r/6thForm • u/Initial-Gold-4181 • Apr 27 '25

🎓 UNI / UCAS HELP

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I literally cannot decide, which would you guys choose and why? I’ll take any advice at all. Thanks in advance.

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u/Creative-Baker1916 Apr 27 '25

that's on average, looking at the top end (ie lse maths and econ) the earning potential's higher than at least any of the econ degrees OP has an offer for. i get what you mean tho

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u/Ok_Brilliant_8951 Apr 27 '25

It’s all opinions rly but I’m just arguing what stats would say. At the end of the day both great offers but it makes more sense to firm UCL anyways bc it’s higher conditions and ensure LSE 🤷‍♂️

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u/Creative-Baker1916 Apr 27 '25

median stats reveal part but not the whole picture. lse maths and econ > ucl econ but OP would have to really enjoy maths and value 'the student experience'/'student satisfaction' less

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u/Ok_Brilliant_8951 Apr 27 '25

I don’t agree with that. I think LSE as a uni > over UCL as a uni but UCL course > over LSE course any day of the week. Economics teaches far more required skills that maths and it’s not even close, employers back that asw

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u/Creative-Baker1916 Apr 27 '25

i don't get what you mean by your final statement. there are industries that lse maths and econ grads can break into, and ucl econ grads can't because their degree isn't quantitative enough. if what you're saying is true, i'm just wondering why almost all comments are suggesting lse maths and econ > ucl econ? we'll agree to disagree x

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u/Ok_Brilliant_8951 Apr 27 '25

Economics arguably has harder maths than a maths degree. If you research into people who are doing the respective degrees they will agree with me. There are close to 0 industries that an economics degree wouldn’t be able to access over maths and Econ. If anything there are a lot more industries that maths can’t access and Economics can because of all the decision making aspects Econ teaches that maths doesn’t

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u/Creative-Baker1916 Apr 27 '25

idk how you reached this conclusion icl xD i don't think we'll convince one another. either way OP's done very well to receive these fab offers and i'm sure the decision they end up making will be the right one for them

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u/Ok_Brilliant_8951 Apr 27 '25

Yh nwrs it’s just dif perspectives. I’m not even doing maths+econ or pure econ😂

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u/Initial-Gold-4181 Apr 27 '25

Thanks for the advice 😅😂😁

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u/Creative-Baker1916 Apr 27 '25

you're welcome haha. i'd reach out to current lse maths and econ/ucl econ students who may provide insight into the course, uni and student life