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  1. Troubled_Student's Avatar
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    Law Applicants Profiles
    I read the Medicine forum and seen their version of this. So I thought a Law related one would also be helpful. Basically you fill it out


    Year of Entry:
    Deferred?:
    GCSEs:
    AS Grades:
    A2 Prediction/Results:
    Previous Degree (if applicable):
    LNAT (if applicable):
    Work Experience:
    Extra-Curriculars:
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Last edited by Troubled_Student; 02-05-2011 at 20:46.
  2. itszednotzee's Avatar
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: A*AAABBBBBC
    AS Grades: AABB
    A2 Prediction/Results: ABB
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable):15 - But my essay must have saved me
    Work Experience/Volunteering: British High commission in Singapore work experience (a bit law related)
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Birmingham - AAA - Firm
    UEA - AAB - Insurance
    Sussex - ABB/AAC
    Keele - 360 pts inc. AB
    Soton - Rejected
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: no
    GCSEs: 2 A*, 6 As, 4 Bs
    AS Grades: AAAB
    A2 Prediction/Results: AAA
    Previous Degree (if applicable):
    LNAT (if applicable): 23
    Work Experience/Volunteering: A week at a solicitors and school stuff
    Universities applied to and decisions: Nottingham-Firm (AAA), Exeter-Insurance (AAB), Cardiff (AAA), UCL (AAA), Surrey (BBB)
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: Now 2011.
    Deferred?: No, I am resitting year 12.
    GCSEs: A*AAAABBCCCC
    AS Grades: Currently doing my As levels (second attempt, predicted AAAA)
    A2 Prediction: N/A
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable): N/A
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Shadowed a Barrister/part time job.
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    UCL
    KCL
    Warwick
    Southampton
    Sussex
    Last edited by Jinxy; 21-10-2009 at 22:07.
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No
    Qualifications: Secondary School Diploma (Europe)
    Grades 8, 10, 9 (out of 10)
    Certificate of HE in Legal Methods Birkbeck, UOL
    Grade: Distinction
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable): 16
    Work Experience/Volunteering: 1 work experience placement at high street solicitors, one mini pupillage at commercial/chancery Chambers, Citizens Advice Bureaux Volunteer
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Oxford University - Conditional (Firm)
    Kings College London- Conditional (Insurance)
    LSE - Invited to Entrance Exam, could not attend = rejection
    UCL-rejected
    QMUL - rejected

    P.S. Mature student (23 years old)
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No.
    GCSEs: A*A*A*A*AAAABBBCCD
    AS Grades: aaabb
    A2 Prediction/Results: (AAAA)
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable): 20
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Sports Law Firm, Pathways to Law
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Cambridge (Trinity) - Rejected
    LSE - AAA - FIRM
    UCL - AAA
    KCL - AAA - INSURANCE
    Kent - 320
  7. Steph708's Avatar
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No.
    GCSEs: 5 As, 5 Bs and 1 C
    AS Grades: AABD
    A2 Prediction/Results: Predicted AAB but i'm hoping i get AAA
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable):
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Mock Trial Competition
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Sheffield Uni - Conditional AAA Firm
    Liverpool Uni- Conditional AAB Insurance
    Cardiff Uni - Conditional AAA
    Manchester Met - Conditional BBB
    Manchester Uni - Rejected
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2008
    Deferred?: No.
    GCSEs: N/A
    AS Grades: AAAAA
    A2 Prediction/Results: AAAAA
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable): 13
    Work Experience/Volunteering: law firms.
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    manchester - AAA
    nottingham AAB
    Durham - rej
    warwick - rej, so as law and business.
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of entry - 2009
    Deferred - No
    GCSE'S - 1A, 8 B'S, 2 C'S
    AS Grades - BBB
    A2 Predictions - BBC - though I know I'll have done better
    Previous Degree - None
    LNAT - Not taken
    Work Experience/Volunteering - Visited Newcastle Crown Courts several times, sat in on cases
    Universities applied to;
    Northumbria - Conditional Firm
    Sunderland - Conditional declined
    Teeside - Conditional declined
    Cumbria - Conditional declined (sent me a hand written note saying how good my PS was =))
    Hertfordshire - Conditional declined.
    There's only one place I want to go
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: no
    GCSEs: N/A
    AS Grades: N/A
    A2 Prediction/Results: N/A
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable): 19
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Two years online journalism, administrative position at college, volunteer in school library
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Birmingham (firm), KCL (declined) - Conditional
    UCL, LSE - Rejected
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2008
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: A*A*AABBBBBBCC
    AS Grades: BBBE
    A2 Prediction/Results: ABCe
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable): N/A
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Worked in crown court + hospital volunteer.
    Universities applied to and decisions: University of Liverpool - firm + accepted on results day.
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2010
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*AA
    AS Grades:AAAAAC
    A2 Prediction/Results:A*A*A*A*A planning to retake the C however.
    Previous Degree (if applicable): None
    LNAT (if applicable):N/A
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Solicitor's firm and various related law work experience and witness service volunteer
    Universities applied to and decisions:Newcastle, Southampton, York , Hull and Northumbria
    Last edited by beatleboar; 15-09-2009 at 22:11.
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: A*A*A*AAAAAAAA
    AS Grades: AAAAAA
    A2 Prediction/Results: Got AAA, predicted AAA
    Previous Degree (if applicable):
    LNAT (if applicable): 22
    Work Experience/Volunteering: 2 weeks at local County Court, 1 week in solicitor's office, 2 week NAGTY summer school
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Oxford - AA - firm
    Durham - AAA - declined
    Warwick - rejected
    Leicester - AAA declined
    York - A - firm

    If interested, also applied in the '08 cycle with same GCSE grades (obviously!) and work experience, no declared AS grades, AAAAA A2 prediction, 22 in the LNAT, and received AAA offers from Durham, Warwick, Nottingham and York, rejected from Oxford after interview.
    Last edited by Sephaeii; 24-09-2010 at 17:04.
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: Hell No
    GCSEs: BBBBBBCCCC
    AS Grades: ABCD
    A2 Prediction/Results: AACC
    Previous Degree (if applicable): ...
    LNAT (if applicable): ...
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Oxfam woop
    Universities applied to and decisions
    Northumbria ABB FIRM
    Teesside 240 INSURANCE

    Declined the following:
    Huddersfield 320
    Sheffield Hallam 260
    Sunderland 220
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No
    Scottish Standard Grades: 11111111
    Highers: AAABB
    Advanced Highers (and one more higher): tbc
    LNAT (if applicable): 25
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    LSE: unsuccessful
    KCL: unsuccessful
    Edinburgh: unconditional (firm)
    Glasgow: unconditional
    Aberdeen: unconditional

    My profile makes me sad.
  16. gi.'s Avatar
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2010
    Deferred?: Yes
    GCSEs: N/A
    IB Points: 37 Points
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable): 20

    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Birmingham - Unconditional
    Durham - Unconditional
    KCL - Unconditional (Firm)
    LSE - Rejection
    Warwick - Unconditional
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs:A*A*A*AAAABBC
    AS Grades:
    A2 Prediction/Results:AAAbbd
    Previous Degree (if applicable): English Literature (2:i)
    LNAT (if applicable): N/A
    Work Experience/Volunteering: None
    Universities applied to and decisions: Sheffield University MA Law - Unconditional.
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: A*A*A*A*A*A*AAABB
    AS Grades: AAAAA
    A2 Prediction/Results: Predicted AAAAA
    Previous Degree (if applicable): N/A
    LNAT (if applicable):24
    Work Experience/Volunteering: None
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Oxford (Wadham) - Conditional - AAA - Firm
    Bristol - Conditional - AAB - Insurance
    Durham - AAA - Declined
    Warwick - AAA - Declined
    UCL - AAA - Declined
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2008
    Deferred?: nope
    GCSEs: 1 A* 5 A's 7B's
    A2 Results: ABBCab
    Previous Degree (if applicable): n/a
    LNAT (if applicable): 16.5 I think!
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Mock trial competition 2007, Part time job (this is surprisingly important not only for uni application but also for future work experience/training contracts/mini and full pupilages.)
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Cambridge - Rejected
    Warwick - Offer
    Nottingham Trent (Nottingham Law School) - Offer for 4yr sandwich course
    Man Met - Offer

    Finally my firm was University of Sheffield for European, International and Comparative course which is 4yrs with a year abroad!
    I noticed someone above is coming to sheffield! Good choice! Any questions please ask!
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    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Sry Just found this!!

    Year of Entry: 2009
    Deferred?: Nope!
    GCSEs: 8A*s 3As
    AS Grades:AAAAB
    A2 Prediction/Results: predicted AAAAA, but not expecting it....
    Previous Degree (if applicable):
    LNAT (if applicable): 21 but a reallllly bad essay!
    Work Experience/Volunteering: solicitors office for a week
    Universities applied to and decisions: Oxford (firm) and Exeter (insurance). Declined Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff.
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