Panicking now re LSE no news

[MiddleOfThePack]

My son applied in October and still hasn't had any 'email with an application ID'? He has emailed and had no response. He's now filling in a contact form and planning to phone tomorrow. Should he have heard something more concrete by now?

They asked him to send a questionnaire back which he's done, but that was a while ago now.

@quest1on

Congratulations Orange!

LSE have started with offers today.., at last.

Thanks! Still got fingers crossed for LSE too. Good luck everyone else who's waiting.

and waiting

My DD is still waiting to hear from LSE

I can’t work out whether TSR is accurate, but are any LSE BSc Economics offers being sent. Agonised parent here.

@portico

I can’t work out whether TSR is accurate, but are any LSE BSc Economics offers being sent. Agonised parent here.

Not here (although he wants to do econometrics and I don't know if he's applied for maths with economics or economics with maths). He said his economics tutor told him yesterday that they don't normally send out offers until after Easter in non-covid times, so he just has to wait. I didn't dispute this, it's better that he isn't worrying about it all the time.

Two updates: DS peer had an offer for history on Thursday.
DS just had email today saying they're extending offer window until 16th April. ( Economics)

Yes, DC not impressed about delay

@Tatapie

Two updates: DS peer had an offer for history on Thursday. DS just had email today saying they're extending offer window until 16th April. ( Economics)

Mine received this too. This is getting long and drawn out now lol

Still no update, and the TSR is showing some candidates as having receiving offers. Not looking good for DS1 😫

@portico think some geography came out not economics

Not seen any offers or rejections for DC course either. We are off to visit the uni with her (so far only) offer...will combine it with meeting relatives

@fiveoldteddies

Not seen any offers or rejections for DC course either. We are off to visit the uni with her (so far only) offer...will combine it with meeting relatives

Hi fiveoldteddies Did not understand your message, has your DC been offered a place. Is that why you are visiting LSE?

Btw, we are waiting, in agony, for DS to be accepted on to BSc Economics .....fingers crossed 🤞

No, no offers from LSE (but have not seen on TSR any mentioning of her course, no rejections and no offers). Sofar she has only received an offer for her 5th choice uni, and that's the one we are going to visit. To try and get her a bit excited about it....

We have a UCL place, but it feels more like a poor second prize compared to LSE

She would have liked UCL I think but they don't have quite the course she wanted. She likes London though... Her 2nd choice city she would be happy with as well, but they are also slow to offer

When did UCL get regarded as a poor second place to LSE?!

Times have definitely changed since I went to Uni in the 1990's. LSE was the "poor cousin" .......

Just saw the course was for Economics- OK UCL will be second as LSE is London School of Economics (!). But it is definitely highly regarded for the same

I think Ds would be delighted with an offer from UCL! He is still waiting for both LSE and UCL economics, rejected from Warwick 2 weeks ago. Not looking good for him unfortunately so expecting rejections from these 2 as well.

Hi everyone, found you over here on the LSE thread . Yes, as I said on the other thread, there was a batch of offers on Friday for DS’ subject. I guess good news in the sense things the department, have woken up, but bad news in the sense DS hasn’t had one.

Do we think they will make their deadline of April 16th? To be honest, if DS hasn’t heard by then, I might encourage him to firm Durham or UCL because accommodation is being booked up (particularly at UCL) and the thought of still being in limbo in May is ridiculous.

Last year they extended the deadline until May apparently.

I hadn’t realised UCL had still not replied to some people as well! Personally, I think the whole thing is beyond ridiculous at this point.

What subject is that quest1on?
DS has 3 offers for Politics &IR but still waiting on UCL and LSE. Not too worried about accommodation as he could commute or flatshare with friends who going into second year at London unis.

Ds is just finishing his first year at UCL @ShaunaTheSheep and I don't think they book accommodation till much later though I may have remembered that wrong! He's having a fabulous time btw (despite lockdown)!

Good to know, thanks.

Shauna - it’s geography he’s applied for. The course at UCL is a 4-year programme with an international year, so does have its benefits.

DS could easily commute too, but would want to live in halls in the first year. On TSR, some of them seem to have booked accommodation and I thought it was first-come-first-served?

www.ucl.ac.uk/accommodation/prospective-students/undergraduates

They must firm offer and apply by 31 May for guaranteed accommodation, which will be allocated in July/August.
So no need to panic, it just doesn't give much time to get the application in with offers coming so late.

Thanks Shauna and best of luck with UCL and LSE. What a drawn out palaver.