Thoughts on LSE and KCL
Hello WSO,
My offer from KCL is for management and my offer from LSE is for a completely different subject that is not relevant to business or economics. When I was applying back in November I wasn't too sure of what I wanted to study.
I was wondering what the WSO community thought what would be the right decision as of now, if I wanted to get a career in IB or something else finance related. Essentially would I be better off at KCL despite LSE's much better reputation due to the relevance of the course?
(I am very much aware of the fact that there are other relevant pertinent factors that result in the attainment of the job, such as internships.)
Your thoughts would be very much appreciated.
LSE hands down. KCL is a good school but is severally lagging behind when it comes to recruitment. Strictly speaking the KCL degree is more relevant to IB if that actually had any merit but I know people with varying degrees from Anthropology to Political Science get into IB and they went to LSE and UCL respectively. KCL is a good school, my friend is at Big 4 after a a management degree from Kings so nothing to knock but I would go to LSE personally. SO relevance of the course hardly matters that much.
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LSE tops recruitment in finance. Subject is irrelevant in IB recruitment school > course.
Try to pick up finance courses if you have options. Otherwise audit them - auditing is free at LSE.
Agree, take LSE. It will get you more interviews at the very least, and you will be considered a "target school" in the American sense, even though that's less of a category in the UK. If you work abroad LSE will carry you further and once you're in banking people won't remember your degree just school.
Thank you very much for all your responses.
Over the three years, I have to take up some options and I can take all the ones relevant to quantitative subjects such as mathematics and economics.
I guess I will go with LSE, but do you think that I should consider completing a one-year masters at another school such as Oxford or Imperial in business management straight after I graduate? Or would that make a little impact on my chances, and that I should take advantage of LSE's career services? I would prefer to be done with the higher education business in three years and start working.
You won't need the masters. You already have a advantage in the career/getting into IB game since you know you want it and you haven't even started uni yet.
Read this site, get some relevant internships after your first year and you'll be fine.
If your going to do a masters do it in something directly relevant to finance rather than business management.
I think the main thing for you will be to get some relevant work experience. I think a masters is only necessary if you had a crappy undergrad (which you won't) or if you're trying to rebrand (which again you wont need to as you have your goal and just need to get some SA gigs or something). A masters would be an unnecessary cost unless it's something you really want to do.
Concentrate on your GPA, and network. You should be fine. Good luck.
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