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06-11-2008, 04:01 AM
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Late decision - Oxford or LSE: both fully funded
It's really late and the decision process is over but UK schools move slowly.
I got accepted in March both by Oxford and LSE but Oxford awarded me the Weidenfield Scholarship which covers everything. I had decided on Oxford for this but today I just got a letter notifying me that LSE gives me a 25K scholarship annually. Now I really don't know what to do. It's for the Masters program but my ultimate goal is PhD. I may stay in the school I choose or apply to US schools for that part. Argh, the agonizing decision. |
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06-11-2008, 04:17 AM
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LSE places better in top US schools as far as I know. But you should wait to hear opinion from the more knowledgeable people in this forum.
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06-11-2008, 06:35 AM
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06-11-2008, 08:38 AM
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Well, I shouldn't think you'll have a great deal of difficulty securing post-masters funding if you go to LSE. I think they fund their actual PhD students pretty well (all that money from the MSc's!).
Overall, it depends on you're interests, but in most fields LSE > Oxford. If you change you're mind you can almost certainly transfer between the two and in effect carry the credit you've earned (although you're two years at Oxford will only really get you one year off the process at LSE - one year at LSE would be worth one year off at Oxford). As for placements to the US, I think at either you'd do fine. Would you rather live in Oxford or London? Sadly, Oxford is nearly as expensive as London so it's pretty much a straight big city / small city fightoff. Last edited by elcapitano : 06-11-2008 at 09:34 AM. Reason: Clarification |
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06-11-2008, 09:13 AM
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 But seriously, are you planning to stay in UK for your PhD or do you plan to apply to US/CAD PhDs after your Masters/MPhil ? |
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06-11-2008, 04:30 PM
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06-11-2008, 04:35 PM
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Re: living. I would really prefer a big city but I have secured accommodation at Balliol which is more convenient. Can anyone evaluate quality of professors and research potential at both? I'm interested in DevEcon in case you need to consider it. I know that recently LSE is consindered the better one but Ox has a better global rep except maybe in the US. I don't know how big the differential is though. On EconPhD Ox ranks much lower than LSE. |
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06-11-2008, 05:04 PM
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Congrats on the great admits. Being a current EME student at the LSE, and seriously thinking of continuing on to the LSE PhD (conditional on getting that elusive distinction!), I would recommend that you join the LSE. LSE is considered better because it is a little better than Oxford. Although having said that Oxford is better at Dev Econ than the LSE; in fact they have a whole MSc degree specifically related to Dev Econ.
However all things considered, LSE is better. It is the program that is the most similar to US programs in that the MRes years are similar to the first 2 years of courses at a US university. I think in the first MRes year people do the standard PhD level core exam: micro, macro and metrics. In the second year they are allowed to take a couple of field courses, and then the rest of the years is disseration stuff. I would say that you already are in a top 10-15 program: LSE. But also depends on your interest. Mine is econometrics. I also have gotten an RA job with Prof. Linton. So for an econometrics guy like me it is a fabulous place. Also pretty good for other things as well. Our top student this year got a job at Chicago GSB (international economics). Either way man you can't make a mistake. If you do your PhD at the LSE, Oxford or any top 10 US, well, it goes without saying, you have done pretty well. You have to chose the place you will be most happy with spending 4-5 years! Sam.
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06-11-2008, 05:08 PM
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All my comments are from what I was told; no personal experience.
1) I don't think you can go too wrong with either school. It is like choosing Harvard over U of Chicago; maybe LSE PhD is ranked higher but we don't know about the MSc. 2) Questions: What is the size of the incoming class? What are the course requirements in each school? Any differences on when the examination period is? (i.e. do both schools have only finals in June? Any January exams or midterms?) I think that at this point we need some insider's info. Otherwise the two masters seem to be at the same level.
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