<p>My daughter recently got into the London School of Economics for economics yet she also applied to Wharton for business. Her probability of receiving an offer from Wharton is rather high since my wife and I are both alumna to the school and my daughter has excellent grades. She is rather confused about which school she would prefer to attend. Does anyone know which school is better for future employment or graduate school? Which school is more prestigious?</p>
<p>I believe that Penn/Wharton only considers legacy status for ED applicants. Not to say your daughter doesn't stand a very good chance, but it seems to be a very presumptuous thing to say.</p>
<p>Either way, both offer excellent opportunities, but I'd give the edge to Wharton, at least on the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>Mick Jagger went to LSE and he did pretty well financially.</p>
<p>driscoll101- you might want to take a look at the Penn forum and see some of the Early Decision Wharton reports. There are a lot of kids with great grades and SAT scores who were rejected or deferred. Being a legacy carries some weight, but admission to Wharton is still difficult. Good luck to your daughter and let us know how it all turns out.</p>
<p>I know that Penn gives a much bigger advantage to legacies applying early, but RD applications still get a small one!</p>
<p>i believe the acceptance rate for LSE's government and economics course is probably pretty close to that of wharton's. 733 applicants for 29 places</p>
<p>That will be a nice choice... if she ends up accepted to both schools. It will be more convenient to go to interviews in NYC from Wharton. Likewise, if your daughter wants to work in London, or anywhere in Europe she will be much closer if attending LSE. As for prestige, I think it depends on where you live and who you socialize with. Try repeating, "My daughter has been accepted at the London School of Economics," at cocktail parties and guage the reaction. </p>
<p>Best of luck with the wharton app. I know many legacies that were not accepted. I think it would be a lot of fun to spend maybe one year at LSE and graduate from wharton.</p>
<p>lse has a nickname of "london school of entertainment" since they goof off for two years and study really hard a couple months before exams :-P</p>
<p>and i suspect wharton is more recognized, at least in the US</p>
<p>well more importantly, the US system is probably better for those who did high school in the US since it's more well-rounded (whereas the british system is very focused on the major)</p>
<p>i hope you are right cause some american students told me that a lot of his friends had to transfer to yale or princeton cause they were going to fail. i did hear that it is pretty easy for the asian student though.</p>