Who's got law offers?

I completely agree with you. It is indeed very sad that people applied to Nottingham without knowing of the change in offer. I applied to Manchester fully unaware that they wanted AAA (i checked UCAS website and prospectus before I applied and it said AAB).

ohh crap!!! i applied online, but i didn't specify LLB or BA!!! does this mean we won't get places on the LLB course? nooooo

can someone please clarify tomcoolinguk and my dilema

Hold on a minute, isn't that being a bit unfair? I'm sure if I said to you (which I wouldn't, cos it's not true) that I had no sympathy for anyone who didn't get an Oxbridge offer becuase everyone's predicted AAA and it's an exceptional university blah blah blah then I would be completely lynched. Or ostracised or something. I think it's especially sad when some people applied without knowing of the change in offer because of Nottingham's late call. CAn we maybe have a tiny bit of understanding here? Aren't lawyers suppose to be compassionate and stuff? (especially if you want to change the views of certain miscreants hanging around the law forum who think we're only in it for the money...)

So will UEA be your insurance?

To be honest, as your father is your head of Sixth Form, you probably have a well run and professionally organised school. Compare with mine where people are predicted A grades, having been on consistent D/C grades throughout AS. They are then getting AAA offers, and to be honest- I am fed up of hearing them bleat on. [Especially when- e.g. in the case of Durham Law- I know literally scores of people who would have little problem getting the grades] Having said that, I do now know someone who despite an ABB prediction has been given an AAA offer from Notts which I think it despicably unfair, as she is now under so much pressure.

Aren't lawyers suppose to be compassionate and stuff?

Mostly, yes, It's a really good set up. However, if these people have been getting Ds and Cs, surely there's little likelyhood of them actually attaining the AAA they actually need. WHich means they won't get in. It's pointless to bum up your preictions if your not going to achieve them, as justice if nothing if not poetical and elegant (in cases like this. Mostly, it sucks) And whilst I agree that an AAA offer for someone predicted ABB puts them in an incredibly pressured situation, if she didn't want to be in that situation, she didn't have to apply there. She also doesn't have to accpet the offer if there's no realistic chance of her achieveing the grades.

I'm starting to regret not applying to UEA! I wish I could go to St Catz in October! Not fair! I still maintain that Mark Elliott hated me in interview - but I will just have to go elsewhere. KCL here I come! (pending an offer, lol).

I will also be gutted with less than AAA, although I'm not going to need more than AAB.

No I was asking you to either understand or not complain about it if you didn't feel that was possible. I *understand* this must be difficult for your friend. I feel sad for her situation, as it's one a couple of my friends aren't exactly unfamiliar with. But it's slightly different (I think anyway) - some people, who will probably get AAA, applied to Nottingham hoping for AAB so they could use it as an insurance, but they didn't know the grades had gone up. Even if she didn't know the grades had gone up, your friend still applied to somewhere with grades higher than her predictions and thus placed herself in a pressured situation. I hope she either gets another offer she likes but will be able to get more easily, or is able to get the AAA she needs.

Lol it's ok... I just find it humourous- when after Manchester and Sheffield made AAA offers, people were shocked at getting AAA from Notts. I guess it proves that people do believe what they want to!

I s'pose. Though I've always thought of Manchester as better than Nottingham. Though maybe that's becuase I don't really want to go to Nottingham, whereas I'd quite like to go to Manchester

Yeah- Notts is considerably more respected than Manchester for Law.

Not what I've heard at all. Nottingham is harder to gte into becuase it gets more applications, but most people I've spoken to (lawyers, others in the profession, my dad etc) rated Manchester above Nottingham for law. But I suppose what's 'respected' about a place is all subjective to the person who's asessing it. So maybe we'll just agree to disagree.

I think it depends where you want to go... figures from say the top 10-15 firsm would suggest that Notts graduates are considerably more successful in getting training contracts at the top tier of law firms.

there are so many other factors aswell

I think this bickering about what law schools lead to better jobs etc should just stop because its pointless! Who cares anyway?!?! You people haven't even started your law degrees yet.