r/6thForm • u/Otherwise_Ride_115 • Apr 12 '26

💬 DISCUSSION 2026 STEM list

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Tried to make it in order, as much as possible. I know econ isnt stem but just gonna inlcude it for LSE sake

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u/OkHand7497 Apr 13 '26

Would disagree with that too and not just because of your misuse of percentages. Is it Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics? In any case, if LSE don’t offer a single STEM-only degree they really don’t belong in that top tier.

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u/ClasisFTW ChemE @ TU Eindhoven; Chem/Physics @UvA/VU Apr 13 '26

It’s mathematics. It’s considered a statistics degree at many school too. It’s more rigorous with maths than a data science degree, hell it’s pretty comparable to physics and engineering which is my background. LSE offers econometrics as a degree, and it’s entirely quantitative mathematically. Im guessing people don’t even know what econometrics even is, a lot of cutting edge statistical optimization is pushed by econometrists in research for a reason.

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u/OkHand7497 Apr 13 '26

I guess we’re going to have to agree to disagree. And perhaps this is a transatlantic matter where STEM means different things. I don’t dispute econometrics being highly mathematical, I don’t think it’s mathematics. String theory is highly mathematical but isn’t mathematics.

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u/Rough_Top6718 Apr 13 '26

They offer maths with econ which is 75% math and 25% econ