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Would my chances of doing Law at UCL be lessened if I did a softer subject at AS Level? I'm thinking of doing English Lit, Politics, RS and AS art.
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Considering what it says here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/undergraduate/degrees/law-llb I wouldn't have thought so.
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Does anyone doing straight Maths at UCL ever visit this thread?
If so, why did you end up picking UCL?
Was UCL your only option?
If you had had offers from LSE, Bath and Bristol as well as UCL, would you still pick UCL?
Thanks very much.
If so, why did you end up picking UCL?
Was UCL your only option?
If you had had offers from LSE, Bath and Bristol as well as UCL, would you still pick UCL?
Thanks very much.
Original post by JamjamjamT
Does anyone doing straight Maths at UCL ever visit this thread?
If so, why did you end up picking UCL?
Was UCL your only option?
If you had had offers from LSE, Bath and Bristol as well as UCL, would you still pick UCL?
Thanks very much.
If so, why did you end up picking UCL?
Was UCL your only option?
If you had had offers from LSE, Bath and Bristol as well as UCL, would you still pick UCL?
Thanks very much.
Hey - I'm doing Maths with Modern Languages, but that's basically the same as Straight Maths, just one different module
I also had other offers (I mention Bristol since it I see you have that as well). However, I ended up choosing UCL for different reasons.
The fact that UCL is recognised as one of the best universities worldwide had a good impact on my choice; after all, I thought it would be good for my future employability. Also, studying in London gives you tons of possibilities that other towns don't... seminars, outside lectures, but also just simply speaking everything you can think of! (I realise these arguments don't rule out LSE, but I didn't apply for that one
) Anyway... what was really important to me was the possibility to do good research in the future, and UCL has lots of lecturers who are great researchers as well and who give you the possibility to do research on your own as well, starting from second year, if you wish.
So I guess these were my reasons for choosing UCL over the other three universities from which I had received offers.
If it can help, I don't regret my choice. I find that additionally to all the factors I listed before, the general atmosphere is friendly and relaxed (I love working in the common room or around uni with other maths people), which doesn't mean it isn't challenging (actually, rather the contrary).
I guess it all depends on what you prefer, in the end, but these are my reasons for choosing (and sticking to) UCL
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate in contacting me
P.S. I didn't say so specifically, but I think it's clear from what I wrote above that yes, if I had received offers from LSE, Bath and Bristol I would still have chosen UCL
Thank you Cindy1994 
Original post by kiera28
Would my chances of doing Law at UCL be lessened if I did a softer subject at AS Level? I'm thinking of doing English Lit, Politics, RS and AS art.
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i would advise against both politics and RS... and perhaps also Art :') whilst UCL doesn't take a super traditional approach to law , they , like any other top law school , prefer the traditional , 'hard' subjects. it shows a better understanding of the skills required once you get into undergraduate study.
i would pick one out of politics, rs and art , or two but with the view to definitely drop one of those two. i'm not sure there's a best combo in there as i don't know what you mean exactly by 'politics' , and i'm not sure on the law faculty's view on rs/art , but i think all three seems a bit soft. politics will help you a lot first year though , and the reasoning involved in rs could be useful. art also seems really interesting!
i did spanish , english lit , history , critical thinking and psychology at AS, dropping history and critical thinking for A2 , so psychology was my 'soft' subject (so hard though)
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Would my chances of doing Law at UCL be lessened if I did a softer subject at AS Level? I'm thinking of doing English Lit, Politics, RS and AS art.
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RS isn't soft.
Original post by Noodlzzz
RS isn't soft.
neither is it considered a hard subject either - not in terms of difficulty , i'm well aware it's very difficult , but it is not a traditional subject
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/aug/19/schools.alevels200410
i took psychology , considered a soft subject , and yet it was easily the hardest a level i did , despite the fact i took a language and english lit as well
Original post by hotliketea
neither is it considered a hard subject either - not in terms of difficulty , i'm well aware it's very difficult , but it is not a traditional subject
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/aug/19/schools.alevels200410
i took psychology , considered a soft subject , and yet it was easily the hardest a level i did , despite the fact i took a language and english lit as well
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/aug/19/schools.alevels200410
i took psychology , considered a soft subject , and yet it was easily the hardest a level i did , despite the fact i took a language and english lit as well
It is hard
http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/acceptable-level-subject-combinations
and psych isn't soft just but not hard, somewhere in-between
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Original post by Noodlzzz
RS isn't soft.
It is kinda soft to be honest lol. And yes I did do RS at AS. How hard you find it depends on how good your books are.
can anyone tell me anything about the history of art department?
If my GCSE result is not good 1 A 4B 3C , C in phy ,B in math but I got 3A which is ( phy , further math and math ) and a B ( in chem ) in AS , do you think I will get offer from ucl for civil engineering ?
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