Admission LSE

[giopresidente]

Does anyone knows how hard is to get into LSE without funding? I'm interested in doing a Phd, but also getting the master only wouldn't be so bad...

[giopresidente]

Any hint? I posted my profile somewhere earlier..

[JosephKeith72]

A link to the profile would be helpful. Applying for masters and ph.d. are totally different. The bar for the masters would be much lower.

[giopresidente]

Originally Posted by JosephKeith72

A link to the profile would be helpful. Applying for masters and ph.d. are totally different. The bar for the masters would be much lower.

Type of Undergrad: B.S. Economics and Finance well known university in Italy
Undergrad GPA: 99/110 (3.6 after US conversion)
Type of grad: M.A. Quantitative Economics from a well recognized European program
Graduate GPA: 3.3 (I had a bad semester in an exchange university, didn't have the right background)
GRE: NA
Math courses (PhD):
Multivariable Calculus + Optimization (A-)
Logic and Sets + Probability theory (B+)

Econ Courses (PhD-level):
Micro I (A-), Micro II (C),
Macro I (A), Macro II (B-), Advanced Macroeconomics (A-)
International Trade (A), Monetary Macroeconomics (B-)
Econometrics (B-), Time Series Analysis (B+), Bayesian Estimation (B+)

Finance Courses (PhD-level):
Probabilistic Methods for Finance (A-), Continuos Time Finance (B+), Empirical Finance (C+)

Other courses: Tools for Economic Research (A)

Letters of Recommendation: Not yet, will probably get two from very well known economists and one from the professor for which I was the TA
Research Experience: Just empirical projects, Bachelor and Master theses
Teaching Experience: Two semester in macroeconomics
Working Experience: macroeconomic analysis review (intern)
Research Interests: macroeconomic and financial markets, economic fluctuations

[Hadiran]

What is the funding for non EU students? I guess it might be limited...

[postgradecon]

limited as in non-existent

[Gecko]

No offence, I don't think it would be easy to get in for Ph.D with the marks on your graduate transcript

it would be more hopeful to apply for the masters instead

[zurich_econ]

Look here: Entry requirements - Entry requirements - Graduate Prospectus for entry in 2010 - Home

According to this, LSE requests a GPA of at least 106 for Italians.

Also, LSE requires a surprisingly detailed research proposal to be included in the application, and I think it is not easy to come up with a good one in a short amount of time...

[giopresidente]

Originally Posted by Gecko

No offence, I don't think it would be easy to get in for Ph.D with the marks on your graduate transcript

it would be more hopeful to apply for the masters instead

Yeah, I also think so. Since one can indicate two options in the LSE application form, what about phd as a first choice and master as a second?

[Gecko]

Fair enough