I just saw this. Ok this is really simple. (A) LSE doesn't blacklist (B) tell them you want to start at a later date. They will agree. Don't be naiive, just negotiate with them. You give up your place this year there's no guarantee next year.

Money issues - NUS > LSE but you are not going to an international firm without a FCH or top 20% at least. That's being realistic. Big 4, yes. International at the start, no. SG work you just need to be in top 50-60% of NUS.

Not gonna lie, it's expensive. Can't help you there but try to get a scholarship, it is easier since you have an offer for admission and organisations care about who they are bonding. Get a scholarship pls. You have time.

If your goal is B4, NUS hands down. They're absolute machines. But you won't be prejudiced much either way.

Best of both worlds (SG and international) - LSE

Work in Hong Kong or a country other than Singapore - LSE

Global alumni network, international reputation - LSE

Other reasons:

1.Go to a pub on campus for ale and stout and have angmohs mispronounce Professor Saw Swee Hock's name (NUS/LSE Alumni philanthropist who donated money for a building) as Saucy, a place that sells cheap drinks on certain nights. If anyone asks, you came from the same country as Saucy - LSE

2. If you want to quit law and need exit options - LSE is easier to sell. If you want to quit law halfway for another course - LSE. They seem pretty okay with course switching.

3. Find angmoh girlfriend or boyfriend or meet Angelina Jolie outside of Hollywood after Tom Cruise married Scientology - LSE

4. Travel to France or Spain on Easyjet or Ryanair every weekend post Covid, cook your own chicken rice to prorest against expensive Chinatown chicken rice - LSE

5. Wear shorts in winter because you're Singaporean and you a rebel - LSE