LSE Politics and Economics (joint honours) 2025

Has anyone heard back from lse yet? x

No, both my son and his gf are still waiting for P&E, and 2 others at his school for other Economics related courses

My son got rejected today

Gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that, did they give a reason? he must be devastated! Can I ask what his predicted grades and GCSEs were?

Hi , he is fine now, we are still waiting for UCL...his prediction grade were 3 A* maths, history and economics. His GCSE was 7 in maths and the rest 8..m.. unfortunately he had COVID during GCSE exam, so he was super ill and going to the exam unfortunately.. his GCSE mock were all 8 and 9.. but that's ok, I hope he gets into UCL ,,, UCL is as good as lse , so good luck and update us please

They are very good predicted grades, same as my son's 3 A* in Maths/History/Economics, A* in EPQ but not taken into account with LSE or UCL. Your son has great GCSEs such a shame he was ill! My son's are 99988887776. He has also applied to UCL and not heard anything back yet. Good luck to both of them . Did LSE give the reason for the rejection?

Hi,
The rejection of lse was GCSE. Some students apparently got hight In there gcse. Ppe is very competitive, I did a lot of search. My son didn't apply for Oxford because The program emphasizes in-depth study of social and political ideas and history, alongside specialist training in economics, philosophy, and politics. While UCL's PPE program emphasizes policy and methods, with a distinct focus on social data science through the Social Data Science (Q-step) stream. So he applied for UCL and LSE.
UCL , LSE , OXFORD, EDINBURGH they are all top universities, so let's see

With all your son's 8s at GCSE I'm surprised he was rejected, it seems they want all 9s which isn't looking good for my son! You have done lots of research on the different Unis, well done I've been a bit lazy there and left my son to do that. Does your son have any other offers yet? Mine has only had 1 so far and that's for Bath

Hi,
The rejection of lse was GCSE. Some students apparently got hight In there gcse. Ppe is very competitive, I did a lot of search. My son didn't apply for Oxford because The program emphasizes in-depth study of social and political ideas and history, alongside specialist training in economics, philosophy, and politics. While UCL's PPE program emphasizes policy and methods, with a distinct focus on social data science through the Social Data Science (Q-step) stream. So he applied for UCL and LSE.
UCL , LSE , OXFORD, EDINBURGH they are all top universities, so let's see

So sorry to hear that. Did he apply for PPE or a joint honours of politics + economics.
His gcse and alevel stats are great and I know of lse letting people in with the same or lower, so it could be because of personal statement they put a lot of weight on that in the process since they don't interview.
Hoping he gets into UCL.

Has anyone heard back from lse yet? x

Yes, got an offer tonight

Are you home or international x

Home ! I think it’s a good sign though if you haven’t heard back as I think they start off with rejections and then accept people from what I’ve heard from other people!

My. son was rejected yesterday from Edinburgh for PPE and ot was at 7 , the reason was it too comparative..he's devastated