Finance at lse without further maths

you can always try FM and see how it goes but you’ll probably struggle - you can get into Bsc Econ without FM although you generally need a good reason as to why you didn’t take it so I’d assume finance is doable without it although you may be disadvantaged

Ikkk but i don’t think i have a particularly good reason because I only didn’t pick it because i didn’t get the 8/9 grade in gcse maths required to take it at a level. My grades were predicted though due to my exams getting cancelled bc of covid so they’re not necessarily representative of how i did at gcse.

If it makes a difference, my school made their decision based on a lot of factors including sat grades. My school told me that they had trouble with getting into contact with my primary apparently bcs of distance, meaning my sats were all 4s, and during my time there (y9 - y11) my target grades were always all 5s even if i regularly got 7s and 6s in the subject.

What do you reckon lse would think about that? Ty for answering btw

Ikkk but i don’t think i have a particularly good reason because I only didn’t pick it because i didn’t get the 8/9 grade in gcse maths required to take it at a level. My grades were predicted though due to my exams getting cancelled bc of covid so they’re not necessarily representative of how i did at gcse.

If it makes a difference, my school made their decision based on a lot of factors including sat grades. My school told me that they had trouble with getting into contact with my primary apparently bcs of distance, meaning my sats were all 4s, and during my time there (y9 - y11) my target grades were always all 5s even if i regularly got 7s and 6s in the subject.

What do you reckon lse would think about that? Ty for answering btw

it’s not the end of the world if not and it won’t hurt your chances that much at lse

As far as I know, the only reason LSE allows people in without further maths is that their school doesn't offer it - although this what I know for economics so it's difficult to know whether that perfectly maps onto the BSc Finance course.

Also worth noting that it's not that strong of an argument to say it's because of covid and the resulting predictions, because then that is equally saying that your good GCSE grades are as equally invalid as your maths one. Difficult to say how admissions people will view it but worth recognising that LSE's Econ/Fin courses are massively oversubscribed so they may be less flexible on requirements relative to other unis

Yeah i auspected this would be the case. I’m just gonna have to do everything in my power to get the prep necessary for AS and A2 further maths. I’m not banking on it entirely though so I’ve also been looking at finance which i would be equally happy to do