Which universities to apply to?

Hi @gregregregreg,

Congratulations on receiving suck great results!

You most certainly can get into good unis with such grades. Also it's great that you're keeping your options open to universities anywhere in England and I'm glad that you intend to apply to 3 top aspirational unis while the remaining 2 are your safe options.

Also remember that Law is a competitive degree and make sure which law course you're most interested to study; for instance, Business Law, Criminal Law or Public Law.

The best Law schools in England you will find in University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University College London, King's College and Queen Mary University of London.

I'd recommend to focus on your aspirational and better unis. Later on, research your alternative universities based on location and where does their Law course fall in the rankings.

I hope I managed to help!

Best of luck,
Melanie
LSBU Rep

Hi all, I am planning on applying for Law this year after getting my results this summer.

I got A*A*A but in Economics, Business and Media. 8777766665 in GCSE.

I plan on doing the LNAT soon-ish so I want 2 universities in my 5 that require this as aspirational applications.

Because they're achieved grades I would like 2-3 aspirational / risky universities, then 2-3 for sure universities that are still decent.

Any suggestions? I'm willing to go anywhere in England.

Hi all, I am planning on applying for Law this year after getting my results this summer.

I got A*A*A but in Economics, Business and Media. 8777766665 in GCSE.

I plan on doing the LNAT soon-ish so I want 2 universities in my 5 that require this as aspirational applications.

Because they're achieved grades I would like 2-3 aspirational / risky universities, then 2-3 for sure universities that are still decent.

Any suggestions? I'm willing to go anywhere in England.

Just to point out that you don't need to apply with all 5 choices initially. For example, you could start with 3, making 2 aspirational and 1 safe choices. The responses you get can then inform what you do next. For example, if your 'safe' choice rejects you then you need to lower your sights. If your safe choice accepts you, however, your final 2 selections can both be aspirational.

I will look into how I can do that - that is really helpful, thanks so much

That's true, thanks! I'm just unsure on where my upper limit is - I know it's not Oxbridge or LSE or UCL level - really not sure where my aspirational universities even are!

Your options could be:

Cambridge
Manchester
Southampton
Surrey
Durham

The first thing you need to check is which universities will accept your mix of subjects. Some wont accept Business and Economics together as they are too similar and Media is considered a weak A level. Apply to those who dont refuse to accept the mix.

Secondly the univerities that tend to rrequire LNAT are Oxbridge and London universities. Also Bristol do and I think Durham do. Most others dont.

Outside of these issues you can apply anywhere.

A couple have said Cambridge before, but I really doubt it. I found this on their site:

"If you want to study at Cambridge it’s less useful to choose:

Vocational A levels and IB subjects related to a specific profession or career, such as Business, Photography, Performing Arts and Media Studies."

I hate myself for taking such poor subjects!

Hi @gregregregreg,

make sure which law course you're most interested to study; for instance, Business Law, Criminal Law or Public Law.

(Original post by gregregregreg)Yeah, it's really frustrating how my school didn't inform us on any information on which subjects and combinations are less respected; although it is probably most of my fault, I should have done research before picking what I wanted to do, rather than doing it on one night based on what my mom finds out about the subject on her phone, lol

Schools dont. Most are totally clueless when it comes to helping students make choices for future.

What you have stated also applies to LSE and a couple of others. LSE treats business as a weaker subjects whereas most others dont. The big issue you have is that some top universities wont accept Economics and Business together and that is hat you need to check. Had it been Economics, History and Media it wouldnt have mattered as you had 2 strong subjects and 1 weaker subject and most universities are happy with that. Here is the details from LSE but not everywhere is as strict as this.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=fa9962ce3ccc4fc1JmltdHM9MTY5NTI1NDQwMCZpZ3VpZD0zNjQzYjFiYS0yNzM0LTZlMzItMWRhNy1hMWNlMjYxMzZmYTkmaW5zaWQ9NTIxMQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=3643b1ba-2734-6e32-1da7-a1ce26136fa9&psq=lse+preferred+subject+list&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubHNlLmFjLnVrL3N0dWR5LWF0LWxzZS9VbmRlcmdyYWR1YXRlL1Byb3NwZWN0aXZlLVN0dWRlbnRzL0hvdy10by1BcHBseS9BZG1pc3Npb25zLUluZm9ybWF0aW9u&ntb=1