reputation of LSE in United States
Can somebody tell me about reputation of a Bsc in Accounting and Finance degree from LSE and how attractive such a degree will be to American employers in the financial sector?
It'll be great if you can make a comparision between LSE and other top tier universities in USA.
Will such a degree be a great support when getting into a good Business School in USA?
I will be very greatful if you can answer my questions.
I'm an Asian student from London who is excited about moving and living in USA.
International Student / Foreigner = Big No No Welcome to United States. Now go back to Taiwan.
no one cares about LSE in the US.
i think its a good school
It's very well-respected, but nowhere near as much as HYPS. Closer to, but still below, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Dartmouth.
^You're undoubtedly the only college freshman who would rank Dartmouth above LSE. Do you even know about LSE's placement stats? It's actually comparable to Wharton, even if you're a sociology major at LSE.
Not for post-college finance jobs in the U.S. Dartmouth has awesome placement ( i would rank them just below harvard/wharton/princeton/yale).
HAHA. I used to think that too. Then I saw LSE's actual placement stats.
Dartmouth, Penn, Columbia, and Duke place much better than LSE A&F overall. Wharton absolutely murders it.
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/CareersAndVacancies/graduateDestinations…
^ Those are graduate destinations for BSc Accounting and Finance majors at LSE. Undergraduate Ivies and other top undergrad schools are still the most competitive to gain entry to, and every employer in the world knows that.
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/intranet/CareersAndVacancies/graduateDestinations…
^ These are BSc Economics careers. Economics is LSE's most prestigious program. And those stats are a compilation from the best years, not even from one single year.
So, Macro, can you still back up the your statement that LSE Sociology majors place better than Dartmouth grads?! Haha, what a freaking joke.
I know it's hard to compare UK colleges to US colleges in terms of admissions, but I would say LSE is roughly on par with a school like UCLA or Vandy in terms of average quality of students.
I know for business schools, a lot of people would put LBS on par with UCLA Anderson or NYU Stern and INSEAD on par with berkeley haas. Those are easily the 2 best b-schools in europe but would barely be top 10 in the U.S.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jansramek http://www.linkedin.com/pub/manuel-stotz/5/704/54b http://www.linkedin.com/in/liankor
Even a Sociology major at LSE will get interviews at places like RBS or Macquaire- I've seen it happen to an International Relations major from my high school who currently attends LSE. Hell, the LSE campus is a stone's throw away from the GS office.
^ Actually, LBS MBA has some very decent placement stats. Just a notch below Columbia, Kellogg, and Booth MBA programs.
Also, LSE is freaking amazing and can guarantee you an awesome career if you use it well enough. But, saying it's on par with undergrad programs at Ivies would be just ignoring the facts.
If you want to work in Europe, LBS and LSE are awesome, especially for finance jobs in London. But I've seen very few LBS and LSE alums working at top finance firms in the U.S.
It is incredibly difficult to do this comparison because we don't know how many LSE students actually seek employment in the USA post-graduation. All we can do is speculate.
From my experiences, I'd say that it really depends on who is doing the hiring. There are generally two types of Americans, those who are "internationally aware" and those who aren't interested in what goes on outside the USA. For people in the second category, LSE will carry very little weight. For those in the first category, LSE is generally a very reputable program, but primarily for its economics program. You will likely struggle trying to get a job in the USA from LSE moreso than you would if you had attended a college that you could have gotten into in the USA.
If I were you, I'd attempt to get a job at a multi-national firm in the UK/Europe and attempt to do a permanent international transfer to the USA.
To the OP, I think your best bet is to land a good job in London after LSE and then go to a top b-school in the U.S. With LSE undergrad and an elite American MBA, you will have your pick of jobs.
LSE has a ridiculous amount of junk master's program. Very NYUish.
^ Sociology majors from Ivy undergrad programs regularly get interviews from the top firms.
Seriously dude, posting a few linkedin profiles and talking about your "friend" doesn't change the fact that LSE has worse placement than any Ivy.
Also, since when did a school being close to a firm affect placement? Ryerson is closer to Bay Street than Ivey, yet how many Ryerson grads do you see on Bay Street?! lol
I suspected that you'd use the Ryerson analogy...
Perhaps I'm a bit biased and bitter since I completed my A-levels in the UK where LSE's reputation is a tad bit over-hyped and was rejected by their econometrics program within a few months of applying, however I find it hard to believe that ALL of the Ivys place better than LSE.
Any employer worth anything in the US knows LSE is respected for producing research economists. You are definitely not thought of anywhere near first rate so I don't think it is even as highly regarded as a school like Notre Dame in America.
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