AAB universities?

Good point. I just become irritable when people claim the 1994 group are somehow worse than the RG - they're exactly the same, except the 1994 is for SMALLER research intensive universities.

LSE?

You know perfectly well that LSE was admitted as a special case.

However the point you make in your first post has some validity. The admission of new members to the RG may have changed its dynamics. More importantly, it seems to have Gove's ear (if not Willetts) to the exclusion of other universities.

You know perfectly well that LSE was admitted as a special case.

However the point you make in your first post has some validity. The admission of new members to the RG may have changed its dynamics. More importantly, it seems to have Gove's ear (if not Willetts) to the exclusion of other universities.

QMUL is actually very small, meaning the initial principles of the Russell group seem to be deteriorating :/

Just don't do law. Do another subject you like...English, History etc...which is less competitive and where you'll end up at a better university.

Law firms don't care about the degree you do; 50% of the intake are non law students. Many if not most law students end up not becoming lawyers anyway. Employers don't really have tiers with universities as long as it's an 'old' university - these days, pretty much anything Russell Group.

Trust me, it is better to go to a nice university with a solid reputation, with a good careers service than to end up at somewhere less well-known like Reading. Law is also a very technical and often boring degree - many people who do it do not end up liking it; very few people I knew were passionate about it.

I'll say it one more time; DON'T DO LAW if you have AAB.

This is actually a misinterpretation of the statistics perpetuated by law firms as it serves their interests. The actual figure is closer to 30%, according to NT who I tend to trust on these matters.

And history/English at the better universities are usually just as popular as law.

Yes, I've heard this recently on here. I think it's probably for the profession as a whole, rather than City law firms which most (?) people care about. I think nulli pointed out - or I may be imagining things - that people with a law degree are more likely to do the LPC and make their degrees 'count'. High street firms and that ilk don't usually pay for it. My firm's new entrants seems to be 50/50 from the people I've encountered so far, and it reports that it takes around 50/50 on its website.

Most of the universities I have been looking at (Bristol, Warwick, Nottingham etc) all ask for AAA, some even boosting grade requirements to A*AA (damn you Nottingham).

In case I am unable able to achieve these grades, could anyone suggest any universities, that are still reputable for law, that accept AAB (not just sometimes), or perhaps even ABB. I'm really not sure how my AS's went, as I always seem to do a lot better in my exams than I do in the preceding weeks, but I cannot be sure if it'll be the case this time round.

Edit: Just to clarify, I will still be looking chiefly at universities accepting AAA, but am looking for one AAB/ABB university in case I don't do as well as expected!

did you even read your own link?

"This is a high-demand subject area. To be considered for an offer, applicants will need, or be predicted to achieve, at least AAAA (Highers) or AAA (A Levels with a strong set of GCSE A* grades) unless one or more contextual factors applies. Conditional offers will be made in the range of BBBB–AAAA (Highers), BBB–AAA (A Levels) or 34–42 (IB), and are likely to be in the higher range for those to whom contextual factors do not apply. In recent years 22% of undergraduate applicants to Law have received an offer"

They want AAA basically and if there are certain circumstances they will allow less than AAA but above BBB

In all honesty, I have been looking at law for quite a few years now, but because of the competitiveness some people have put me off a little. There isn't too much else I am very passionate about, apart from PPE which is very similar (if not higher) requirements.

May I ask what classifies as good GCSE grades? On TSR this tends to mean straight A*'s haha. I got 4 A*'s and 5 A's.

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Have you decided against a gap year?

Might want to consider Durham, it is in UCAS Extra for Law!

Most of the universities I have been looking at (Bristol, Warwick, Nottingham etc) all ask for AAA, some even boosting grade requirements to A*AA (damn you Nottingham).

In case I am unable able to achieve these grades, could anyone suggest any universities, that are still reputable for law, that accept AAB (not just sometimes), or perhaps even ABB. I'm really not sure how my AS's went, as I always seem to do a lot better in my exams than I do in the preceding weeks, but I cannot be sure if it'll be the case this time round.

Edit: Just to clarify, I will still be looking chiefly at universities accepting AAA, but am looking for one AAB/ABB university in case I don't do as well as expected!

Sheffield,Leeds,reading

This thread is so old.. OP is finishing their PhD now