Anyone received an offer from LSE yet?

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I believe they make offers after UCAS closes, wondering how quickly? Anyone else waiting?

Anyone got any updates? There seem to be offers coming out but still no news for DD .

Nope.

Has anyone else heard from LSE yet? DD waiting for Geography

Still waiting though already have the firm and offer if it comes would likely be higher than that.

What has Ur DC firmed?

Or Ur DC already knows where they want to go?

Not firmed and insured yet, I think you have to do both at the same time. 3 offers in for Economics including first choice firm and the 2 they prefer for insure but I think she wants to go to offers holders day to see which of Bristol or Bath to insure, she has not visited either yet though knows lots of people at Bristol who like it so veering towards Bristol but Bath offered almost instantly and is similar. Offers are both pretty similar AAA (Bristol) or AAA / A star A B (Bath). Firm is A star* AA. LSEs offer, if get one, would be A which must be in maths, AA so too high to use as insurance. Also awaiting mock results.

So your daughter does not want to firm lse (even if she gets an offer). How come? The grade reqs?

Daughter got her offer mid March a couple of years ago so could be another couple of weeks to wait.

Offer received a couple of days ago for Social Anthropology (submitted mid oct)

Sorry meant to say there was a FOI request last year for law at Lse and it showed the majority came March onwards. They were certainly very spaced out from January to May so not having an offer yet is frustrating but isn’t a bad sign. Hope everyone hears soon though!

I work for LSE but not in admissions. Patience. 20,000 + applications to get through.

Correction: approximately 26,000 applications
LSE is a highly competitive institution. The high level of competition means that achieving, or being predicted to achieve, our usual standard offer grades does not guarantee that an offer of admission will be made. In 2023, we received approximately 26,000 applications for roughly 1,800 places.

@user1494050295 - I think people realise LSE is very competitive but, to be fair, it's the same situation at many other universities. How is it thst Oxford and Cambridge receive similar numbers of applicants, but still manage to administer admissions tests, read PS and references, contextualise GCSE / predicted A-levels, interview a large proportion of applicants and still give decisions to everyone, either way, within three months?

Some years ago now, one of mine applied for Geography, with 12 9s and four A star predictions and an A star EPQ. Applied in early October. Was rejected in May! How is it acceptable to sit on a young person's application for 8 MONTHS? This was for Geography, which only received about 200 applications anyway. How hard can it really be for that department?

As it was, LSE did her a favour because she reapplied and got into Cambridge the following year (which was preferable as she hadn't wanted to stay in London anyway as we live there).

LSE state that tailoring the PS to the specific LSE course is key to who is made an offer and who isn't. But this makes a mockery of the whole process really, when so many students have the PS written for them. Especially, international students who hire consultants to boost applications to overseas institutions.

I do wonder if the GCSEs are good and the predictors are all 4A*s, how do they distinguish on the PS alone? Especially since if you don't interview you can make it all up.

Schlappe She has an offer from Oxford and will firm that.

Closing date for applications is end of January. LSE doesn’t do rolling admissions for UG hence decisions take longer.

To add to what user1494050295 said. The LSE deadline is 4 months after Oxbridge. The LSE will get proportionately more applications than Oxbridge where you can only apply for one or the other.

Under the Equalities Act of 2010 Universities must give equal consideration to all home applicants. So unless an applicant is exceptional they cannot be sure that an early applicant is better than a late one, so de facto have to hold onto them all until they have a good idea of what the field looks like. And whilst UIK applicants may also be applying to Oxbridge and so get their applications in early, overseas applicants may not.

The same applies to other in demand courses elsewhere.

Son got LSE offer for History on Monday. Unsure whether LSE is firm or insurance. Noted that it’s a scramble finding accomm if not firmed. 🫤

If he insures LSE where would the firm be?

Durham. It’s a tough choice as both unis and courses are great - so not 100% decided. Ultimately down to the student lifestyle he thinks will suit him more.

Sending good luck vibes to everyone else waiting, but offers are trickling out now.

I think waiting that long given the small number of places in Geography is obscene. I did read something slightly different on the LSE site though, I thought it was frowned upon if the PS focused too heavily on the LSE courses specifically.

LSE is using mandatory TMUA this year for the first time as an admissions filter for its BSc Economics and BSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics degrees. It's also taking TMUA into consideration for a host of other very mathematical subjects. Since the second round of TMUA results only came out recently, and presuming LSE wants to work with a gathered field, the courses that have TMUA as mandatory are presumably only just sorting through applications.

I'm guessing they are using the TMUA because there's just so so many applications?

I think that A* is not the differentiator that universities hoped it would be.

They will know that they are missing out on good students, whilst at the same time the heavy maths content is causing some of their students to struggle. If TMUA enables them to get a better idea of potential than they gain from past results, it will be a good thing.

The trend at selective universities and for selective courses is towards ever more course-specific admissions tests.