[Alkamar]

So, I am an italian student, and a late applicant I must add, who was offered a place at the university of Manchester for their LLB course. Two things: not only I have applied one month ago, dodging the latest deadline by few days, I wasn't even able to sit the LNAT from my country by that day. Basically, my chance to gain the admission at some of the most prestigious universities for law has already faded away.

Still, I managed to obtain an unconditional offer from Manchester university. Firstly I was truly excited of being given the chance to study there. I was also told by its students that I will definitely have a great time there. But then, law is probably one of the most competitive courses out there, and I'm well aware that Manchester lays outside the top 10 law schools, therefore I'm truly hindered right now whether should I accept their offer or not. Because within only three years I'll be expected to having accumulated a debt of over 30.000£ which is pretty much scary to me. This, in the perspective that in my country tuition fees revolve around 500£ annually.

According to you, would it be still worth coming from Italy to study English law, considering that: 1) I'm not going to study at a top 10 law school, which could affect my graduate prospects; 2) I'm going to get in debt just like any other student while in my country this simply doesn't happen; 3) Contact hours at Manchester are significantly worrying, and there is always a growing number of students attending this institution, forcing me to wonder if you're still going to benefit from the apparent prestige that this university holds.

Sorry if I did explain myself that bad, really. Thank you in advance if you're going to share your views on this situation

[cease-less]

I think your decision depends on the career options you are considering. If you want to become an attorney in Italy, you had better stay there. But if you are planning on working at an international organisation such as EC, CEU, I'd say go for it.