Hello everyone,
I am currently in Year 13 and have applied to study Law at university. I currently hold offers from Cambridge, LSE, Warwick and Exeter, and am waiting on UCL. The problem is, I'm stuck. I was ecstatic to receive my Cambridge offer; it has been my dream to attend the university from when I was in secondary school. However, the ubiquitous metaphoric conflict between the heart and the brain has never been more prevalent in my life than in the making of this decision. As such, I have turned to TSR for the first time in pursuit of advice and guidance. I know stats can only ever tell us so much, but overall I think few would attempt to argue that the LSE is a more academically renowned institution than Cambridge. However, for my course, that argument becomes far more balanced; Law is after all, a social science. The most recent league tables (from The Guardian, The Complete University Guide, and the QS Global Rankings) for Law place Cambridge above LSE, despite LSE's higher scores for the quality of research. As you can probably tell, there's a whole heap of information out there and I'm not too sure what to do. I live in London, so would live out if attending Cambridge and stay at home if attending LSE. My heart says Cambridge, yet my brain is torn and is causing confusion. This is after all one of the most important decisions of my life. In the future I hope to go on to work in the City, in either a Magic Circle law firm or in some other career in the financial sector. Prior to that, the dream would be to study for the MSc in Law and Finance at Oxford.
All in all, if you can make your way through the messy paragraph I just wrote which effectively demonstrates my confusion, please offer some advice. Guidance from current Cambridge and/or LSE undergraduates, especially those that study Law, would be most appreciated.
Thank you!