MSc at LSE

[acb64]

Hey guys,

I was hoping that someone could help me get a better understanding of my chances of getting into the MSc program in Economics at LSE. I graduated from Georgetown Unviersity with second honors (above a 3.7) gpa in International Economics. My major GPA was actually a 3.8. I received an A- or better in all of my economics courses except for Microeconomic Theory, which I got a B in. I know that this won't look good but I have some valid reasons for why I didn't do well in that course. For the last two years I have been working at an financial economic consulting firm and will have good recommendations from people with PhD's in econ and finance. I have yet to take the GREs, and I know that that these scores obviously will be an important factor. However, assuming that I do well on the GREs, do I have a good chance of getting into this program or will I need some luck? Thanks.

[margarets]

Your qualifications certainly sound good to me.

Another thing... I'm not so sure that the LSE is, uh, all it's cracked up to be. I personally know three people who went to the LSE for their master's. Two are definitely strong at academic stuff, but not superstars. The other... well, it's very surprising that this person has a master's degree in anything because they do not come across AT ALL as particularly smart, academic, or intellectually curious or gifted. I mean I literally cannot imagine this person putting in the long hours of reading and thinking that would be required. Something doesn't quite add up there, but they got the degree, so.

So just go for it!