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Is it worth applying to Cambridge for law?

Hello,
with the Oxbridge deadline approaching I've been wondering if it's actually worth writing my personal statement early or if it's ridiculously unlikely.

I'm in my second year of A levels now and recently got my AS results - I got AAA.

At GCSE I got A*A*AAABBBCC.

I want to study Law, however I know this is an extremely competitive subject and I want this study it for liberal reasons, more focused to Human Rights Law in terms of a career and I have been inspired to gain knowledge after seeing campaigns like Black Lives Matter, Trumps travel ban and Grenfell tower (when lawyers went to help families affected). I'm not sure if this is the sort of person Cambridge would be keen to accept?

My personal statement will include extra curricular activists such as visiting courts, running an anti-bullying campaign, writing a current affairs blog since I was 13, mock trials through my sixth form, debate club, legal conferences at uni's and things like this - however i'm lacking in any law work experience?

Also is there any college to apply to that is less competitive i.e. might make my very unlikely chances slightly less very unlikely 😂 or if it's actually worth applying for a different course at Cambridge that I might have more chance with?

Thank you soooo much for any help!! It means a lot x :smile:
Reply 1
Original post by lucydish
Hello,
with the Oxbridge deadline approaching I've been wondering if it's actually worth writing my personal statement early or if it's ridiculously unlikely.

I'm in my second year of A levels now and recently got my AS results - I got AAA.

At GCSE I got A*A*AAABBBCC.

I want to study Law, however I know this is an extremely competitive subject and I want this study it for liberal reasons, more focused to Human Rights Law in terms of a career and I have been inspired to gain knowledge after seeing campaigns like Black Lives Matter, Trumps travel ban and Grenfell tower (when lawyers went to help families affected). I'm not sure if this is the sort of person Cambridge would be keen to accept?

My personal statement will include extra curricular activists such as visiting courts, running an anti-bullying campaign, writing a current affairs blog since I was 13, mock trials through my sixth form, debate club, legal conferences at uni's and things like this - however i'm lacking in any law work experience?

Also is there any college to apply to that is less competitive i.e. might make my very unlikely chances slightly less very unlikely 😂 or if it's actually worth applying for a different course at Cambridge that I might have more chance with?

Thank you soooo much for any help!! It means a lot x :smile:


You can't have better AS-levels than AAA. :wink:

You don't need any work experience for academic subjects, such as Law, at Cambridge.

Apply to a college you like - it makes no difference to your overall chances of getting an offer due to their Winter Pool process. In fact there's a roughly 1 in 4 chance any offer will come from a different college anyway.

And 100% only apply to Law, or any course, if it's actually something you want to study - not just because it's at Cambridge. Pick the best course for you, not the "name" of the university.
Reply 2
Original post by Doonesbury
You can't have better AS-levels than AAA. :wink:

You don't need any work experience for academic subjects, such as Law, at Cambridge.

Apply to a college you like - it makes no difference to your overall chances of getting an offer due to their Winter Pool process. In fact there's a roughly 1 in 4 chance any offer will come from a different college anyway.

And 100% only apply to Law, or any course, if it's actually something you want to study - not just because it's at Cambridge. Pick the best course for you, not the "name" of the university.


thank you so much for your reply!

haha I know, it's just everyone who is looking at applying there seems to have been preparing for it since forever and have amazing GCSE's and a flawless personal statement so I wasn't sure if AS would be enough 😳😂

ooh okay, that's good because if i'm honest the whole picking a college thing was confusing me! and okay will do :smile: thanks again!!
Reply 3
Original post by lucydish
thank you so much for your reply!

haha I know, it's just everyone who is looking at applying there seems to have been preparing for it since forever and have amazing GCSE's and a flawless personal statement so I wasn't sure if AS would be enough 😳😂

ooh okay, that's good because if i'm honest the whole picking a college thing was confusing me! and okay will do :smile: thanks again!!


Have you visited Cambridge? I strongly recommend you go to one of their open days - there are some college days coming up very soon:
https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/college-open-days

And flawless isn't on the entry requirements :wink:

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