French at Oxford or Law with French Law at UCL

Hi everyone,

Very simply, this is the dilemma which I face: I have to decide between French at Oxford, and Law with French Law at UCL.

As far as problems go, I suppose that this is a pretty good one to have, but any advice would be much appreciated,

NothingCrushesUs

(note. I have posted this thread elsewhere but was told by a moderator that I would probably have more success making a post here as well)

I'd probably suggest emailing Oxford as well to see if they'd consider discussing a move on to the Law with French Law course... It's not totally unheard of to change courses slightly before/just after starting/(after you mess up first year but shhhh), but it's not commonplace either.

Out of interest why did you not apply for the Law and French Law course at Oxford?

As people have been pointed out, you will not be preventing yourself from having a career in the legal profession by reading French at Oxford - plenty of people move onto conversion courses. You will also be able to dedicate 4 years to the language and literature of France.

I suppose you have to think whether you'd enjoy 4 years of reading straight French, or do you want the law as well now rather than later?

Hi,

To answer your question as to why I didn't apply for Law with French Law at Oxford, quite simply, at the time, I didn't know what to do, just like I don't know now!

I suppose that your last point is my key problem - I'd probably love both! Being totally hypothetical, if I had offers from Oxford for both French, and Law and French Law, I still wouldn't know which to choose!