Help-International Mature student (Law applications)
Hi,
I'm an international mature stdent and needed some help choosing unis for Law.
Just to give you a bit of a background, I didn't do too well in my high school grades due to health issues and I received a 76% (as far as I know, equivavalent should be BBB). I'm currently doing a liberal arts degree and will hopefully get a 2.1 in it, my current grade is an 85% as per my second year in uni. In university, I have extra curriculars in literary clubs, gender studies clubs, Literature journals and law journals where I hold leadership positions. I have a few internships in media and content generation.
I'm applying for the 2021 intake for law and was considering the following universities (I still have to shortlist them to 5)- Cambridge, LSE, UCL,KCL,Warwick, Durham, Queen Mary. I would appreciate it if someone more informed than me could guide me regarding which colleges are more likely to accept mature students? I know Cambridge has mature colleges but will my poor high school grades be a limiting factor despite my decent GPA in university? Would you'll recommend LSE as compared to Cambridge for Law for mature students? Would I have a comparatively higher chance of securing a place at LSE instead of Cambridge?
These questions might be a little vague but I would appreciate it if someone with more experience and knowledge could guide me.
Thanks in advance!
I'm an international mature stdent and needed some help choosing unis for Law.
Just to give you a bit of a background, I didn't do too well in my high school grades due to health issues and I received a 76% (as far as I know, equivavalent should be BBB). I'm currently doing a liberal arts degree and will hopefully get a 2.1 in it, my current grade is an 85% as per my second year in uni. In university, I have extra curriculars in literary clubs, gender studies clubs, Literature journals and law journals where I hold leadership positions. I have a few internships in media and content generation.
I'm applying for the 2021 intake for law and was considering the following universities (I still have to shortlist them to 5)- Cambridge, LSE, UCL,KCL,Warwick, Durham, Queen Mary. I would appreciate it if someone more informed than me could guide me regarding which colleges are more likely to accept mature students? I know Cambridge has mature colleges but will my poor high school grades be a limiting factor despite my decent GPA in university? Would you'll recommend LSE as compared to Cambridge for Law for mature students? Would I have a comparatively higher chance of securing a place at LSE instead of Cambridge?
These questions might be a little vague but I would appreciate it if someone with more experience and knowledge could guide me.
Thanks in advance!
Original post by AL03
Hi,
I'm an international mature stdent and needed some help choosing unis for Law.
Just to give you a bit of a background, I didn't do too well in my high school grades due to health issues and I received a 76% (as far as I know, equivavalent should be BBB). I'm currently doing a liberal arts degree and will hopefully get a 2.1 in it, my current grade is an 85% as per my second year in uni. In university, I have extra curriculars in literary clubs, gender studies clubs, Literature journals and law journals where I hold leadership positions. I have a few internships in media and content generation.
I'm applying for the 2021 intake for law and was considering the following universities (I still have to shortlist them to 5)- Cambridge, LSE, UCL,KCL,Warwick, Durham, Queen Mary. I would appreciate it if someone more informed than me could guide me regarding which colleges are more likely to accept mature students? I know Cambridge has mature colleges but will my poor high school grades be a limiting factor despite my decent GPA in university? Would you'll recommend LSE as compared to Cambridge for Law for mature students? Would I have a comparatively higher chance of securing a place at LSE instead of Cambridge?
These questions might be a little vague but I would appreciate it if someone with more experience and knowledge could guide me.
Thanks in advance!
I'm an international mature stdent and needed some help choosing unis for Law.
Just to give you a bit of a background, I didn't do too well in my high school grades due to health issues and I received a 76% (as far as I know, equivavalent should be BBB). I'm currently doing a liberal arts degree and will hopefully get a 2.1 in it, my current grade is an 85% as per my second year in uni. In university, I have extra curriculars in literary clubs, gender studies clubs, Literature journals and law journals where I hold leadership positions. I have a few internships in media and content generation.
I'm applying for the 2021 intake for law and was considering the following universities (I still have to shortlist them to 5)- Cambridge, LSE, UCL,KCL,Warwick, Durham, Queen Mary. I would appreciate it if someone more informed than me could guide me regarding which colleges are more likely to accept mature students? I know Cambridge has mature colleges but will my poor high school grades be a limiting factor despite my decent GPA in university? Would you'll recommend LSE as compared to Cambridge for Law for mature students? Would I have a comparatively higher chance of securing a place at LSE instead of Cambridge?
These questions might be a little vague but I would appreciate it if someone with more experience and knowledge could guide me.
Thanks in advance!
I'm not sure why you want to do another degree if you are already in your second year at uni?
The obvious alternatives would be a one year conversion course in Law or a 2 year senior status law degree, like these ones at Queen Marys or York. Note that Cambridge also offers an affiliated law degree for mature applicants (2 years long) but they state that A level grades will still be considered alongside applicants first degree results so I would contact their Admissions for advice as to whether you would have a realistic chance of acceptance. The same goes for their 3 year Law degree.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2020/law-senior-status/#entry-requirements
https://www.york.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/llb-law-senior-status/#entry
https://www.ba.law.cam.ac.uk/studying-law-cambridge/mature-students
(edited 3 years ago)
Original post by harrysbar
I'm not sure why you want to do another degree if you are already in your second year at uni?
The obvious alternatives would be a one year conversion course in Law or a 2 year senior status law degree, like these ones at Queen Marys or York. Note that Cambridge also offers an affiliated law degree for mature applicants (2 years long) but they state that A level grades will still be considered alongside applicants first degree results so I would contact their Admissions for advice as to whether you would have a realistic chance of acceptance. The same goes for their 3 year Law degree.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2020/law-senior-status/#entry-requirements
https://www.york.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/llb-law-senior-status/#entry
https://www.ba.law.cam.ac.uk/studying-law-cambridge/mature-students
The obvious alternatives would be a one year conversion course in Law or a 2 year senior status law degree, like these ones at Queen Marys or York. Note that Cambridge also offers an affiliated law degree for mature applicants (2 years long) but they state that A level grades will still be considered alongside applicants first degree results so I would contact their Admissions for advice as to whether you would have a realistic chance of acceptance. The same goes for their 3 year Law degree.
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2020/law-senior-status/#entry-requirements
https://www.york.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/llb-law-senior-status/#entry
https://www.ba.law.cam.ac.uk/studying-law-cambridge/mature-students
Thanks for the information. Since I'm an international student from India, the Bar Council of India does not accept a 2-year senior status degree or a conversion course. They have a system where if one has already completed a bachelors degree in a different subject, you must pursue a minimum of a 3 year degree in law to be able to practice in India. I will contact the admissions for advice, thanks!
Hey where did u end up applying to? 
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