 LSE had the 4th highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2015–16, with new students averaging 537 UCAS points (pre-2017 tariff), equivalent to just below A*A*A*A in A-level grades.The university gives offers of admission to 37.0% of its applicants, the 3rd lowest amongst the Russell Group.For 2017 entry, the university was one of only a few mainstream universities (along with Cambridge, Imperial College, Oxford, St Andrews, UCL, and Warwick) to have no courses available in Clearing.