King112 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hey all,I was checking on the LSE website and it spoke about HL math. I want to do econ/finance. I'm doing SL math, and am wondering if that will mean that I wont get accepted. Does anyone have any experience here? Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saudade Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hello there, Yes, I don't think they can accept you. But I am not so sure. Probably you can get in but then you will need to take an extra course in Math. Why don't you e-mail them? I hope you get in though. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King112 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks for te replies Another quick question does anyone know the equivalent of A levels to IB? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yii yann Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hey all,I was checking on the LSE website and it spoke about HL math. I want to do econ/finance. I'm doing SL math, and am wondering if that will mean that I wont get accepted. Does anyone have any experience here? Thanks Check the course requirements. Does it say 7 required in HL Math? Most of LSE's econs courses do. It is also common knowledge that LSE prefers to see students doing HL math, even for courses that don't explicitly state HL math. Now, does this mean you have no chance of gaining admission? Not at all. The most obvious thing you could do is to contact your IB Coordinator and ask them to let you do HL math. If this is somehow not an option, you could also sit for the STEP examinations and achieve an excellent score in them. A 1, 1 in STEP II and III is usually sufficient for entry into Cambridge Mathematics, so I'd imagine its okay for this too. You could show that you have more than the required skill in math, to the LSE admissions people. Regarding the A level/IB comparison - I gave tuition to kids in my school who weren't doing too well, so I am quite well placed to comment on this. I felt the difficulty - if that's what you're considering - between the two programs went something like this: Tier 1: IB SL Math studies Tier 2: A level Math, IB SL Math Tier 3: A level further math Tier 3.5: IB HL Math Tier 4: A level Additional further math, IB HL Further Maths To clear up any confusion: I rated IB HL math as more difficult that A level further math because the IB HL questions are simply much more tricky and challenging in the exam. While A level further math students learn a bit more content, questions are by and large familiar, and do not place much pressure on the students (except for the last question or two, perhaps). 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King112 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Alright. Thank you so much yii yann.Cant do HL math (not mathematically oriented) but will do the other stuff you suggested Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yii yann Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Alright. Thank you so much yii yann.Cant do HL math (not mathematically oriented) but will do the other stuff you suggested Hey, Not mathematically oriented = you're gonna have a really bad time in any of LSE's econs or finance courses. They're supposed to be highly quantitative - HL Math is just the first step! STEP is actually harder than HL Math. I was thinking you couldn't take HL math because your school doesn't offer it or something. You could consider economics in another university - PPE at oxford for example doesn't *require* any math qualification (apart from GCSE math), although most students have taken math to at least AS level. You're doing SL math so you're in the clear. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King112 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Oh alright. Thanks for clearing that up. Ill check out some more Uni's tonight Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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