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Daron Acemoglu got his Ph.D from LSE :P Not any of the top US schools I would say that the biggest problem are your grades in total. Not a great performance at US undergrad college, then only ok performance in grad classes combined with not that high quant score on GRE. While I agree that these things should not be more important than the research experience it seems like they are...

I am a bit puzzled as well about that situation. Usually there are around 15 people on the job markets. Can't really tell you why there are so few people this year. It is true that a lot of people get jobs in private sector and don't go to job market but never before there were so few job candidates... Regarding the numbers of students admitted to LSE MRes program usually only around 15 people per year are admitted to track 1. There will be usually another 15 geting to track 2 (track 2 students are officialy 2nd year students though there are mainly doing 1st year sequence of core subjects). Last year there were exceptionally many students admitted to track 2 and I know that faculty members were concerned about it so I would expect that the number will drop this year. I don't know much about attrition rate but it is very likely that quite a few people do not progress from MRes stage to Ph.D.

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I don't know much about BU but if you have any specific questions I or someone else very familar with LSE will answer it. Regarding placement, LSE placement hasn't been great lately. But there are two main factors in my opinion. Firstly, lots of people go back to the top unis in their home country or to work in private sector (well, London is one of the biggest financial centres in th world and you can get extremely well-paid job after your Ph.d). Secondly, the placement looks much better if you think in terms of UK ranking of universities (LSE places people very well in Britain). Here is the link to the LSE job placement:PhD Job Candidates LSE is located in the very centre of London and is very close to UCL, less than 15 min walking distance. So that's a big advantege. It is not ucommon among ph.d students to go to UCL to the seminars. I can't say how well LSE prepare you compared to US programs. I've been wondering about it myslef for a long time. If you choose LSE you will have to work you way yourself. Said that, the faculty is pretty helpful but there is not as much interation as I would want to see. However, if you manage to get desk in one of the research centers in your 2nd year then you will have loads of interaction with faculty members who have their offices there. Regarding Game Theory (I am considering doing Game Theory as well) LSE have some big people. I would direct your attention mainly towards Piccione and Prat. Also Math department at LSE is doing lots of Game Theory (though I think it is mostly computational Game Theory).

Can't believe that the legendary thread disappeared from the 1st page of the forum. Time to bring it back where it deserves to be :P

That's the funniest thing I've heard today :) I got my formal offer as well. Also less than Isrealecon. They must really want you :P

Thanks for sharing info.

Haven't heard anything either... I personally expect that the formal offer will come by mail.

Yeah. Baldur's Gate was/is an amazing game. My all time favourite :)

I got it just after midnight local time so it was almost 14 hours ago. But I haven't checked my email since yesterday so I just have noticed it now. It is the same email from Andrew Schotter as anyone else got here.

And I'm in as well!!! Same deal as everyone else here. Admiited with 'prestigious MacCracken Scholarship for four years' :)

Yes, of course this person is from LSE/UCL... Especially that he/she posted at 5 am British time... And acidentally, it is also the first post ever of that person. Well, call me paranoic/overly suspecious, but I don't believe at all that this person attend LSE/UCL.

There must be a reason why there is literally noone at LSE who I am aware of with a ph.d from Chicago in Econ department... What is also interesting, during this year recruiting cycle LSE invited candidates from all top 10 schools except, suprisingly, UChicago... And I agree that LSE doesn't have that strong applied metrics people but for sure Robinson, Linton or Hildago are not just some random guys.

I'm sorry to say that zsla but you know nothing both about UCL and LSE. The fact that you wrote that UCL is better in econometrics is pretty good joke. Now, being more serious. LSE is regarded as a better school than UCL overall. LSE is much better in econometrics and macro. In micro UCL has a few good people and maybe in that field tthey are slightly better. I personally will place LSE just outside top 10. I think econphd ranking reflects well the position of LSE. There wasn't much movement of faculty and if anything they are hiring lots of junior but promising faculty from top universities.

These LSE admits as far as I know are to MSc program. I would expect that the earliest decision for MRes/Ph.D program only in late February