Imperial College London or LSE?

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<p>How is LSE compared to an US uni in the financial sector in the US? Columbia? Chicago? NYU? NU?</p>

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<p>What? This doesn’t follow.</p>

<p>OK, let’s take on board your (slightly mangled but basically ok) definition of an analogy.</p>

<p>How is the Gordon Brown case like that?</p>

<p>And you’ve got my assertion wrong. What I said was: Edinburgh is a prestigious university, lots of smart people go there. For example, Gordon Brown.</p>

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<p>But your logic doesn’t stand up, Gordon Brown is NOT smart.</p>

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<p>You might think Gordon Brown is not smart, but he is way smarter than you are. Did you know he has a PhD? And that he was basically king of his university (I mean really – he was elected rector when he was still a student – he beat all the old men).</p>

<p>Gordon Brown is a terrible PM, but he is on such a different plane to you that you can’t even see him.</p>

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<p>Yes i knew he had a PhD, but i also knew he sold half Britains gold reserves at the bottom of the market and lost the country two billion pounds. Not terribly smart of him? Anyway we’re getting off topic, i still want to know why you keep saying i am wrong when im really not.</p>

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<p>Hey, lots of very clever people make stupid decisions. He is way smarter than anyone on this board – yes Brown made the wrong call, but they’d never let you within a million miles of making the call. He is in a different league.</p>

<p>And wrong about what?</p>

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<p>This guy seems to have a good rating and insight of UK unis:</p>

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<p>First Division

  1. Cambridge
  2. Oxford
  3. LSE
  4. Imperial
  5. UCL
  6. Bristol
  7. Warwick
    8.) Edinburgh
  8. King’s College London
  9. St Andrews
  10. Durham
  11. York
  12. Bath
  13. Manchester
  14. Nottingham
  15. Sheffield
  16. Birmingham
  17. Southampton
  18. Lancaster
  19. Newcastle
  20. Leeds
  21. Loughborough
  22. Exeter
  23. Glasgow</p>

<p>Second Division

  1. Aston
  2. Liverpool
  3. Cardiff
  4. Leicester
  5. Strathclyde
    -) East Anglia
    -) Sussex
    -) Hull
    -) Aberdeen
    -) Royal Holloway
    -) SOAS
    -) QMW
    -) Essex
    -) Kent
    -) Surrey
    -) City
    -) Brunel
    -) Reading
    -) Queen’s Belfast
  6. Heriot Watt
  7. Bradford
  8. Dundee
  9. Goldsmith College
  10. Swansea</p>
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<p>if you want to get fast recognition in the states after graduation then LSE. If you want quality science education worth the money, unlike in LSE (material and research is great, teaching not so much) then imperial. Think carefully about which field you’d like to go to and competition in jobs after graduation. Imperial student life is also more all-rounded than LSE which is more urban and saturated with East asians.</p>

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<p>wbc1991 - Do you how does it work attending a UK school and then going to grad school in the U.S? I had heard that the LSE was only a 3 year program so does it cover all the requirements to get into a US grad school or is there no issue? I am just curious because my younger son wants to go to LSE.</p>

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<p>raison_d’etre what’s wrong with East Asians? Drop the racism.</p>

<p>One thing Imperial is saturated with is sausage: the sex ratio is 6:1 or so. Not to mention that most of those 1/7 girls are medics, who are never seen again after the first of second year.</p>

<p>If you are male and straight, go to imperial only if you want to have to go to other London colleges to meet student girls.</p>

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<p>Kajon, as far as I’m aware the requirement to go to an US grad school after an UK undergrad degree is pretty similar to what it would be like if you attended an US uni.</p>

<p>A 1st in the UK is equivalent to a 3.6-4.0 and a 2:1 is about 3.2-3.6</p>

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<p>whoever said SOAS was big in the UK…some what flawed.
no where near as BIG or prestigious as LSE or Imperial…</p>

<p>My advice is LSE. Good international name- very recognised. From what I have gleaned, a degree from LSE is very well regarded and so is Imperial. But in the business circles, LSE trumps Imperial.</p>

<p>In terms of student experience, no matter where you go (LSE or Imperial), it will be fairly similar. Its London. Everyone meets each other and if you want to meet people from other London unis, stay in the intercollegiate halls.</p>

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<p>I agree with wannabeatcollege</p>

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<p>If I want to find a job in NYC (or in the US in general), as I have got a green card but not a UK permanent residency. Would it be wiser to choose LSE or Emory?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>