Masters Decision Thread.

[icedews]

Originally Posted by tangsiuje

Lund is alright, but for anything vaguely business related, Stockholm School of Economics is better, and for anything economics related SSE + Stockholm University is better (they run their PhD program jointly). The Swede has talked.

Bristol... is considered fairly good for undergrad. For postgrad, however, they're probably below Oxbridge/London/Warwick/Essex. It would surely land you a reasonable job in industry, or get you a PhD placement in the UK (maybe at a top school if you do extremely well). I doubt people outside of the UK have heard of it - actually, people outside of the UK tend to be familiar with Oxbridge/LSE, only.

Does Bristol has more reputation than Durham University? I like Durham's curriculum better, but I heard it is not that famous. In terms of Accounting and Finance, Durham's ranking is better, but overall world ranking, Bristol is much higher than Durham. I have also heard that Bristol has a lot of connections with the private industry.

This year unfortunately, Stockholm School of Economics does not offer their msc finance. They are changing their program structure. Stockholm University's Msc Finance requires a bachelor degree in finance and I dont have any background in Finance. So I could only choose Lund.

Another thing is Lund is free (school fees subsidized by govt), Bristol (13k pounds).

[Connemara Pony]

As far as I know Bristol and Durham would be similar, Durham is probably that little bit better though. If I had to chose between the two I would chose Durham.

[asianeconomist]

Originally Posted by finecon

asianeconomist - when did you apply (for LSE)? I applied in early February and still have yet to hear anything. Should I send them an email? They explicitly say not to on their admission status FAQ's, that's the only reason I haven't yet.

I applied even later - around end February. Btw, we are talking about the same program right, because different programs have different deadlines for informing their admits.

I don't think that it is a good idea to email their Admissions FAQ, but you might email someone in the department (not about your application status, but something like whether all applicants have been informed/whether all admission decisions have been taken ?).

[asianeconomist]

Just now, I found out that my "Status" in Toronto's application site has changed to "Decision made" from "Under Review". Since I haven't received any email I am quite sure that it's a rejection, isn't it ?