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[quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier, the post with the focus on how academically different the LSE will be from any US undergrad program. You've gotten some excellent insights here and I agree with them all (except the ones about Scots being biased against Americans. Never got that.)

I note that you mention, OP, that your DD is seeking a "vibrant undergraduate experience." I'd just suggest that she and you really think specifically through [i]what she is picturing in her head as being that type of experience[/i]. There's no right or wrong to what she wants for herself; she just needs to do some research to ensure she ends up wherever she will get what she really wants.

As PPs have accurately noted, the LSE itself has all of London to offer, but that is not at all the same as being in an undergraduate school where the school itself has a focus on undergrad activities, social life, etc. that build a school identity and experience; instead, kids get out and make whatever they find in London to be their main undergrad experience. That's fine---London is wonderful, fun, exhausting!--but it is absolutely not the same as what some Americans might mean when they think about an undergrad experience. Of course there are student clubs and activities there and there's a school sense of identity! But she really should look at what she'll be doing with her down time and where and how she'll meet people, both there and on an American-style campus.

Like I said before -- love the school, love the city, just advising some real thought and definitely a visit with an eye on what it's like to be in a city center 24/7.[/quote]

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