Should I apply to LSE to study Law?

What are your predicted grades and AS + GCSE grades?

What were your scores on your practice LNAT's?

I'm applying to LSE, UCL, Bristol, Durham and Warwick and have only done 1 LNAT practice test scoring 27 in multiple choice section, not taking LNAT till around December.

Got A's in my AS. And predicted A*AA.GCSES are 4A*s and 8 A's. My scores range from 15-30 so I am quite inconsistent. Mine is end of October since I wanted it out of the way and since my UCAS application will be submitted early.

Fair enough buddy, I have similar grades to you (6 A*'s, 3 A's, 1 B in iGCSE/GCSE's) and achieved A*A*A at A-level in Summer 2017 - I'm on a gap year. Just remember you'll be up against people with majority A*'s (very competitive) so its really up to you, King's is far easier to get into even if it does require LNAT.

I feel like its equally hard for me just because of how bad I am with the LNAT. Hmmm, would you say my GCSE's are not good enough then?
I feel like UCL and Kings are so similar so if I apply to both I am essentially wasting a choice since if I get rejected by one I am quite likely to be rejected by the other.

UCL is harder to get into than KCL, no matter how much KCL might like to pretend otherwise.

I feel like its equally hard for me just because of how bad I am with the LNAT. Hmmm, would you say my GCSE's are not good enough then?
I feel like UCL and Kings are so similar so if I apply to both I am essentially wasting a choice since if I get rejected by one I am quite likely to be rejected by the other.

Go for LSE, even though I wouldn't be confident with those A*AA predictions. They only barely meet the offer, and consequently put you at a vast disadvantage compared to the people who are applying with 4 or 5 A-levels and more A*s predicted.

It's up to you totally but if I were in your position I'd feel better having KCL

Go for LSE, even though I wouldn't be confident with those A*AA predictions. They only barely meet the offer, and consequently put you at a vast disadvantage compared to the people who are applying with 4 or 5 A-levels and more A*s predicted.

Go for LSE, even though I wouldn't be confident with those A*AA predictions. They only barely meet the offer, and consequently put you at a vast disadvantage compared to the people who are applying with 4 or 5 A-levels and more A*s predicted.

People apply to Law with 4/5 A-Levels? Why tho

If I was predicted A*A*A? Then would you still say the same thing?

Well, you'd avoid the typical admissions fear that you'd miss your predicted grades either way and therefore not make it in even if you were given an offer. How that puts you in relation to the rest of the cohort, I honestly don't know :sad face:

Because 3 A-levels are piss easy and make you bored of life. No challenge in them.

4 are more challenging and look better. The 5th A-level could be an EPQ, or a subject that doesn't go on an offer, such as Critical thinking or General Studies. Plus, as Notorious said, a lot of the LSE/UCL applicants will also be Oxbridge applicants (perhaps this isn't so true of LSE - a lot of people seem to avoid putting it on the same application with UCL and KCL because they see as it unpredictable in how it gives out its offers, but the point stands).

Edit: I should probably add that this thread talks about the law courses that constitute the 'ceiling' in terms of competitiveness. Law courses at the likes of Oxbridge, Durham, LSE, UCL easily have entry tariffs of 550+ UCAS points a year on average. That suggests that their intake are doing at least 4 A-levels, or some high-tariff examination such as the IB (which has 6 subjects).


Well, you'd avoid the typical admissions office fear that you'd miss your predicted grades either way and therefore not make it, even if you were given an offer. How that puts you in relation to the rest of the cohort, I honestly don't know :sad face:

Much better

Not sure how it compares to 3 an EPQ vs 4 'full' A-levels. I'd imagine that four A-levels suggest better things about you, workload-wise, because of the simple empirical fact that they take more time to prepare for and involve a... shall we say tougher form of examination? (end of year exam a little bit of coursework vs long research essay a presentation)

Yeah okay I have decided no to LSE then. Dont know what to about Kings though as they are an LNAT uni.
I have seen people with A*AA get into the uni's I'm considering applying to( Cambridge, UCL, Kings) so I don't think my grades put me at a severe disadvantage with those unis just the LNAT really. For LSE, my grades aren't enough so thanks for helping me decide.

I feel like its equally hard for me just because of how bad I am with the LNAT. Hmmm, would you say my GCSE's are not good enough then?
I feel like UCL and Kings are so similar so if I apply to both I am essentially wasting a choice since if I get rejected by one I am quite likely to be rejected by the other.

Hi

I am currently a first year undergraduate student reading Law in LSE. I read some of the replies here about rejections and it does sound discouraging but I just wanted to share my experience of securing an offer to study in LSE.

I obtained A*AAB in AS but my predicted grades were A*A*A (decided to drop one subject). I started my EPQ halfway but decided to drop that as well leaving me with only 3 subjects and no EPQ. Now that doesn't seem like a great application right? Somehow I secured an offer anyway so I hope you would not feel demotivated.

I did not score well for my LNAT and I got rejected by both Oxford and UCL by January. My advice is to be careful about applying to UCL for law because they take the multiple choice marks very seriously. King's on the other hand uses LNAT but maybe their cut off point is lower than UCL.

Maybe my case is very rare but I do hope that you would not feel discouraged about having to take 4 A level subjects as well as an EPQ just so you would have a shot of securing an offer here. Focus on writing a strong personal statement. I hope you do consider applying to LSE because in my case, LSE was my life-saver after getting rejected from all the other universities that requires LNAT.

Cheers.