Gcses Required For Law At London School Of Economics

Hi, the question is in the thread title really, but what GCSEs grades are good enoh to read law at LSE. Ive been on the website and it just states that you need mostly a/a* but what do people think are the Gcse resuts required?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Reply 1

Purple

15

There is a Law offers discussion thread in the Law forum and the LSE applicants were discussing how many A*s they had, and whether they got an offer, it was around 6/7/8 A*s minimum I think

Reply 2

mypaperheart

16

I don't think there is a set number of As/A*s needed, it depends on how strong the rest of your application is really. Obviously, the stronger the grades are, the better the chances of an offer are - but I certainly don't think they have a set number they go looking for. I got an offer this year and I have 8A* and 2A.

Reply 3

strange_man

That said, I only got something like 3 A*, but got the offer for Law...so I agree with what Mypaperheart said, there probably is no set criteria.

Reply 4

liladriel

I got 5A*s, 3As, 3Bs and got an offer.

Reply 5

2late

13

I know someone who's doing law with a set of 5A's and 5B's attained at iGCSE.

Then again, igcse>gcse.

Reply 6

WokSz

17

I applied to read Law at LSE, and got an offer. My IGCSE's were: A*AAABBC.

Reply 7

Snide

1

I got an offer with only 3 A*s.

Reply 8

pj1623

4

J-Curve

I applied to read Law at LSE, and got an offer. My IGCSE's were: A*AAABBC.

i took IGCSE and got 3A*5A. when you applied did you have any work experience/anything thats particularly significant to help you gain an offer for the LLB degree?

Reply 9

v11

According to an e-mail sent to my friend from the admissions office (she was rejected), if you attend a high-performing selective school you needed to have 7A*-plus last year.

Reply 10

Cool.Zero

strange_man

That said, I only got something like 3 A*, but got the offer for Law...so I agree with what Mypaperheart said, there probably is no set criteria.

Whoa dude I lost out to you by one grade! Check out my signature... I scored 3A*, 5A, 1B 1C!

However I did go to a very average school (well: slightly above average) with 180 in my year and i'm around in the top 20)

Anyway, will my chances be hindered if I scored A for english language, but C for literature???

Reply 11

Cool.Zero

Whoa... with my results can I get into law at cambridge or oxford?????

3A*, 5A, 1B and 1C

With A*A*AAC for IGCSE subjects (which I spent 70% of the time revising for) and A*AAAB for GCSEs.

Everyone on this thread says "IGCSE > GCSE"

Reply 12

mnbgw

v11

According to an e-mail sent to my friend from the admissions office (she was rejected), if you attend a high-performing selective school you needed to have 7A*-plus last year.

seriously? :mad:

There goes my chances. I got 2A* 9As and 1B

For my ASs I got 4As and 1B

Reply 13

Knogle

16

Yes, they do take into consideration the overall/average performance of your high school when assessing your application. . .

Reply 14

2026

15

LSE take into consideration all aspects of ones application, so one shouldn't put so much focus on GCSE results.

I began LSE last year and I don't have a single A/A* GCSE. I did have my personal extenuating reasons of course, but it stil goes to show that they are not as rigid on the subject of GCSE grades as some suggest.

Reply 15

mnbgw

1.9.8.4.

LSE take into consideration all aspects of ones application, so one shouldn't put so much focus on GCSE results.

I began LSE last year and I don't have a single A/A* GCSE. I did have my personal extenuating reasons of course, but it stil goes to show that they are not as rigid on the subject of GCSE grades as some suggest.

If you don't mind can I ask you what kind of personal reasons? and did you tell LSE by putting it in your personal statement or was it in your reference?

Reply 16

2026

15

shaf90

If you don't mind can I ask you what kind of personal reasons? and did you tell LSE by putting it in your personal statement or was it in your reference?

I briefly mentioned it in my personal statement, but it was mainly dealt with in the reference. I think they take it more seriously that way.

I'd rather not go too deep into the reasons, but it was a combination of issues at school and at home.

I suggest that if you have any extenuating reasons, however strong it may be, you should stress it in your application.

Reply 17

mercexe

1.9.8.4.

I began LSE last year and I don't have a single A/A* GCSE.

I think that is deeply unfair on the applicants who had 5/6/7/8/9/10+ A* grades, AAAA at a-level and who still got rejected.

Reply 18

2026

15

mercexe

I think that is deeply unfair on the applicants who had 5/6/7/8/9/10+ A* grades, AAAA at a-level and who still got rejected.

Lol. Deal with it.

Reply 19

mnbgw

mercexe

I think that is deeply unfair on the applicants who had 5/6/7/8/9/10+ A* grades, AAAA at a-level and who still got rejected.

These grades just show how intelligent a person is. It doesn't show their enthusiasm for the subject, how hard they are willing to work etc. This is usually seen in the PS and reference.

There is no point in someone with several A* grades doing a degree in Medicine for example, if he/she has no desire to become a doctor.

Gcses Required For Law At London School Of Economics

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