Gap year?

Would it be worth it to take a gap year and reapply for maths or should I just take my offer for LSE economics?

Hey so firstly- congratulations on your offer!! Well done!

If Maths is genuinely something you're super interested in and it is something you wouldn't give up for anything at all- then by all means go for a gap year. However, (I'm not entirely sure how it is for your course) since you'll then be a re-applicant, it's highly likely that they look for drastic improvements from your current application in your next one, so make sure you have a productive gap year!

However, if you are considering econs too then LSE is one of the top-notch unis for the course and it'll probably be worth it to take up the offer if you're unsure about your gap year!

Hope this helps and good luck with your decision!

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amberlily051

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Original post by Anonymous

Would it be worth it to take a gap year and reapply for maths or should I just take my offer for LSE economics?

you can easily switch courses when you arrive at LSE, so just start Econ then switch to maths. btw Econ at LSE is a lot of maths anyway so you may end up liking it.

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JVorJrose

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Please please please please please I'm begging you; Do not do it!!! LSE, BSc Pure Econ?!?! What? Don't. In that course there will be plenty of maths, trust me, more than you could even imagine. One of the most mathematical out there with cambridge. You'll be able to place into competitive industries; you'll be sought after heavily; if you reapply and don't get in– because there's always uncertainty with these things, then yeah that would be really bad. It's hard enough to get into this school, for real, it's like 1 in 19 or 1 in 20. As another poster said you could always switch courses while there if you want; perhaps you may need to make certain grades in certain modules in first term to get into maths there but if you mean reapply for maths at i.e. imperial, warwick; trust, the only point of that is if you want to go into quant. If you want IB, Finance, Consulting etc. your degree and place of university is profound. you're set.

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Original post by JVorJrose

Please please please please please I'm begging you; Do not do it!!! LSE, BSc Pure Econ?!?! What? Don't. In that course there will be plenty of maths, trust me, more than you could even imagine. One of the most mathematical out there with cambridge. You'll be able to place into competitive industries; you'll be sought after heavily; if you reapply and don't get in– because there's always uncertainty with these things, then yeah that would be really bad. It's hard enough to get into this school, for real, it's like 1 in 19 or 1 in 20. As another poster said you could always switch courses while there if you want; perhaps you may need to make certain grades in certain modules in first term to get into maths there but if you mean reapply for maths at i.e. imperial, warwick; trust, the only point of that is if you want to go into quant. If you want IB, Finance, Consulting etc. your degree and place of university is profound. you're set.

would mathematical positions other than quant be available to me? like data science for example?

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JVorJrose

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Original post by Anonymous

would mathematical positions other than quant be available to me? like data science for example?

Of Course! more than that, even. quant also typically requires a masters too, and usually from COWI (cambridge oxford warwick imperial).
Data science would be very accessible for you enter for example as a bsc economics grad from the lse; the institution name, as well as the course; it is very mathematical, and you can tailor your modules towards it yeah for sure. Make sure to pick as many maths modules; you can see year 1 2 and 3's by searching
"lse bsc economics calendar," first link, and you'll see the options (many in year 3 espeically).

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