LSE MSC Admission
Hi,
I want to do my masters at LSE next year.
I am thinking of either doing the MSC in Finance and Private Equity or the MSC in Accounting and Finance.
- My overall GPA is pretty low
- Germany: 1.9 -> equivalent to 66% UK 3.55 US
- Cutoff is: 2.0 Germany / 65%UK and 3.5 US
-> moreover my worst 3 grades actually come from accounting subjects
- I have not taken the GMAT but I am expecting 700-720
- Work experience:
What are my chances and which programme would you recommend me to apply for? My target would be to work long-term in a MF.
thanks
LSE allosw you to apply to two programs but the Accounting and Finance program puts the preference for students who put that program as primary. Note, you can only apply to either Finance or Finance/PE. Not both. I believe acceptance in Accounting and Finance is somewhere around 20-25% while other Finance programs less that 10%.
LSE put emphasis on GPA but with your experience you may consider LBS MFA as they put more emphasis on experience. Imperial another option.
Thanks, yes I have already considered LBS and its my 3nd choice. However, LSE is my first choice, and while I know that my GPA buts me on the low end, I was hoping to find someone on this forum who is in a similar situation than I am
Accounting was 16% last year
PE was 7% last year
Also between LBS and Imperial, which would you recommend?
LBS 100%
Between LBS and Imperial depends on what you are looking for and I'm guessing your research will reflect the following.
Imperial will be more technical / analytically rigorous while the LBS classes will be more like an MBA, and you can share classes with MBA students. LBS MFA class size has been increasing and is more professionally focused, while Imperial flagship finance class is smaller but they do have several different finance programs where LBS everyone is grouped together
Hard choice and it is a personal decision. LBS also has the option for a 3rd semester if you need it given how your recruiting is going. Maybe with your undergrad you already have a great network and need to improve your tech skills? Or vice versa you need the slightly stronger professional network that LBS provides. I do like LBS's public employment report as it spells out exactly the results of recruiting.
Also...
My % estimates above should have said "offers" and not "acceptances. Not everyone who received an offer accepts. From a FOI request, LSE Finance and Economics program had an offer rate around 14% but acceptance around 6%. https://www.admissionreport.com/london-school-of-economics/msc-finance-…
So the offer percentage will be above 16 and 7 which I would guess is good news. :)
If it's for imperial biz school, LBS/LSE is probably better. If it is for the main ICL university (i.e. the mathematical finance course), ICL probably gives you better optionality (opens doors to lots of trading & quant-related roles - and you can still easily recruit for IB/PE etc). The mathematical finance course will be much harder however.
LSE and LBS are way better than Imperial. Imperial has yet to develop a reputation in finance :)
LSE MSc F&PE alum here (going to a GS/MS/JP), our class generally got pretty strong placements across the IBs in london (even for those with no internships), although this year's SA conversion was quite brutal, leaving many who went to solid shops over the summer with no returns and still searching for FT roles
i'd say the finance and finance/PE difference is not huge, and you can always apply in December to get moved to the PE cohort if you wish (not a guarantee but most people who wanted to transfer got to do it)
don't know much about the accounting and finance programme
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