Bristol LLB on hold

I was just told that my LLB application was put on hold. I have been straight A’s in all my classes for the past two years. My country doesn’t have GSCE’s. I surpass LSE’s A-level equivalent. Bristol doesn’t specify the exact equivalent. My grades should be A*A*A or 3A*. I really felt my personal statement was strong. I felt like my LNAT MCQ went well, and Bristol gives out a lot of offers to 50 percent essay applicants..and I believe I at least achieved that score. Could they of put me on hold due to my unconventional grades? I am really worried.

Surpassing LSEs entry requirement is irrelevant. This is Bristol not LSE.

I also would say dont try and equate your grades to A-levels. Look on the international section of Bristols website. Bristol will make their own mind up on what your high school grades represent.

If its not a rejection then your application is still in consideration, it just means its not strong enough for an offer yet. They may need to see the whole cohort of applications or see what percentage of offer holders "firm" them before sending out offers to other students.

Law is competitive & Bristol has an excellent reputation, this means they likely get a very high yield from offers and as such admissions teams need to be more diligent when giving out offers.

Could it just be that they’ve already given out quite a few offers before the January 15th deadline. Perhaps it’s on hold just to give fair consideration to all of the other applicants.

That’s understandable!

I hope you hear some good news from them in the future. Have you heard anything promising from other universities?

No, I sadly haven't. I haven't been rejected, but not offered a place either.

Hopefully you’ll hear back soon!

Where else have you applied?

Exciting! They’re all fantastic choices and I hope you hear back soon.

I applied to Cambridge too, but for history! Which college did you apply to?!

I applied to Christ’s. Caius is nice though!

I’ve applied to Durham, St Andrews, Nottingham and Warwick.

I’ve offers from the first three, just waiting on Warwick and Cambridge now!

Definitely hahaha

This is something Bristol do very often. It is like a holding letter. They will reply in due course probably sometime in the New Year. Loads of law applicants at Bristol are receiving the same letter. Nothing to do with you or your qualifications. @McGinger can you add anything to this.

Thank you! I saw someone get an AAB offer though.

I was just told that my LLB application was put on hold. I have been straight A’s in all my classes for the past two years. My country doesn’t have GSCE’s. I surpass LSE’s A-level equivalent. Bristol doesn’t specify the exact equivalent. My grades should be A*A*A or 3A*. I really felt my personal statement was strong. I felt like my LNAT MCQ went well, and Bristol gives out a lot of offers to 50 percent essay applicants..and I believe I at least achieved that score. Could they of put me on hold due to my unconventional grades? I am really worried.

Lots of Bristol law applicants get this letter. Look through previous threads.

Depending on how they process applicants, they may not even have read your PS at this stage. Likely all that is happened is that someone has scanned your quals and deemed you above the auto reject criteria. You’re probably in a huge pile waiting for a course selector to score.

Being out on hold isn’t a bad thing.

I’m thinking about exactly the same thing... I’m also an international student from Hong Kong and have achieved grades equivalent to A*A*A. I already received an offer from Durham and given Durham and Bristol are in the same league, I’m quite curious as to why my application is considered not strong enough for an offer...

DON'T PANIC.

This is how Bristol does things. They score applications and rank them as they come in and start making offers gradually from the top of the list. The score threshold for offers is gradually reduced and once January arrives/they have all the LNAT results, offers happen more quickly. Some offers may not be made until March/April - hang on in there, if you have not been rejected you are still likely to made an offer as the process goes on.

So - its just a system of 'parking' applications with a view to a later offer. You meet the entry requirements, your LNAT is acceptable, they have scored your application. Unlike many other Unis who just go quiet on you, Bristol actually tells you what is going on.

DON'T PANIC.

This is how Bristol does things. They score applications and rank them as they come in and start making offers gradually from the top of the list. The score threshold for offers is gradually reduced and once January arrives/they have all the LNAT results, offers happen more quickly. Some offers may not be made until March/April - hang on in there, if you have not been rejected you are still likely to made an offer as the process goes on.

So - its just a system of 'parking' applications with a view to a later offer. You meet the entry requirements, your LNAT is acceptable, they have scored your application. Unlike many other Unis who just go quiet on you, Bristol actually tells you what is going on.