<p>Trust me Zip, St Andrews is not at the level of Edinburgh. </p>
<p>LSE by itself is not really comparable to any American university since LSE is limited to few fields of study. But if I had to compare it to any university, I would say Columbia or Chicago.</p>
<p>As for Bristol, it is a good university. I had an offer from them. And the city is not shady…at least, not when I was there in 1992.</p>
<p>BasBasics said:</p>
<p>“Yes ‘at least’ a 3.5, but the oversubscription means that average grade of the admitted students is much higher. LSE has no deadlines, as they simply cannot afford to not fill their classes. But what is the difference if almost everyone applies extremely early, and their admittance levels are 10% or much lower?”</p>
<p>Are you really sure that almost everyone applies extremely early?</p>
<p>If you look at their availability of programmes right now, only about half of the programmes has been closed for applications. And this is just two months (!!) before school starts.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/graduateAdmissions/apply/availabilityOfProgrammes2005-6.htm[/url]”>http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/graduateAdmissions/apply/availabilityOfProgrammes2005-6.htm</a></p>
<p>If I were a mediocre student who had applied in October 04 (let’s say for a programme with a 30 percent acceptance rate), and I had contacted them in the spring to hear their decision (i.e. at a time where they most likely wouldn’t even have gotten half of the applications yet they were expecting) I don’t think they would have turned me down just like that.</p>
<p>The whole point of having a system where you accepts students on a running basis during the year must be to reward those who are truly eager to get instead of those who just applies in the last minute, albeit they perhaps hold better papers.</p>
<p>Am I off?</p>
<p>I agree with Alexandre.</p>
<p>As a grad student in the UK, Edinburgh IS more respected than St Andrews.</p>
<p>mtc1 said:</p>
<p>Are you really sure that almost everyone applies extremely early?</p>
<p>The whole point of having a system where you accepts students on a running basis during the year must be to reward those who are truly eager to get instead of those who just applies in the last minute, albeit they perhaps hold better papers.</p>
<p>Am I off? </p>
<p>LSE typically makes its decisions very late in the year, I got mine (admittedly, as a UK student) in April.</p>
<p>heard some LSE kids recently caused some damage…</p>
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<p>I’m turning in my app to the MSc program in IR right now! Woot!</p>
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<p>Yeah, I’m afraid that my housemate was one of them, a hundred or so students caused general damage to Kings College; kicking over bins, that sort of thing.</p>
<p>um…i applied in late september and offers are already being sent out, i got mine in government and economics yesterday so you guys should really get started</p>
<p>The timetable was different for grad apps, but yeah! Get off your lazy bums, you Yanks!</p>
<p>UCLAri,</p>
<p>so you decided to apply for a one year Msc in IR at LSE?</p>
<p>Yup. I sent in the app. My alternative was the non-research Msc in comparative politics.</p>
<p>Here’s to waiting for the results! Huzzah!</p>
<p>Go for Comp Gov, I am biased!</p>
<p>Well, I already sent it in, so I have no choice. As a political scientist, I’m more interested in IR, however. I did my undergrad in comp poli sci, so I know comp pretty well. I just don’t enjoy it as much.</p>
<p>Pierre Eliott trudeau ( the greatest prime minister canada has ever known…along with Lester B. Pearson) also went there during the 50’s I think…</p>
<p>LSE is probably the most renown pure economics university in the world. People who graduate at LSE are said to become the UK’s (and probably the worlds) best bureaucrats, those that graduate at oxbridge are said to generally become world-class leaders. Thats not my personal opinion but something I read somewhere before, and might be pretty close to the truth. If you love pure econ then LSE might be better for you than the top US universities. Watch out though! They had a 3% acceptance for that course last year (in the UK you apply to courses, or sometimes individual colleges, not the universities themselves).</p>
<p>man, if I knew exactly what I wanted to major in I’d totally apply to a UK school. I love it there. =(</p>
<p>Took about two months for LSE to send me a reply back for an MPA in Public and Economic policy.</p>
<p>I hear thats a new degree over there too, anyone know anything about it beyond what one could research on the LSE website?</p>
<p>I’m posting from the US-West coast, and LSE is known here at the University of Washington. We send out a couple students into their masters programs every year apparently. But amongst the regular student body (especially those outside of politics and economics), LSE isn’t usually recognized. </p>
<p>I think it can best be stated that those who are involved in academia or are internationally orientated, have heard of LSE. Engineering and computer science majors usually don’t have to attempt Masters of Phd degrees, nor look for occupations internationally…hence they don’t hear about LSE.</p>
<p>I still haven’t heard back and I sent my app in in January…</p>
<p>I really hope that isn’t bad. I’m intensely nervous.</p>
<p>^ In answer to the above poster: Doesn’t LSE have a rolling admissions policy, at least for some departments? I read something like that on their site (I’m applying this autumn, btw)</p>
<p>My D and I are going to London on a vacation trip at the end of May. Would it be worthwhile for us to visit the campus? Will people will be there at that time? My D is a high school senior and interested in economics. Thanks for your input.</p>