<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I recently firmed my offer from LSE for Maths and Economics. Since i am not extremely familiar with British universities in comparison to American ones i was wondering if any of you could give me any advice?</p>
<p>I was wondering if LSE is comparable to Penn/Columbia/Berkeley in terms of reputation or in quality of teaching for Economics or Maths. </p>
<p>If not, which US university would you say LSE is comparable to?</p>
<p>Reputation is about the same from a prestige stand point, but LSe is not really known for quality of teaching, just having smart students and research. LSe is very rigorous and you will not be coddled,but if you can make it at lse you can also make the grade at it’s us equivalents.</p>
<p>LSE is a well-respected institution world-wide. It has a global name comparable to NYU and schools like Georgetown or UVa. LSE grads (along with Oxbridge, Warwick, UCL and Imperial grads) are heavily favoured for top banking/finance jobs in London. LSE isn’t that popular in corporate America (relative to the mentioned American schools.) </p>
<p>I’d pick Penn, Columbia, especially, Berkeley, over LSE for maths, econ or both. But if my career path would be to prepare me well for a top job in London, I’d pick LSE. But generally, Berkeley, Columbia and Penn are superior to LSE in academic strength, prestige and opportunities after graduation in America or anywhere else except London.</p>
<p>^Not True</p>
<p>LSE arguable even more internationally famous than Penn (maybe slightly lower than Columbia).</p>
<p>Jedbrien, LSE maybe be more internationally “famous” than Penn in the corporate world, but certainly not in the science and medical world. And in the corporate world, Penn may not be as “famous” as LSE, but Wharton is definitely more “famous”.</p>
<p>If you plan to come back to the U.S. for employment, I don’t think there is much sense in attending LSE.</p>
<p>The area where I think LSE would hold its own against Columbia or Penn (or other top US universities) is in graduate school admissions. In academic circles, a degree from LSE is very highly regarded.</p>
<p>“It has a global name comparable to NYU and schools like Georgetown or UVa.”</p>
<p>I don’t think that UVA has that strong of a, “global name” as compared to the other schools mentioned.</p>
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<p>This student is from Brunei.</p>
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<p>Is that an indirect way of saying that LSE does not have a global name? In a ways, NYU might have a global name in a certain circle --perhaps because of the Olsen twins-- but you must have been facetious when adding GTown and UVA. </p>
<p>Anyway, is this moment we all add a nilly-willy list of schools to satisfy our own bias? The reality is that only someone who has attended both schools provide a valuable opinion to the OP. The rest is pure blah-blah.</p>