LSE vs. Oxford

Swedefish
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:23:03 +0000

For starters, neither are campus universities, but rather spread out in their respective host cities. I’d wager that being spread out in London would be a whole lot more fun than being spread out in Oxford. However, London is extremely expensive and you can probably find more institutions catering to students (and student budgets) in Oxford. In both places you will find very diverse student bodies but the residential aspect of college life might be more palpable in Oxford. I spent one summer living in a LSE dorm and was not impressed. The dorms are far apart and it is also my impression that many students choose to live on their own. This is not the case in Oxford where the majority of undergrads live in college housing and the ones who don’t are still close to their respective colleges as the city itself isn’t very big.