Is it hard to get into LSE?

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Yes LSE acceptance rate stands around 6.4% meaning out of every 100 candidates who apply for its admission process upto 6 will  be accepted. This makes it extremely hard to get into the university as not even a full one tenth of the applicants will be offered admission

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