Hi everyone my name is Sanjana and I'm a first year undergraduate student here at LSE.
I'm studying Economics and Economic History.
So a little bit more about myself originally I'm from New Delhi (India) but
I've lived all over Southeast Asia. I've lived in Singapore then I moved to
Vietnam, then the Philippines, then came back to Singapore and now I'm here in London
and I love it so far.
So I'm gonna talk a little bit about my first impressions of LSE itself, my accommodation at High Holborn
and also of London as a city.
Let's get started with my first impressions of LSE.
LSE's campus is amazing. All the buildings are very, very close to each other so it won't take more than five
minutes to get from end to end.
So one of the most exciting parts about being in London, being at LSE, was the first week itself which is
freshers' week.
It was really, really fun because throughout the day there were lots of activities going on, on campus
like welcome presentations, departmental presentations, meetings when you meet up with new people,
your course mates it's really, really fun.
It's followed by an evening of clubbing for five consecutive nights.
It's really fun because in the process you meet so many new people and you get to go to the best clubs in
London. It's just a really, really great atmosphere because everybody wants to make new friends,
everybody wants to get to know other people so it's not like, you're alone you know. It was so much fun.
Oh and freshers flu is very real.
Luckily I didn't have too bad of a time during freshers' week even though I had quite a hectic schedule
because alongside freshers' week I also had a Economic History induction course so I was working on both of
them parallel but freshers' flu didn't hit me that hard. I had a little bit of a sore throat but I think that was
because of the clubbing.
I love High Holborn just because of it being a mixed hall in the sense that it's a pure LSE Hall but there's
postgraduates and undergraduates living here, so you'd meet people from all walks
of life. There's people here who are so, so interesting and I feel like if it was just undergraduate hall
I wouldn't have had that kind of exposure only because postgraduates have got so
many more fun stories to tell about their undergraduate experience.
Another thing that I like about High Holborn or maybe that's just my room. I live in a shared room
so I am sharing a room but my roommate is also from Singapore which is really great because when it gets
cold in the winter the heater will be on the same setting for both of us because both of us will be freezing.
I love our room. Our room is very, very spacious and it's just great. The flat system here - we have a shared
for six to seven students and the kitchen is fully equipped, modern, renovated and it's just great
and for someone who likes cooking like me it's really really fun
So now on to my first impressions of London, I absolutely love London, it's very much like home in
in Singapore - very metropolitan, very busy, everybody is on their feet, it's a bustling town,
things are moving. Nothing's stagnant here, I love that about London.
So far I love living in London London is such a beautiful city instance it's...
it's breathtaking. You can walk anywhere and end up in a different part of town, you don't know where you are
but it will... it will just amaze you because there are places that are so so stunning, like Camden
which has got so much personality. There are places where... there's like Waterloo Bridge, there's the river,
and then there's Big Ben, and there's Westminster. And it's just
crazy to think that I live so close to these tourist attractions.
Because you see all of these things on postcards but you don't realise that you could be living there
We went to the Tate Modern and that was really fun. The Tate is a really, really pretty place.
I really enjoyed the Tate and then some days we'll go to the....
one day we went to the Imperial War Museum and then one day we went on an
impromptu walk at night to Big Ben in Westminster and some days we'll just
hang out at High Holborn. And some days we'll just go around town, visit places, eat it really funky
joints. It's just been really, really fun.
It's been okay so far. There were days where I was quite overwhelmed but just by the sheer amount of
information that I was receiving from all ends but it wasn't too bad now I'm I think I'm getting into the groove
of things so I can pretty much handle schoolwork along with schoolwork along with doing the adult thing
So far it's been great and I really hope you enjoyed this video and stay tuned for more.
See ya!