Hi.Thanks all for helping me choosing the school. After talking to various banks and recruiters, I have finally decided for joining math and finace program at Imperial from the various options like columbia, Umich,GAtech,Purdue,LSE and Imperial .I am an international student(non EU) and would like to know about the housing and life at Imperial. Although I have stayed in US for couple of years but it seems entirely different in case of UK.It will be of great help if you guys can share some information about it.Thanks a lot in advance.

My own experience with Imperial dates back a few years so things have probably changed by now. Also, I did pure maths and no finance.What struck me most of all was that the graduate students (that includes MSc students) where almost all foreign. There was a heavy representation from China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Nigeria, Germany, the Scandinavian countries etc. but very few natives. We all communicated in a mixture of broken english and algebra ()Anyway, back then housing was a bit of a gamble. As a foreign students you probably decide on a place to stay before you actually see it. I lived in a student hall that was fairly new but expensive (by my standards). Some of my friends stayed in cheaper halls but some of them where real dumps. Toilets overflowing and flooding the hallways, a distinct smell of fungus. That sort of thing. I sincerly hope they have cleaned up those places.There was a society called something like "The Kensington society for friendship with foreign students" or something like that. They organized parties and such for foreign students and aupair girls (!). Very nice. If you are in to practical "risk management" the school parachute club used to organize beginner's courses in skydiving. Regards,Niclas

Hey RRWhat program did you apply for at LSE?

Actually I am particularly interested in knowing about the classes, I mean how does the education system work. How dynamic is the atmosphere in the class.Also they say we have to work on a project/thesis at the end which can be sponsored by some banks or can have some kind of involvement from outside the dept. Do all students get one from the banks. HullWhiteZaman:I applied in fin and economics program.Thanks

RR, why did you choose Imperial rather than LSE ? (just out of curiosity)

From the feedback of banks and recruiters, both the program were rated same...so joining imperial was due to my inclination. Is it a wrong decision????what do you suggestQuoteOriginally posted by: quantstudent19RR, why did you choose Imperial rather than LSE ? (just out of curiosity)

it can't be a wrong decision since it's your decision and you're the only one to know what's best for you.I think these programs are not completely similar, since you'll be doing more math at Imperial than LSE.It depends on your career plans and on what you want to study

Yeah, i was more inclined towards the maths part.Is there anybody on this forum who can write about the courses and how dynamic is the class at imperial and how do students able to get the projects from different banksThanks.QuoteOriginally posted by: quantstudent19it can't be a wrong decision since it's your decision and you're the only one to know what's best for you.I think these programs are not completely similar, since you'll be doing more math at Imperial than LSE.It depends on your career plans and on what you want to study

QuoteOriginally posted by: quantstudent19it can't be a wrong decision since it's your decision and you're the only one to know what's best for you.I think these programs are not completely similar, since you'll be doing more math at Imperial than LSE.It depends on your career plans and on what you want to studyMay I just ask what is the difference in employment prospect? What sort of jobs will normally graduates from a MSc Fin&Econ get compared to graduates from a MSc Fin&Math?Is risk managment a likely employemt prospect for a graduate from a fin&econ degree?

I'd say a graduate from MSc Fin&Econ can't become a quant and a grad from MSc FinMath can't go into corp finance.I think most others financial jobs are opened for graduates from both programmes

Thank you for your reply.

Let' stick on the topic in the subject...Can anyone give me some suggestion about accommodations for Imperial? Brochure says that halls are mainly assigned to oversea students, I am from EU. Which are the halls and the areas that should be avoided? and the ones that are very good? What kind of solution do you suggest? (hall, flat, or whatever)When should I start to look for?Basically I have no idea about where to start.ThanksJacopo