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Law Applicants Profile 2015 (Gathering AS/A2 students for Law)

Shall we gather all of us who would like to apply for law in the upcoming year 2015 for reference?:smile:

Let's start by filling in our profile here.

Format
Current Year:
GCSEs:
AS Grades:
Retake(s)?:
A2 Prediction/Results:
LNAT (if applicable):
Work Experience:
Extra-Curricular:
Universities applied to/decisions:


Any edits could be done after offers are given from Unis, re-post/edit. Good Luck with your offers :smile:
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Current Year: A2 student
GCSEs: 1A*, 5A, 5B
AS Grades: Maths - A, Further Maths - B, IT - B, Physics - E (also doing Pre-U Economics, a two-year course)
Retake(s)?: One core maths module
A2 Prediction/Results: A*A and M2 in Economics (equal to a B)
LNAT (if applicable): Booking soon
Work Experience: One week in a computer admin department (nothing related but looking for Law work)
Extra-Curricular: DofE, wider reading, cycling
Universities applied to/decisions:
Birmingham, Kent, Warwick, Durham, Nottingham, Glasgow, Leicester and Liverpool (need to cut down on 5, help would be appreciated)
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Current Year: Gap Year Student
GCSEs: 9 A* 2 A
AS Grades:u:ndeclared
Retake(s)?: 1 AS exam
A2 Prediction/Results: Predicted: A*A*A Achieved: A*A*B (Eng Lit, French, Mandarin)
LNAT (if applicable): 25
Work Experience: Norton Rose, volunteering work in Shanghai for education law
Extra-Curricular: read a lot, great PS, lots of work with China/Western relations
Universities applied to/decisions: UCL - accepted unconditional deferred offer, Durham - conditional offer declined, Bristol - insurance, Warwick - withdrawn, Oxford - rejection
Current Year: Gap Year Student
GCSEs: 8A* 1A 1B
AS Grades: AAAC
Retake(s)?: A2 Maths (that is my B grade) and one RS module
A2 Prediction/Results: Results: RS: A Geography: A Maths: B; Predicted A*A*A with retakes
LNAT (if applicable): 22 last year- resitting in October
Work Experience: Law firms, part time job, Victim Support volunteer
Extra-Curricular: National league hockey, tennis, loads of charity work for age concern and rosemere cancer including three peaks challenge, army cadets, DofE, Cambridge Sixth Form Law Conference
Universities applied to/decisions: Durham, Nottingham, Leeds, York, Newcastle
Current Year: 13 (A2 student)
GCSEs: 10.5 A*
AS Grades: AAAA
Retake(s)?: none
A2 Prediction/Results: Predicted A*A*A*A*a*
LNAT (if applicable): Taken it.
Work Experience: Week with commercial law firm, some work experience at courts and small law firm
Extra-Curricular: school student leadership, debating, mock trial, grade 8 violin, leader of orchestra, Oxford UNIQ law summer school, EPQ on legal topic
Universities applied to/decisions: Oxford (offer (!!!!) ), Durham (offer), Nottingham (still waiting!), York (offer), Sheffield (offer)

Good luck everyone!! :smile: :smile:





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Current Year: 13/A2
GCSEs: 8A*s, 2 As
AS Grades: AABB
Retake(s)?: 1 AS Economics
A2 Prediction/Results: A*A*A
LNAT (if applicable): Booked but not taken
Work Experience: 2 days in high street solicitors
Extra-Curricular: Legal workshops with 3 city law firms, sample lecture at Magdalene College Cambridge
Universities applied to/decisions:
Bristol
Manchester
Magdalene College Cambridge
Cardiff
Southampton

Wow mine seem terrible compared to everyone else's:colondollar:
Current Year: 13
GCSEs: AABBBCCCC
AS Grades:ACCD (A in extended project as well)
Retake(s)?: Unit 1 edexcel psychology
A2 Prediction/Results:ABC
LNAT (if applicable): N/A
Work Experience: 2015 matrix chambers
Extra-Curricular: debating club, EPQ, law taster course,
Universities applied to/decisions: City University London, Kent, Leicester, Westminster,Essex.
Reply 7
Current year:13
Gcse's: A*, 7 A's, 3 B's
AS: AAAD
Retake:unit 2 Ocr biology
A2 predictions: A*A*A*B
LNAT: booking soon
Work experience: law firm
Extra curricular: student rep, student ambassador, work part time
Unis applied to: KCL, Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester, York
Current Year: A2
GCSEs: 7A* 7A B
AS Grades: AAABC
Retake(s)?: None
A2 Prediction/Results: A*AAB
LNAT (if applicable): Taken, but don't know my results yet
Work Experience: 1 Week in a solicitors firm, 1 Week shadowing Parliamentary candidate
Extra-Curricular: DofE, Dicey Conference 2014, Durham summer school, Public Speaking, Debating competitions (Oxford and Cambridge unions), Wider reading.
Universities applied to/decisions:
Conditionals from Liverpool and Manchester,
Unconditional from Leicester,
Waiting for replies from Durham and Oxford.

Good luck everyone!
:smile:
Reply 9
Current Year: A2 Student
GCSEs: 2A* 7As 1B
AS Grades: ABBC
Retake(s)?: 1 Politics module
A2 Prediction/Results: AAA
LNAT (if applicable): Done it
Work Experience: Court Visits - sitting in on trials at the Old Bailey
Extra-Curricular: Debating, Law wider reading, Law libraries, EPQ on a law related topic - on track for an A here. Army cadets
Universities applied to/decisions:
Birmingham - waiting for reply after LNAT
Bristol - waiting for reply after LNAT
Liverpool - conditional offer
Leeds - conditional offer
Southampton - conditional offer
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Reply 10
Current Year: A2
GCSEs: 10A* 1A
AS Grades: AAAC
Retake(s)?: 1 History module which I managed to get a U in (lol). Hence the C.
A2 Prediction/Results: A*A*A* predicted
LNAT (if applicable): 30th Oct
Work Experience:
Magistrates court, Environment Agency visit
Extra-Curricular: MUN, Burges Salmon open day, several academic books by highly qualified authors, EPQ, D of E gold

Universities applied to/decisions:
Durham: waiting for LNAT
UCL:
waiting for LNAT
Oxford:
waiting for LNAT
KCL:
waiting for LNAT
Nottingham:
waiting for LNAT
Original post by robhughes
Current Year: A2
GCSEs: 10A* 1A
AS Grades: AAAC
Retake(s)?: 1 History module which I managed to get a U in (lol). Hence the C.
A2 Prediction/Results: A*A*A* predicted
LNAT (if applicable): 30th Oct
Work Experience:
Magistrates court, Environment Agency visit
Extra-Curricular: MUN, Burges Salmon open day, several academic books by highly qualified authors, EPQ, D of E gold

Universities applied to/decisions:
Durham: waiting for LNAT
UCL:
waiting for LNAT
Oxford:
waiting for LNAT
KCL:
waiting for LNAT
Nottingham:
waiting for LNAT


Maybe I'm wrong but don't you have to do your LNAT before 20th October as Oxford applicant?
Reply 12
Original post by Just_asking_you
Maybe I'm wrong but don't you have to do your LNAT before 20th October as Oxford applicant?


Correct. Something went wrong with my first attempt on the 18th of October (loong story) so I emailed Oxford and -due to my special circumstances- they have pushed back the deadline for my LNAT until the end of October.
Original post by robhughes
Correct. Something went wrong with my first attempt on the 18th of October (loong story) so I emailed Oxford and -due to my special circumstances- they have pushed back the deadline for my LNAT until the end of October.


Oh I see...... Anyways I hope you'll score full marks this time :smile: best of luck :smile:
Reply 14
Original post by Just_asking_you
Oh I see...... Anyways I hope you'll score full marks this time :smile: best of luck :smile:


Thanks!:cool:
Current Year: A2
GCSEs: 8A*'s and 2A's
AS Grades: 5A's
Retake(s)?: None
A2 Prediction/Results: 4 A's
LNAT (if applicable): Done it
Work Experience: Barristers Chambers, MP Constituency Office,
Extra-Curricular: Mock Law Trial Competition, Public Speaking, German Exchange
Universities applied to/decisions:
Oxford: Still waiting
Bristol: Stiil waiting
Birmingham: Still waiting
Lancaster: Offer received
Warwick: Offer received
Current Year: A2
GCSEs: 4A 4B 2C
AS Grades: AABC
Retake(s)?: B - Chemistry, to bump to an A
A2 Prediction/Results: A*AA
LNAT (if applicable):
Work Experience: Sitting in Law Courts, interviewing solicitors
Extra-Curricular: Junior Achievement, Sixth Form Committee, Charity Committee, School Council, Volunteering, Tutoring, Work in Africa
Universities applied to/decisions: QMUL/Acknowledged, Leeds/Acknowledged, Exeter/Acknowledged, Liverpool/Acknowledged, Edinburgh/Acknowledged

Application sent off on the 24th October
Current Year: 13
GCSEs: A*A*AAAAABBBB
AS Grades: AABBE
Retake(s)?: 3 units (not on the E, surprisingly)
A2 Prediction/Results: A*A*A
LNAT (if applicable): taken but not heard back yet
Work Experience: 1 week in Bevan Brittan solicitors.
Extra-Curricular: Visiting the local crown court once a week, Cambridge Sixth Form Law Conference 2014
Universities applied to/decisions: Liverpool offer ABB, Leicester offer unconditional, Birmingham offer AAA, Cambridge rejection ( :frown: ), Oxford Brookes waiting to hear.
Original post by flossiexx
If I'm correct, there isn't a proper law applicants profile with details.

Shall we gather all of us who would like to apply for law in the upcoming year 2015 for reference?:smile:

Let's start by filling in our profile here.
Any edits could be done after offers are given from Unis, re-post/edit.

Format
Current Year: A2
GCSEs: 4A*s 3A's 5B's
AS Grades: AAAA
Retake(s)?: -
A2 Prediction/Results: A*A*A*
LNAT (if applicable): sat on 6th November
Work Experience: Spectrus controls company legal department. Boehringer Ingelheim legal department.
Extra-Curricular: visit to old bailey and local magistrates courts. Jurisprudence enrichment programme.
Universities applied to/decisions:

QMUL, Warwick, York, Bristol, Liverpool/Offer




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Original post by flossiexx
hello! happy new year and as we all know that UCAS application has now closed. just hoping for a quick update from you guys and see if any of you've received any offers yet :smile:

cheers


Yes.I've got 3 offers.From Birmingham,QMUL and Southampton.I got rejected from KCL and I'm still waiting on Bristol.


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