BSc Economics and Economic History VL31 Admission Statistics

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Dear London School of Economics,

This request is for information solely regarding domestic/home applicants. The time scale for which I'm making this request is years of entry 2014-2019. Please can you do this on a year-by-year basis.

1) How many domestic applicants were there to VL31?
2) How many domestic applicants to VL31 received offers? Please include the percentage.
2) How many domestic applicants to VL31 applied with predicted grades of 3 A*'s in A-level?
3) How many domestic applicants to VL31 that had 3 A* predicted grades received offers? Please include the percentage.
4) What was the mean number of A* at GCSE for those that had 3 A* predicted grades and received offers?
5) What percentage of those that applied with 3 A* predicted grades had Further Maths as one of their A-levels?
6) What percentage of those that applied with 3 A* predicted grades and had Further Maths as one of their A-levels received an offer?

I hope this all within my rights and isn't too longwinded. Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Thomas Sharp

GLPD.Info.Rights, London School of Economics

Dear Thomas,

 

Further to your recent FoI enquiry, please see  the Schools response
below:

 

 1. How many domestic applicants were there to VL31?  (and 2) How many
domestic applicants to VL31 received offers?

 

  2014/5 2015/6 2016/7 2017/8 2018/9 2019/0
Applications 152 160 151 183 163 175
Offers 25 31 23 28 24 22
Offers (%) 16.45% 19.38% 15.23% 15.30% 14.72% 12.57%

 

 

2) How many domestic applicants to VL31 applied with predicted grades of 3
A*'s in A-level?

3) How many domestic applicants to VL31 that had 3 A* predicted grades
received offers?

4) What was the mean number of A* at GCSE for those that had 3 A*
predicted grades and received offers?

5) How many of those that applied with 3 A* predicted grades had Further
Maths as one of their A-levels?

6) How many that applied with 3 A* predicted grades and had Further Maths
as one of their A-levels received an offer?

 

 

Average
A*s at 3+ A*s
GCSE for and FM
3+ A*s 3+A*s and 3+ A*s and
Entry Year 3+ A*s and Offer Offer and FM offer
2014 25 10 9.1 5 2
2015 19 8 8.9 5 2
2016 17 5 8.4 6 2
2017 26 6 7.5 6 1
2018 18 7 6.6 0 0
2019 19 3 4.3 9 2

 

Please Note: We have provided the raw data above but have not provided
percentages as it was not clear which data was required to be compared in
each case, to generate the percentage total.

 

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Paul

 

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The London School of Economics and Political Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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