UK Top 10 · London, United Kingdom · High Reach

The London School of Economics and Political Science伦敦政治经济学院

QS 2026 Global #56 (QS World University Rankings 2026)

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At a glance

The London School of Economics and Political Science is a High Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in London, United Kingdom (UK Top 10, QS 2026 Global #56 per QS World University Rankings 2026), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.86P25-P75: 3.703.94
Median SAT1530P25-P75: 13601560
Median AP count5P25-P75: 58

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture.

Anonymized admit cases

国际关系 (International Relations)Other

GPA 3.8-3.89 · TOEFL <95

社会人类学 (Social Anthropology)A-Level

GPA 3.6-3.79 · TOEFL 107-113 · A-Level 4个A* (3个预估,1个实考)

社会人类学 (Social Anthropology)A-Level

GPA 3.6-3.79 · SAT <1450 · TOEFL 95-106 · A-Level 4个A* (3个预估,1个实考)

社会学学士 (Sociology BSc)A-Level

IELTS 7.0 · A-Level Economics A, Accounting A, Physics A, Mathematics A, Further Mathematics A

数学 (Mathematics)A-Level

IELTS 7.5 · A-Level 数学A*物理A高数A*

Cases never include student names, school names, teachers, essay text or external application ids.