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Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
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Anyone else finding it just a little bit **** so far?

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Abercrombie&Fitch
anyone's expierence change much over the past few weeks? maybe we should all find each other and hang out lol?!?


I'm enjoying it now, I'm not bored as society and sport is taking up my time and perversley work is helping as well. Still I'm always up for hanging out! :biggrin:
Carr Saunders Halls, LSE
London School of Economics
London
Abercrombie&Fitch
anyone's expierence change much over the past few weeks? maybe we should all find each other and hang out lol?!?
:laughing:
by the way I think many of us have the first hand-in homeworks for the next weeks... I wanted to go Vertigo :s-smilie:
Ministry tonight to be honest :wink:
Pedsdude
Ministry tonight to be honest :wink:
I hate you now!!!:rant: I'm VERY tempted....
Pedsdude
Ministry tonight to be honest :wink:


The Tuns is the place to be tonight ... US election night.
korektphool
The Tuns is the place to be tonight ... where Obama will will win the US election .


Fire it up!
Obama, OBAma, OBAMA!!!:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
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Nadinus
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Abercrombie&Fitch
Fire it up!
Obama, OBAma, OBAMA!!!:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:


I was gonna go to that but I have too much reading to do. So of course, I'm bumming around here and facebook. Lovely logic there.
I hated every minute of my LSE career. And it was sad, because I could hardly contain my excitement as I rocked up in the big city aged 18, ready to see the world and meet fabulous people and have ironical experiences... :wink: And I really tried to turn the situation around by doing the right things - joining societies and doing some volunteering but there is no getting around it - the LSE culture is aloof, unfriendly and snobbish. I will never forget the sneering look on my flatmate's face the night she reduced me to tears by pronouncing that I was only there to 'tick boxes' because I'm northern, working class and state-educated. So in the end, I cut my losses and pretty much became an honourary UCL student. I'd go to LSE lectures but socialise with UCL students, and also a few from KCL and QMUL. The change in the people was staggering. I remember the first time a friend took me to the UCL union. Strangers were just coming over to say hello and introduce themselves, to ask for a dance, ask if they could buy me another pina colada (do they still sell those?!) - I knew right then that I had been very foolish to turn down UCL in favour of LSE. Still. You should totally do the same thing. Next time the chill of Holborn gets too much, head up to Bloomsbury for fun and frolics and the proper student life. Nobody warned me that to go to LSE is to choose between the great degree OR a fun time. I'd shake my kids if they told me they wanted to go there. I should probably never tell them how much I hated it, juuuust in case I spawn some rebellious 'Maebe' type who would go there to irk me!
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Locke54
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Cambridge and Oxford are far above LSE in academic reputation and they don't seem to have this same reputation for crappy social life which people seem to blame on it's academic nature, it perplexes me, LSE is situated in London for christs sake, much better for social lives than either Cambridge or Oxford and has two rival unis nearby it, it should be a great social university regardless of how many speccy economics studying Asians attend.

Seriously it's not that hard to knock on a few people's doors and have a few drinks with them, I wonder if this is a pure LSE thing or more associated with the economics based LSE degrees, I can hardly imagine History, Politics and Sociology students acting in such a way.

If I get into LSE, I swear I'll set up a society dedicated purely to going out drinking, to gigs, to the cinema, bowling, crashing UCL and Kings etc etc and the like if I have to, to kill this damn antisocial nature, I'm surprised no one has done so before, it's such a simple solution and would draw together all those that seem alienated by it's almost corporate atmosphere, there seems to be a good deal of them around but none do anything about it aside from moan.
ajp100688
Cambridge and Oxford are far above LSE in academic reputation and they don't seem to have this same reputation for crappy social life which people seem to blame on it's academic nature, it perplexes me, LSE is situated in London for christs sake, much better for social lives than either Cambridge or Oxford and has two rival unis nearby it, it should be a great social university regardless of how many speccy economics studying Asians attend.

Seriously it's not that hard to knock on a few people's doors and have a few drinks with them, I wonder if this is a pure LSE thing or more associated with the economics based LSE degrees, I can hardly imagine History, Politics and Sociology students acting in such a way.

If I get into LSE, I swear I'll set up a society dedicated purely to going out drinking, to gigs, to the cinema, bowling, crashing UCL and Kings etc etc and the like if I have to, to kill this damn antisocial nature, I'm surprised no one has done so before, it's such a simple solution and would draw together all those that seem alienated by it's almost corporate atmosphere, there seems to be a good deal of them around but none do anything about it aside from moan.


Well I wouldn't say that Oxford and Cambridge are FAR above LSE - in Economics and Politics there is really very little difference (LSE is definitely above Oxford in Economics and is on par with Cambridge). However, what you get at those two Universities is the college system - you are with the same people for the entirety of your degree and colleges organise bops and all that jazz that just doesn't happen here.

The sporting side of the social life is great - the hockey club has awesome socials but in halls it just sucks a little bit really. Sure there are people up for being social but they are the exception not the norm and when the general atmosphere is geared towards academics and not socialising, even with the best will in the world it becomes difficult.

Anywho if you do come here I look forward to seeing the situation thoroughly revamped!
Well I'm having a good time.

And I came from NYU.. a ridiculous party school. So I do have some means of comparison.

It's what you make of it, seriously. I have met crazy, fun loving people who are 1st, 2nd, 3rd years.. post grads and even PhD students. And I have met my share of quiet, reserved people.

And most of my friends don't live in halls, are not in societies with me, or any of that.

It can be done, please don't be put off from applying here if you're generally interested in the school. I had the same fear.. and I'm doing just fine. (Probably too fine, I've been out for about 6 nights in a row.. good job me)
lilith_bloom
I will never forget the sneering look on my flatmate's face the night she reduced me to tears by pronouncing that I was only there to 'tick boxes' because I'm northern, working class and state-educated. So in the end, I cut my losses and pretty much became an honourary UCL student.


Is such elitism also norm at other 'top' universities such as Oxbridge etc?
Things are good and I'm having a great time (even though I've felt near death for two weeks). Life is generally good and if you're not having a good time there's a reason closer to home. Although I haven't seen Shrayans in years... hmm:s-smilie: :biggrin:
Capocrimini
Is such elitism also norm at other 'top' universities such as Oxbridge etc?


Well, I didn't take my Cambridge offer because I was scared of this kind of thing. But I actually think that was the single most inane thing I have ever done in my life (and I got a tattoo for a dare) because the people I met on my interview day were, yes, posh BUT universally very nice. I actually saw no evidence of the snobbery you worry about; it was in my head. Foolish.

I'm at Warwick now. Warwick's atmosphere is nothing like LSE's: it's really friendly, inclusive and unpretentious. But, you know, Warwick ain't as good as LSE, the degree doesn't have the same 'wow factor'. It's like I said, I think you have to make quite a difficult choice about LSE: is the 'wow factor' (stop saying that!!) worth it to you?

Also might be worth bearing in mind: I lived in High Holborn. I think that perhaps the catered halls have a rep for being more sociable? I just chose High Holborn out of laziness. :biggrin:

And also (finally!), like I and someone else said, you aren't limited to LSE's boring union and societies and students! There are some ace pubs in the East End where I'd go with my chums from QMUL. And UCL will forever have a very special place in my heart.
lilith_bloom, did you drop out of LSE and then go to Warwick, or are you just a really poor troll?

I think people greatly exaggerate the social problems at LSE. It's certainly not as lively as, say, UCL or KCL, but as far as I can see, there are no great barriers to meeting likeminded people. Those who want to go out all the time do go out all the time; it's just that they make up a smaller proportion of the student body.
LSE is probably the most boring place i have ever been to. i mean i purely go there for schooling then leave. there isnt much to do. once you move into second year you all lead your own lives. spare time is spent sleeping or doing internship applications.

The life of an LSE student:
Study, investment banking internships, go to the library to do more work. go home and do work. and meet up with friends.

luckily i have a set of friends who i made whilst in halls who are really nice. but its hard to meet new people i find, purely because once people have their own group you are pretty much going to keep them until you leave.

i would say that at LSE, the avg. person has 5 really good friends whom you make an active effort with..

but that my 2cents :P
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RJA
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I disagree massively with most of the posts in here....:frown: And I can't even be bothered to explain why. Basically, if you actually put some effort into having a good time you wouldn't be complaining right now!
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Locke54
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Which was my point of contention, when supposedly more academic unis (although I did exaggerate a bit) are quite capable of producing good social scenes, LSE should be more than capable of it, especially with two rival unis nearby and being in the middle of the greatest city in the world, theres no reason why LSE should be so instrinsically poor socially other than people just not trying.
ajp100688
theres no reason why LSE should be so instrinsically poor socially other than people just not trying.


Which is why it's so ******* frustrating that it sucks massive balls.
like ill always maintain, even if youre a boy, join womens rugby.

do it. there's no lack of social here!!!

even a game is somehow turned into some sort of social event:biggrin:

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