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Got LSE Accommodation

March 25th, 2009 Sid 3 comments

Yesterday evening, I finally got LSE accommodation for my time in London… It is Sidney Webb House on 159 Great Dover Street, London. Though I preferred other Halls, LSE offered me a single room here with an en-suit bathroom… I will have to accept it by making an advance payment of £200 within 14 days…

I found this great site http://www.breaksinlondon.co.uk/gdsfaq.htm which has got loads of information about the hall. If someone needs any info about the Hall, then this is probably the best site after the official LSE site here.

and finally, keeping up the tradition, here are some photos of the Hall…


View from Tabard Street.

View from inside the courtyard.

Single Room

image courtesy: www.lse.ac.uk.

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LSE Accommodation

March 1st, 2009 Sid Comments off
I applied for LSE accommodation today. After considering all the available places to stay, the LSE halls seem to be the best place. The fact that London is huge and LSE is almost in the middle of London complicates the matter for me immensely. On the one hand, the sky-high cost of living in central London is just not affordable for me at this stage and on the other hand, taking up residence at a far off place will complicate matters regarding transportation and costs… All the LSE Halls are at reasonable distance from the School and as such commuting will not be a problem. Moreover, the accommodation fees are very practical and considering the range of facilities these halls offer, they are probably the best bet.

Northumberland House

Rosebery Avenue

High Holborn

During the application for the accommodation, one has to provide six choices, three LSE halls and three University of London intercollegiate halls. After deliberating over the available choices, I selected Northumberland House, Rosebery Avenue and High Holborn (in exactly that order) as my three LSE halls. (For the intercollegiate Halls, I made three random choices, which I don’t even remember now.) I am quite tight on the mulah, so I have opted for shared accommodation as the Single rooms are totally out of my budget.

I am also considering the YMCA Indian youth hostel in London. It is approximately 25 minutes by foot from LSE and provides good services at quite reasonable rates. I have written to the person concerned there… but he is yet to reply. I will post more information after I get it.

The LSE accommodation office will write back to me once they make a decision. That will take around 6-8 weeks. Hoping to get a seat in Northumberland House… Let’s see, what happens…

image courtesy: www.lse.ac.uk

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Got into LSE

February 23rd, 2009 Sid 5 comments

There is a great news actually… Heard back from the London School of Economics and Political Science finally. Got a conditional admit for MSc Management and Strategy… Apparently LSE found my Economics knowledge insufficient for their program. I have to attend a pre-sessional Economics course there in September. I am cool with that… So no worries.

There is more good news actually. The icing in the cake is that they have also given a Graduate Support Scheme of £4500. How much this is going to help, I can’t begin to explain. It’s a huge thing for me…

Will be posting regularly about the events as they unfold… Watch this page

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