isn't, so I can easily understand why he'd recommend LSE over Oxford. It's not clear to me that LSE would be better than Cambridge for studying economics at undergrad level, but then that's only a gut feeling.

Reply 35

Mozilla_1

Cambridge has history, not that LSE doesn't. :wink:

Reply 36

J-bob

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sTe\/o

Can I just clarify something? Did this lecturer tell you to take LSE over Oxford (as in your specific case) or over Oxbridge as a whole? I ask because Cambridge's course is pure economics and Oxford's isn't, so I can easily understand why he'd recommend LSE over Oxford. It's not clear to me that LSE would be better than Cambridge for studying economics at undergrad level, but then that's only a gut feeling.

Oxbridge, sorry should have made that clearer.

i would suspect tho that him saying take it over cambridge was marginal compared to over oxford..

im not totally sure that LSE would be better than Cambridge either, but im not totally sure Cambridge would be better than LSE either...as i mentioned about degree structure, to me, thats quite a big thing..sociology development or maths dont sound like great options whem comapred with say:

Comparative Economic Development: Late Industrialisation in Russia, India and Japan
Innovation and Finance in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Game Theory
Quantitive Finance
Corporate Financ

etc

especially when the options Cambridge offers are also availible should you want to study them..but of course thats just personal preference..

i chose oxford over cambridge because i didnt like cambridges course, so id still choose LSE over Cam but only marginally

Reply 37

Rudrax

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Both are so amazing it can only come down to personal preference. Although chosing between the two for economics is more difficult - I have an offer from both for law and I would prefer to be in london but will put my cambs offer as my firm because of the supervision system.

Reply 38

Cool.Zero

Shrayans

That ranking means nothing! LSE only offers Social sciences thats why it is so low, and if you ask anyone, they would prefer a graduate from LSE then HKUST! Please be more sensible when reading and analyzing what league tables mean.

Please be more attentive by reading my previous post thoroughly. HKUST is the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. HKU is Hong Kong University. Spot the difference?

Wow I just checked the overall rankings and even HKUST is higher up than LSE.

And I did say overall. LSE do have an outstanding economics department. And the fact that LSE offers only social science courses isn't the reason why they dropped from 10-20th to 59th.

Reply 39

tourist

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Cambridge. Duh.

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