University won't let me transfer degrees

You can always do a conversion course although that incurs an addition year of uni and £14k or so.

You probably won't manage to change courses if the department said it's full.

Yeah that's the thing I won't get loans for that and since I'm going into second year it'll be four years until I graduate the GDL which is the same amount of time as graduating LLB law and Spanish if I switch now

Am wondering if it's worth still trying to see if they'll eventually let me on cause I really wanna do that course and have chosen to give them £9k a year

Unis have absolute numbers for degree courses - number of teaching hours, lecture seats etc. They cant just 'fit you in' at the last minute because you have changed your mind.

You have two choices - dont go to Uni this year, and apply for Law in the autumn for 2018 entry - or accept you cant do Law and accept you'll be doing 3 years of History and Spanish.

This is not the time to throw a toddler tantrum. You picked the 'wrong' course, not the University.

I'm studying history and Spanish at Leeds uni and have been asking the law department to let me transfer to first year law and Spanish for 2017 start but they won't let me

I got the required grades at a level for the course and have been emailing them for a month but they say there's no space on the course as it is popular

I'm wondering how a language degree can be that popular they can't let one more student onto it, much less a degree where this is the first year it's on offer

Not sure what to do since I'm really unhappy on my current degree and I know I want to do law after I graduate anyways

Plus I took a law module last year so they know I have a real passion for it and I put Leeds as my firm uni

Any advice? Really don't want to reapply next year

Unis have absolute numbers for degree courses - number of teaching hours, lecture seats etc. They cant just 'fit you in' at the last minute because you have changed your mind.

You have two choices - dont go to Uni this year, and apply for Law in the autumn for 2018 entry - or accept you cant do Law and accept you'll be doing 3 years of History and Spanish.

This is not the time to throw a toddler tantrum. You picked the 'wrong' course, not the University.

You are behaving like a spoilt child.

They are full and have said no.

If you wanted to do law then why didnt you apply for it in the first place?
If you wanted to do law then why not apply elsewhere?

Unis get annoyed when you say and accept one course then have basically done so so you think you can transfer to another popular course.

You are just another student. If they dont have space then they dont have it. Bugging them will just make you seem even more of a pest.

True. It is particularly finite for year-abroad courses, which the Law with Hispanic Law is. They tend to be only 20 or so students on them, and they fill up fast. The straight LLB is more flexible with taking on late additions.



Have you asked about being put on the straight LLB?

I imagine the "popular" part is not the Spanish language aspect but either the Law or international study aspect...

However it's their prerogative to decide whether to allow students to transfer. They aren't obligated to let you do so - they accepted you to do one degree programme, not any degree programme.

Yeah that's the thing I won't get loans for that and since I'm going into second year it'll be four years until I graduate the GDL which is the same amount of time as graduating LLB law and Spanish if I switch now

Am wondering if it's worth still trying to see if they'll eventually let me on cause I really wanna do that course and have chosen to give them £9k a year

Course wasn't offered at the uni last year and didn't know I'd want to do law at the time lol i obviously thought I'd chosen a degree I'd enjoy but realised it didn't turn out that way

I didn't apply just so I could transfer. I applied because I wanted to go there and do that course and I now realise I'm not enjoying it so I was wondering if I could switch.

Was just wanting other opinions and advice if there's anything else I can do but I guess there isn't

If you are as passionate as you say you are then youd just go and find a course elsewhere or reapply or do straight LLB As per BIF).

The advice is either do non law or reapply or find another uni in clearing for law.

Yeah but they've said all law courses are oversubscribed for this year plus I really enjoy Spanish and wanna carry on with it

Yeah I could but I've already got accommodation lined up in Leeds and I know the city and campus well now so I'd rather carry on than make a rush clearing decision or take a year out

Plus I think clearings closed by now

Think I'll just stick with my course

So not really that passionate. Just do the non law route if you are still interested. By the time you graduate it could be nearly SQE anyway so you can try for a job directly in a law firm.

I am obviously but I don't wanna take a year out now cause that would put me two years behind
I know I can still go into law with a BA but I just wanted to study the LLB course cause it looks really interesting

I am obviously but I don't wanna take a year out now cause that would put me two years behind
I know I can still go into law with a BA but I just wanted to study the LLB course cause it looks really interesting