Tale of Two Cities

I like Dickens insomuch as I've watched The Wire. I also enjoyed Great Expectations. But that is not what I meant to say in this blog post. Instead I recently discovered a recurring column in Georgetown's The Hoya written by a student at LSE this year. I don't know why I never realized this column before.

Unionview

Here's a cool site about UK universities. It has a pretty detailed video on LSE and the different benefits and drawbacks of studying there.
http://www.unionview.com/

Tougher than Leather

Already I am getting e-mails from LSE about my course load. Apparently I signed up for classes that are way beyond my abilities. Since British schools are on a three year system instead of on a four year system as in America, the 300-levels for which I signed up are too difficult and advanced for me. Of the four courses I'll be taking, I signed up for three 300-levels and one 200-level. In reality, as the General Course adviser has described, my courses should reflect the opposite situation (i.e. one 300-level and three 200-levels). So, I now have to go through the course list once again and pick lower level classes that will still transfer to my MSB business core. So far I hav settled on the following courses:

Government-two govt reqs (minor)
GV265 States, Nations and Empires
GV227 The Politics of Economic Policy

Finance-two finance courses (major)
FM212 Principles of Finance
FM300 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets

Operational Management-two business core II reqs
OR202 Operational Research Methods
MN201 Economics for Management
MN203 Social Science Research Methods for Management

Geography and Environment-IB one course for major
GY244 London's Geographies: An Introduction to Cultural and Historical Geography
GY202 Introduction to Development in the South
GY205 Political Geographies, Policy and Space
SA217 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice

If all goes according to plan, I will get credit for 7 required courses and 1 elective course. I still don't understand how this corresponds to 30 credits for the year, but it does. This means that during my senior year back at Georgetown I will only have to take 6 more courses to earn my two majors and my minor. In reality, I have space to earn a third MSB major, but they don't allow it, so I guess I will just end up taking a few elective courses or get a long-term internship.

I'm dumb

So Liz said that foreign students (me) aren't allowed in the Department of Finance for whatever reason, so they place us all in the accounting department. It's all the same I guess. Good to know. I worried for nothing, who would have thought.

LSE Unconditional Offer

Well, check this out. It looks like I got in to LSE. This is awesome news. I get to feel all the anxiety and excitement that came with preparing to go to college for the first time. This almost seems like a second chance to do college. The one problem I have is the fact that I have been placed in the Department of Accounting instead of the Department of Finance. I don't know what this means, but I'd rather have finance advisors and counselors, especially because I won't be taking any accounting courses.

London School of Economics
Applicant ID Number--

Dear Mr Akshay Bhatia,

Further to your application for LSE’s study abroad programme I’m delighted to be able to offer you a place on the General Course for the academic year 2009-10. Congratulations!
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