Which course do you think would be better for recruiting - I want to maximise my chances at IB/consulting/PE/HF in London.
Also feel free to mention your thoughts on other factors outside of recruitment relating to either university.
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Do whichever one you find most interesting.
Thanks for ur response, it’s just I find the course at LSE much more interesting but I prefer the location and teaching of Cambridge
I’d have to say LSE BSc Finance has the edge here. It’s probably the best finance undergrad in Europe and placement is really really strong. Placement is good, and being at LSE will help you build a very strong network long term, as you will see many of your friends will end up in these roles. For Cambridge the only advantage is that you have the Cambridge name on your CV which is something important long term, however in terms of name it is slightly above the LSE brand. All factors taken into account, I’d probably choose LSE.
A bit insane choice to even think about LSE here. At Cambridge you will have a great social life with 24/7 life at your college, people around you who have actual interests beyond getting a job after uni and great opportunities to do extracurriculars and get educated in a 1-to-1 (/2) setting. At LSE, you have 100 students per tutor at lectures instead of 1 at a supervision, just going to classes 9 to 5 and otherwise living in London like everyone else (with the usual pitfalls involved, scheduling to see friends instead of knocking on their doors etc.) and everyone does banking or other career societies as extracurriculars (will never understand why that is) - people going into banking/consulting at Cam are much more likely to do debating or anything else. Can't imagine a simpler choice
Would agree with this. "Placement" is only better at LSE Finance because the entire year group is gunning for IB, literally what else would they apply for. Whereas at Cambridge people have much more diverse career interests.
Cambridge land econ also gives serious edge for RE.
First of all if you have offers for both, congratulations, they’re both great courses although for IB I would hands down say LSE is the better pick - It’s highly respected on the street, and Land Economy (despite being at Cambridge) really isn’t tbh. Not that I agree with it, but people often joke at it being back route into Cambridge
However, of course if real estate IB or commercial real estate is something you want to go into, then Cambridge is obviously a very good choice
please take Cambridge, you will regret otherwise
Previous bsc finance student here. i would highly recommend it, it is one of the only courses at LSE which has a very close-knitted culture. everyone on the course knows and are good friends with each other, and the department sponsors several get togethers and socials, we have the highest budget per student out of any lse department. Placement in finance is top tier if you do everything that is required (societies, sports, ECs, work experience etc.) and have a good overall profile. We had a good amount of students ending up directlu on the buyside out of undergrad
Dude you speak about close-knitted community and societies at LSE...you have absolutely no idea how life is at Cambridge and how close-knitted of a community colleges are.
at cambridge you kinda have to be close knit cause there's nothing else to do no? lol
at lse rn, i love my friends because they're incredible people. if i didn't have these friends (i didn't in my first year) i would still have the rest of the city - plays, concerts, all of it.
the outcomes will be similar, oxbridge no longer has a monopoly over IB/PE due to dominance by europeans in london
bear in mind london is an expensive city however you will be able to off cycle and summer intern much more easily
Cambridge. LSE has good placement as the students are a bunch of Nepo and private school kids. This and last year a lot struggled to even land springs yet alone summers. Cambridge will give you a better name for everything including MBB. Want more options go for Cambridge, want to only break into IB then you could pick LSE.
True but Cambridge is the epitome of nepotism as well
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