<p>pbarvind, but isn't that the same for the US?</p>
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anybody knows how it would be difficult for an UK undergrad to get a further degree in the states? ...and any other thoughts?</p>
<p>In LSE, more than 50% are international. It is the fact. And the living expensives are one of the tops in the world too. </p>
<p>No worry, with LSE, you are very good to find jobs in Europe and Asia. For US, better get Connell. So it is double good if you get LSE first then Connell after.</p>
<p>LSE is more prestigious in the financial industry than Cornell, even in the US. “Teaching quality” as measured by High School criteria is irrelevant for college/university education, so you should ignore that. As far as research is concerned, only the very top US schools (e.g. MIT, Harvard, Chicago, Princeton) beat LSE’s economics department. I would definitely rate LSE above Cornell in economics specifically.</p>
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<p>Graduates of the top UK universities (Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE, even UCL and others) are frequently admitted to PhD programs in the US. Admission to law or medical school is much tougher for internationals in general.</p>
<p>I’d personally take the Cornell offer for undergraduate and then go to LSE for grad studies. I know Cornell would be boring. But I think I would have better chances of working in the US coming out of Cornell than of LSE.</p>