<p>All right. This is my position. I am a high school senior who is an American and who also got shafted by good American Schools, and was thinking about applying to LSE. The applicaion date has passed, so they will consider me as a late applicant. I was waitlisted at WashU/Emory/Boston College. I was rejected at Duke/Cornell/Brown/Rice/Northwestern/Johns Hopkins.....</p>
<p>Sat Scores(I don't know if they care about this)
750-Critical Reading
750-Math
700-Writing</p>
<p>1500/1600(critical reading and math), and a 2200/2400(overall)</p>
<p>High School GPA-3.8 Unweighted, and 4.1 weighted with 10 A.P.s and 6-7 honors classes out of 28 total high school classes.
Class Rank-Top 15 percent....This is why no American school wanted me...</p>
<p>I want to do Economics History at LSE</p>
<p>These are my AP Test Scores(Don't laugh, they suck ****)
A.P. World History- 4-----Took it in 10th grade
A.P. United States History- 4-----Took it in 11th Grade
A.P. Calculus AB - 4------Took it in 11th Grade
A.P. English Language and Composition- 3---------Took it in 11th Grade</p>
<p>This year I am taking....
A.P. English Language
A.P. Government
A.P. Economics
A.P. Biology
A.P. Calculus BC</p>
<p>Oh and I can pay full. I was able to pay full for any of the American Schools listed above(they cost 53,000 U.S), but they don't want me, i think LSE, with the weak dollar/and living expenses should come out to 40000-50000 a year....</p>
<p>@Colleges:
Though I’m not an American applicant, here’s my take on it. LSE- and most other UK colleges rely heavily on grades. Straight As with decent co-curricular activities can get you admission to a top UK university (read: Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, UCL, Imperial etc.)- at least for UK and Singaporean applicants. This may sound harsh- but I think your chances are rather low, considering that grades aren’t exactly stellar and LSE, without doubt is a VERY selective university. Plus, considering that you’re applying late, chances go even lower down. Don’t take this as a discouragement- I’d say you should go ahead and apply (it never harms to apply, right?) and try getting 5s on the APs you’re taking this year. I’d suggest you also apply to some less selective UK schools too where you do have a good chance of acceptance. Best of luck with your application! Cheers! :)</p>
<p>To be bluntly honest, I think it’s highly unlikely you’ll get in. The deadline for applications was January 15th and all offers have been given out March 31st. They give more offers than spots knowing some will go elsewhere/miss their grades, so unless a stunning amount of people miss their grades in August or have turned down the offer then you have a very slim chance. Your test scores are weak - they’ll want 5s, and the two non-5s in History will hurt you seeing as you’re applying for History. UK unis in general also don’t care about ECs unless they’re relevant to your course, and do not do AA/adjustment for school conditions for foreign applicants. Did you take SAT IIs? They’ll want to see test scores. British university selection is very much about standardised tests like APs and SATs rather than subjective elements like grades.</p>
<p>If you really want to apply go for it, but don’t get your hopes up. <em>IF</em> you get an offer it’ll be conditional on quite a few 5s in your APs.</p>
<p>If you are applying late, then I think you have almost zero chances of getting in. My friend who got into Yale this year (first person in 4 years to get into Ivy league from my high school) got turned down by LSE because he submitted his application one day late (Jan 16).</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. I plan on studying abroad at LSE this summer for three weeks.</p>
<p>My Sat Subject Test Scores are also very mediocore</p>
<p>U.S. History- 750
Math 1 - 730</p>
<p>=(, oh well its still worth a try right, doesnt hurt applying, but I WILL NOT get my hopes up…Thanks for all the help, and any other thoughts would be appreciated. So applying late is pretty much like being stuck on the waitlist, but worse because waitlisted people have an okay chance…lol ■■■…</p>
<p>I hope that this summer after 3 weeks, once I attend I can meet the dean and some professors and ask them about transfering to LSE after 1 semester at my State U.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, i don’t think you will meet any Deans or Professors at LSE in the summer. UK schools generally don’t run their own summer sschools. To make a bit of money while they are on vacation they rent out their buildings to education companies who run summer schools. These companies have no connection to LSE whatsoever other than they pay their rent. If you’re very lucky you might be taught by one or two LSE grad students who have been hired for the summer. That is probably the best you will do. A summer course may give you an idea of whether you would like to live and study in London, and it will probably be fun, but it’s not a back-door route into acceptance as an LSE enrolled student. All it proves is you have the money to attend such a course.</p>
<p>Well you’d have to give us the details of the particular course you signed up for…But what cupcake said holds true for many UK university ‘summer programs’.</p>
<p>I was thinking introductory microeconomics, or introductory finance or introductory management. If they aren’t LSE affialated, or not taught by LSE professors, not point me spending 4,000 U.S. to go here, it’d be a waste of my time and money…</p>
<p>LSE is one of the very few UK schools that DOES have a summer school, but at a very hefty price (something like 1,500 pounds for one class). I’ve heard it’s very good (they’re just like regular LSE classes) so if you have the money it could be a productive way to spend a summer.</p>
<p>I know LSE costs around 13,000 pounds, but I was wondering if that inculdes living costs? like Room and board, and food…If it does, I’d consider it a cheap fee…In U.S. dollars it comes out to 18,900 dollars…I know this is a lot of money, but when you look at how amazing LSE is, and you compare it to my local state university which would cost me 20,000 a year…I would choose LSE in a heartbeat. In fact, I’d spend an extra 10,000, and go to LSE than go to my local state university.</p>
<p>With my extra 10,000 and 18,900 fee for LSE (total 28,000 american) its STILL 100 times better than going to my local State University for 20,000 a year…because you can’t compare LSE and my local state university on the same level, or even in the same sentence…</p>
<p>^^^I know people in the UK have to pay 10 times more taxes than Americans to get these low fees for colleges(as well as other welfare programs), and so you guys are probably mad, when I make this statement…</p>
<p>^^^ Thats not bad, I only need to stay in the UK for around 10 months, and then spend my summer/winter break/spring break(i don’t know if UK schools have this), in the U.S…its doable for my family…</p>
<p>I believe the deadline for the University of St. Andrews in Scotland has not passed yet, so that’s definitely an option to consider. I have a friend who goes there and absolutely loves it.</p>