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  1. *BB*'s Avatar
    • Adored and Respected Member
    • Location: NE Lincs
    • Posts: 425
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: Nope
    GCSEs: 9 A*s 9 As 1B
    AS Grades: AAAB
    A2 Prediction/Results: A*A*A*A*
    LNAT: 17/42
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Solicitors firm, Houses of Parliament, Young Enterprise, work at Estate Agency practice
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Cambridge: Unsuccessful post interview
    Nottingham: Pending
    Warwick: Offer AAAc
    Lancaster: Offer AAA
    UEA: Offer AAB
    Last edited by *BB*; 10-02-2011 at 16:42. Reason: Updated.
  2. ForensicShoe's Avatar
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    • Location: Rainy ol' Lancaster
    • Posts: 6,804
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: Nope
    GCSEs: 4 A*s 5 As 4 Bs
    AS Grades: AABB
    A2 Prediction/Results: A*AAA
    Previous Degree (if applicable): n/a
    LNAT (if applicable): n/a
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Magistrate's courts, Solicitors firm
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Lancaster - Offer AAA
    Cardiff - Offer AAA/AABB
    UEA - Offer AAB
    UEA (with American Law) - Offer AAA
    Kent - Offer AAB
  3. swift2's Avatar
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    • Posts: 41
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: A*A*A*A*AAABBB
    AS Grades: AAAB
    A2 Prediction/Results: A*AA
    Previous Degree (if applicable): n/a
    LNAT (if applicable): Sat a few weeks ago
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Week at solicitors, week shadowing a court clerk, Cambridge law conference
    Universities applied to and decisions
    Nottingham - Pending
    Manchester - Offer AAA
    Birmingham - Offer AAA
    Lancaster - Pending
    Sheffield (LLB law and criminology) - Offer AAB
  4. Adelaide123's Avatar
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    • Posts: 45
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred: Yep!
    GCSEs: 11A*, A
    AS: AAAA (bio/chem/maths/philosophy)
    A2 Results A*A*A (bio/chem/maths)
    Work Experience - courts, court reporter for newspaper, running my own charity, legal team in head office of large retail group.
    Universities/Decisions:
    LSE - Unconditional
    Exeter (Streatham Campus) - Unconditional
    Sheffield - Unconditional
    Exeter (Cornwall Campus) - Unconditional
    Warwick - STILL Pending!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Last edited by Adelaide123; 07-03-2011 at 21:08.
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    • Location: BANGKOK CITY.
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: Nope
    IB Predicted: 43/45 with 2/3 for EE and ToK
    LNAT (if applicable): 21
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Local law firm, Hunton & Williams
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    UCL: Conditional: overall 38 points with 666 or 765 at Higher Level [edit]
    Bristol: Conditional: overall 35 points with 666 or 765 at Higher Level
    KCL: Pending
    Warwick: Pending
    Leicester: Conditional: overall 32 points with 66 at HL
    Last edited by pitchayak; 12-02-2011 at 05:56.
  6. IuriiNikitin's Avatar
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    • Location: London
    • Posts: 16
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: None
    AS Grades: AAAAB
    A2 Prediction/Results:A*A*A*A*
    Previous Degree (if applicable): Kyiv National University(Ukraine) 2008-now
    LNAT (if applicable): 19
    Work Experience/Volunteering:
    Ministry of Justice if Ukraine(2 weeks)
    International law firm, Kazakhstan(2 weeks)
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Oxford - Pre-interview rejection
    LSE - rejected
    UCL - rejected
    Nottingham - AAB(Firm)
    Southampton - AAA
    Note: International student, first time came to England in Sep 09.
  7. jawain04's Avatar
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    • Posts: 99
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: Nope
    GCSEs: 7 A*s 3 A's 1 B
    AS Grades: AAAB
    A2 Prediction/Results: A*A*AA
    Previous Degree (if applicable): n/a
    LNAT (if applicable): 29
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Solicitors firm + Barristers chambers
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Leicester - Offer AAA
    Cardiff - Offer AAA/AABB
    Manchester - Offer AAA
    Exeter - Offer AAA
    Nottingham - Offer AAB
  8. Shiren's Avatar
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    • Posts: 2
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2010
    Deferred?: Nope
    GCSEs: 2 A*, 8 A's, 1 B
    AS Grades: Re-sat in January
    A2 Prediction/Results: Unknown until March results :eek:
    Previous Degree (if applicable):
    LNAT (if applicable): 17
    Work Experience/Volunteering: 1 week at the Bar Council and Landmark Chambers, 3 days at 3 Verulam Buildings Chambers, the Deutsche Bank, Shadowed a judge
    School council, Publicity group, Prefecting and Eco Committee inside school
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Buckingham- Interview
    BPP- Interview
    Westminster- ABB
    LSE- Rejected
    UCL - Waiting for response
  9. TurboCretin's Avatar
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    • Location: London
    • Posts: 4,541
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: 6 As, 5 Bs.
    AS Grades: AACC
    A2 Prediction/Results: ABBa
    Previous Degree (if applicable): Linguistics (UCL)
    LNAT (if applicable): 28
    Work Experience/Volunteering: N/A
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Oxford (senior status LLB) - Rejection post-interview
    Bristol (MA Law) - Offer conditional on 2.1
  10. TurboCretin's Avatar
    • Vengeful, Imperial Overlord of The Student Room
    • Location: London
    • Posts: 4,541
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Perhaps 'work experience/volunteering' should be re-termed 'extracurriculars' to include societies and the like
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    • Posts: 1,724
    Year of Entry: 2011
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: 6A's, 4B's 1C
    AS Grades: AABB then AAAB after one resit in January.
    A2 Prediction/Results: AAA
    Previous Degree (if applicable): No
    LNAT (if applicable): 17
    Work Experience/Volunteering: 1 week criminal solicitors, 2 days shadowing a senior partner of a national agricultural solicitors.
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Newcastle - AAA
    Liverpool - AAA
    Warwick - Rejection
    UEA - AAB
    UCL - Rejection - not for LNAT reasons however
  12. arrowhead's Avatar
    • Benevolent Member
    • Location: London, England
    • Posts: 703
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2010
    Deferred?: Nope
    GCSEs: A*A*A*A*A*A*A*A*AAA
    IB Scores: 41/45 with 3/3 for EE and ToK
    LNAT (if applicable): 23/30
    Work Experience/Volunteering: Shadowed a barrister, attended court with a solicitor and worked on a property dispute
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Oxford (Bresnose): Rejected post-interview
    LSE: Conditional: overall 38 points with 766 at Higher Level
    KCL: Conditional: overall 38 points with 6 in English HL and 5 in Maths SL
    Warwick: Conditional: overall 36 points with 5 in English HL and 4 in Maths SL
    Sussex: Conditional: overall 36 points
    Last edited by arrowhead; 15-12-2012 at 21:25.
  13. ArBell's Avatar
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    • Posts: 75
    Re: Law Applicants Profiles
    Year of Entry: 2012
    Deferred?: No
    GCSEs: 3A*s, 1 A, 2 Bs, 1C or D
    A2 Prediction/Results: A*AABB
    Previous Degree (if applicable):
    LNAT (if applicable): 24
    Work Experience: None
    Extra-Curriculars: Won several Art competitions, swimming competitions, CATs, a lot of volunteering.
    Universities applied to and decisions:
    Manchester: unconditional [firmed]
    Nottingham: unconditional
    East Anglia: unconditional
    Kent: unconditional
    Bristol: unconditional
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