I've seen LSE thrown around a couple times, and there was one thread a long time ago about it, but I wanted to revive the idea.
If you go to a semi-target school (say UNC for myself), does doing a year/semester/summer at LSE provide any benefit when it comes to recruiting?
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From what I have seen, I would say yes. Especially if you complete a masters degree in that year. But even for undergraduate exchange students on the "General Course" at LSE it becomes somewhat easier to get top internships in Europe (apparently in the US as well), in the case of one's home/undergrad school being a semi- or non-target.
would you say that only applies for an entire year study? what about a semester or a summer?
Doing study abroad there will be negligible, I did the summer program and had a great time. It boils down to just an extra curricular line item (if that), if you do the masters then it's a whole new ballgame.
Contact DISJOINT, he's the guy who went there for a Masters program and got a Sales job there.
thanks, I'll contact DISJOINT.
So if I do the Masters program, then go to LSE. If not, only think of it as an EC? No real impact on recruitment for me?
I can attest to LSE as well. I did a masters and some summer courses.
i imagine that this is only worth for people with lots of internship experience, since it is only one year, and there are no internship opportunities in between.
i was also thinking that the LSE term only ends in june if i'm right, and that would probably rule you out of US sophomore (rising junior) year summer internships? And for those looking for work in the states, thats getting shot in the foot, yes?
I agree that the summer courses don't really set you apart from the pack as much as one might hope. However, coming from a non-target, I did find that the courses I took at LSE during a summer abroad were a good talking point during some of my interviews.
agh, i see. thanks for your input!
I am also in a masters program at LSE. I would say summer courses at LSE add by far the least value, compared to a year abroad or a masters. During the summer you have little to no contact with full-time LSE students, and little to no contact with recruiters who are only on campus in force during the academic year.
As for the question about doing only as semester at LSE, I'm not sure how that would actually work since all exams are in June, to the best of my knowledge.
Some great comments in this thread.
To add one mroe thing, even if you aren't accepted into the accounting/finance masters program, it seems like there are 10 or more great finance-related/biz-related programs.
Only time I've ever heard of a summer course or semester abroad mattering is if you're a student from Hong Kong or Mainland China.
CUHK Students at exchange for Wharton for example, when they apply to HK IBD or S&T positions get asked how they did in their classes and apparently it does matter then. Only heard of it for Asian offices tho, and students directly from Asia.
I'm currently in the MSc Finance program at the LSE. I work full-time and am attending the program part-time over 2 years. If you have any questions, shoot me a message and I'd be happy to reply.
Cheers
i just want to revive this thread because im curious, possibly throwing around the idea of studying abroad at LSE for my junior year. How would i look as a visiting student from a us state school for oncampus OCR in the spring?
No such thing as OCR in the UK. Here, all applications are done through the company websites. They then filter them accordingly, with most spots going to students in UK targets.
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