UCL Economics vs LSE Economics and Economic History
I am looking for views on UCL BSc Economics vs LSE BSc Econ & Econ History courses (including the career prospects and long term growth perspective for opportunities in IB ( in particular) )
for context : I am A levels UK home student . have offers from UCL Econ , Warwick Econ and Bristol Econ. Waiting for decision from LSE Econ and Econ History.
I am thinking of firming UCL Econ if I don't get LSE Econ and Econ History. Am thinking on which will be better option if I get LSE Econ and Econ History.
UCL Economics or LSE Econ and Econ History ? any views please !
LSE for sure - the difference in degrees is negligible for IB recruiting and LSE brand name is insane in UK.
If you don’t get LSE then UCL / Warwick are on the same level for recruitment, so just choose which you’d enjoy more.
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Not sure why this is getting MS'd that's entirely right
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Difference for recruiting is minimal (true for banking / consulting), but LSE brand is definitely less diluted. Choose wherever you think you'll be happier for three years!
I am in a similar boat right now. Have opportunity to go to UK for masters in econ or political economics or stay in US and do an econ masters. UK schools in question are Kings and LSE. LSE classes look extremely boring. Kings has so much more flexibility and the classes are quite literally exactly what I want to learn. Difficult to balance prestige/singlalling. I have 6+ YOE in banking+ PE+ portfoio strategy already. I just never learned econ at undergad and wish to do so. Hoping to switch to consulting or macro oriented investments roles. LSE has high signal but classes do not align. Kings sounds like it has low signal? I thought it was higher ranked. Did not apply to UCL due to same reason as LSE, classes did not look good/practical. I did not target any other UK program due to wanting to be in London only.
Kings is just below semi-target at undergrad, even worse for masters. LSE definitely clears. Look into Oxbridge as well.
I am trying to think through this. I am based in the US where sure where you went to uni matters but work experience trumps it all. I screened programs in the US and UK and founds Kings to line up with the kind of economics I want to focus on - international trade and macro/monetary economics. LSE looked but good but seriously only allowed to take 1-2 electives after cranking out micro/macro/and econometrics? Kind of seemed like a waste of time and doesnt allow specialization/flexibility. Similar to UCL, it seemed weak on the overall electives and flexibility. For Oxbridge courses, they seemed too PhD focused and not practical for working in investments. My ultimate goal is to move back to the US but essentially have a cool one year break in the UK, London only. So I focused more on programs that were not super quant heavy or geared towards policy/research. That landed me at Kings and some other US programs but again, I want some geographic diversity.
I care more about US perception of these programs rather than European/UK perspective. I had never heard of UCL before, I had heard of Warwick before actually and ofc had heard of LSE. Is going to Kings really that brutal in terms of perception? I find it hard to believe, but then again the rankings point to it being "ok" but are these rankings based on research output and whatnot? (which is what I am NOT trying to do). Not trying to justify going to Kings, but trying to understand the perception/alternatives. If truly UCL or LSE are considered better, I am in no rush to study and can apply next year. As a US undergrad, I would need to crank out GRE/GMAT which is not an issue (also another reason why UCL is not an option this cycle).
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