<p>So ,which one is better and which one is harder to get in ?
Also,can you compere these colleges to Dartmouth,Cornell ,and upenn ?</p>
<p>Better for which major?</p>
<p>LSE all the way…it specializes in all the majors it offers esp. Anthropology, Economics, Economic History, Accounting and Finance and of course, Law</p>
<p>LSE > King’s
LSE hardest for Economics.</p>
<p>You can’t compare UK colleges to those in US.
In UK, all you need if very strong academic credentials and you are almost guaranteed in, but in the US, they look at you as a person - eg. activities, test scores, special talent, your background/income/ethnicity. etc</p>
<p>I recommend LSE, especially if you want to work in finance. Get decent grades, and you’re pretty much guaranteed a job in the City of London.</p>
<p>King’s College, on the other hand… is not as prestigious, not as appealing to British employers, and simply not as good.</p>
<p>As to whether you can compare them to Dartmouth, Cornell, and UPenn - depends what exactly you want to do. LSE, certainly, is as good for a British university as any of those three colleges are for an American one.</p>
<p>Good luck. Apply to LSE this autumn, though, and you’ll have to compete with me :)</p>
<p>python38 why I cant send you a PM :}
I dont really think we are going to compete because I am not from UK :)(</p>
<p>Well, we might. It depends; I don’t know how the admissions system works, exactly. Internationals might compete with UK students, or LSE may have separate quotas on each. I have no idea. :)</p>
<p>P.S. Yep, I disabled Private Messaging the day I signed up ;). What did you want to say?</p>
<p>Internationals and domestic students (British/European) have different quotas. However, it is an open secret than in some situations internationals will be chosen over domestic students based solely on the fact that internationals pay a lot more (13,000 pounds over 3,200). LSE usually doesn’t have this problem because it bathes in money. Not sure about King’s though.</p>
<p>You should throw out any opinion telling you that LSE is better than King’s though because
they are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. King’s is heavily based in the sciences and medicine. LSE focuses purely on the social sciences. Don’t go to LSE if you want to be a doctor. They are both great colleges and will give you a strong footing in the workforce.</p>
<p>About admissions, it varies by program. You have to choose what course (major) you want to do and you apply only to that major. You will compete with students who have only applied for that major. It’s very, very different from the US system which in my opinion is much more holistic and “fairer”. Some majors vary in competition. For example, Economic history is much easier to get into than Economics at LSE.</p>
<p>Do some serious research about the UK. Check out UCAS ([UCAS</a> Homepage](<a href=“http://www.ucas.co.uk%5DUCAS”>http://www.ucas.co.uk)) to find out what programs you’d be interested in. Feel free to PM me if you’ve got any other questions.</p>
<p>I agree with you that LSE seems to have more aid available. And King’s would definitely be better if you wanted to do a degree in, say, chemistry, or medicine.</p>
<p>Overall, though, LSE consistently comes higher in rankings tables, and (if you did a degree in a random subject) LSE would probably be the better university. The OP didn’t state his major, so I couldn’t advise him assuming what he was going to take. On average, I infer that LSE is better. But, like you said, it depends. Perhaps the OP should suggest what he’s considering majoring in?</p>
<p>Hmm… yes, I’d say LSE is more internationally known than King’s. And yea, OP, what major’s it gonna be?</p>
<p>Here’s how i would rank them for international prestige:</p>
<p>UPenn / Cornell</p>
<h2>LSE / Dartmouth </h2>
<h2>-</h2>
<p>-
King’s</p>
<p>Undergrad prestige in the US:
UPenn/Dartmouth
Cornell</p>
<p>You must be kidding me, right? BSc @ ANY social science at LSE is second to none; for the record, only Berkeley and Harvard rank higher than LSE in league tables for social science subjects.</p>
<p>what if the OP wants to study biochemistry? I’ve heard LSE has an excellent program in that.</p>
<p>^are u jking?</p>
<p>Biochemistry at LSE…? :S You MUST have meant King’s, right??</p>
<p>Yes, I’m joking.</p>
<p>Berkeley is also an option for me ;)</p>
<p>Both LSE and King’s are actually part of the University of London, although they are completely independent of each other (sorta like the different UC’s in California). </p>
<p>The LSE in particular is a specialty school offering courses in social sciences only. It has the distinction of being pretty much the only school outside the US to have an economics department that rivals the top American economics departments in quality. Its sociology, political science, anthropology, and law programs are also top notch.</p>
<p>If you are sure about studying a social science as an undergrad, then the LSE is by far the best choice in Europe. I’d pick it even over Cambridge or Oxford.</p>
<p>BTW, I didn’t answer your second question: LSE is ** much harder ** to get in. In fact, I believe it is the most selective school in the UK (even more so than Oxbridge actually). And it definitely compares favorably to Cornell and Dartmouth (dunno about Berkeley though).</p>
<p>LSE receives more applications than Oxbridge because anyone can apply…hence giving the illusion that it’s tougher to get in. Don’t be mistaken…it’s not. Great school. Not Oxbridge.</p>