Applying to 2 courses at LSE

I recently completed my Autumn resits, and expect A* Maths, A*/A Econ, and have already achieved A* in Further Maths and an A in History .
I am planning on applying for both the Econ course and Econ & Maths course at LSE, and pure Econ at all my other options, to increase the chance of me getting an offer from LSE.
Is this advisable? I feel I can include topics on maths integrated with what I talk about in reference to economics
in my personal statement.
Thanks.

I recently completed my Autumn resits, and expect A* Maths, A*/A Econ, and have already achieved A* in Further Maths and an A in History .
I am planning on applying for both the Econ course and Econ & Maths course at LSE, and pure Econ at all my other options, to increase the chance of me getting an offer from LSE.
Is this advisable? I feel I can include topics on maths integrated with what I talk about in reference to economics
in my personal statement.
Thanks.

Not sure why everyone's being so negative on this thread. I basically did the same as you and applied to econ and Econ+Maths at LSE and then Econ most places elsewhere. It was fine, I got offers. You can definitely put a significant mathematical focus onto an Econ personal statement. If you get those grades then it's likely you'll also be applying to other top unis and top unis like it if you can show that you'll be mathematically competent enough to do their Econ courses so it certainly won't make your LSE applications nor your other applications look bad, you will need to apply the maths to Econ a fair bit in the PS though

Not sure why everyone's being so negative on this thread. I basically did the same as you and applied to econ and Econ+Maths at LSE and then Econ most places elsewhere. It was fine, I got offers. You can definitely put a significant mathematical focus onto an Econ personal statement. If you get those grades then it's likely you'll also be applying to other top unis and top unis like it if you can show that you'll be mathematically competent enough to do their Econ courses so it certainly won't make your LSE applications nor your other applications look bad, you will need to apply the maths to Econ a fair bit in the PS though

Why do you think looking unfocused and undecided will increase your chances of an offer?

I recently completed my Autumn resits, and expect A* Maths, A*/A Econ, and have already achieved A* in Further Maths and an A in History .
I am planning on applying for both the Econ course and Econ & Maths course at LSE, and pure Econ at all my other options, to increase the chance of me getting an offer from LSE.
Is this advisable? I feel I can include topics on maths integrated with what I talk about in reference to economics
in my personal statement.
Thanks.

By the way did you end up getting an offer from LSE? And if so, which one?

"You are welcome to apply to more than one programme at LSE; however you should ensure that they are fairly similar to ensure that you are able to write a relevant and well-focused personal statement. We advise students applying to more than one programme at LSE to be cautious, as they may find it difficult to effectively demonstrate their academic interest in the limited amount of space available in the personal statement. LSE does not accept additional or supplementary personal statements.

"You should also note that applying to more than one programme does not increase the likelihood of your being made an offer. Applicants who make applications to more than one programme at the School within the same cycle will be considered for all programmes applied to, however would only be eligible to receive a maximum of one offer from the School."

https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Undergraduate/Prospective-Students/How-to-Apply/Completing-the-UCAS-form

Yep I got an offer and did my undergrad there in Maths and Econ

How did you go about including mathematics on your personal statement, without losing focus from economics? And did you aim for a 50/50 ratio of mentioning both?

Can't remember exactly what I wrote but I remember it being quite focused on the decision theory section of further maths as quite a few of the topics are covered/useful for some advanced microeconomics topics so it covered both maths and Econ succinctly together. This and that statistics is obviously used a lot in maths as well as Econ so goes together very well.

sorry to keep bothering you , but do you think writing about what I learnt from reading "The Alchemy of Finance" by soros is advisable , as I plan on linking it to economic theory but am worried they may think I'm focusing on finance than economics by bringing the book up.

I would recommend sticking to economics but if you can really link it well then it might not come across badly. Just need to be careful, especially with LSE as they put so much weight on your PS

essentially i fear they may not want to hear too much on financial markets, as compared to other economic sectors