Can I Get Into Law?

Don't really want to argue, but I got AAAAB and was warned by Edinburgh when I contacted them that they haven't been able to give out offers to students that haven't achieved AAAAA recent years. Acceptance rates for English students to Edinburgh for Law are way higher than Scottish - I'm talking 20% vs 70%. I'm aware of dual options, I'm not saying these don't exist - I'm saying that don't immediately disregard England as a viable option. It's not going to be free to train to be a practicing lawyer anyway.

Of course, you can get a fantastic degree up here and I am by no means advocating against it, all I'm suggesting is that remember there are Universities down south too.

Don't really want to argue, but I got AAAAB and was warned by Edinburgh when I contacted them that they haven't been able to give out offers to students that haven't achieved AAAAA recent years. Acceptance rates for English students to Edinburgh for Law are way higher than Scottish - I'm talking 20% vs 70%.

Since Glasgow has the LNAT that also led me to believe it edges Edinburgh?

Not at all. The LNAT is simply a metric by which various institutions assess applicants. Certain universities choose to utilise this and certain universities don't. Edinburgh simply uses other means to judge their applicants.

Just so you know, both historically and domestically, Edinburgh's reputation for Law in Scotland is unparalleled. Glasgow is fantastic as well but I definitely wouldn't say it edges over Edinburgh. It comes to a close second.

I can't comment on the content of the courses, I'm afraid. Just reputation (which may not be the most ideal way to select your university).

Thought it to be easier to just link you to the Drive folders that have all the data

The 'old requests' folder contains information for law students who enrolled in 2018.

The 'new requests' folder contains information for law students who enrolled in 2017 and 2018. Only a couple of responses are out - check back over the course of the next month.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Soj-NRTG18fTEw85t_KdLRVdo4eTNZkX?usp=sharing

I'd be curious as to what the actual figure is. I had a lot of friends at university who did Law and they were 90% from Scotland. Of course, I didn't befriend the entire Law cohort at Edinburgh, but still - I'm not really sure your figure is accurate...

To be honest, I'm pretty sure you'd receive an offer from Edinburgh with your grades. Make sure you have a killer personal statement and very good references!

You're correct, the statistic isn't quite as drastic as I thought it was - I must have read the 70 offers and interpreted it as 70% for rUK - sorry haha. It is still quite considerably higher, though. https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/scotland_and_eu_admissions_statistics.pdf

https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/rest_of_uk_admissions_statistics.pdf

Scottish offer rate in 2016: 17%


rUK offer rate in 2016: 32%

Um, did you check the number of applications and the acceptance rate?

Scotland and EU applications: 1,686.
Scotland and EU offers given: 288 (17%)
Scotland and EU accepting offers: 141

Rest of the UK applications: 231
Rest of the UK offers given: 74 (32%)
Rest of the UK accepting offers: 13

In other words, barely anyone from England (and rest of the UK) applies to Edinburgh for Law. We can also assume that the ones that do probably have it as a back up from Oxbridge and thus are likely to have stellar grades (hence the acceptance rate).

While the offer percentage given out to rest of the UK applicants is higher, it's all contextual considering the sheer volume of Scottish (and EU) applicants for Law at Edinburgh.

I knew there was something amiss here. I know a lot of Law graduates from Edinburgh (and I went to a few parties during my undergrad hosted by Law students and their peers) and I can only remember meeting a handful (at most) of students who were from England.

Ergo, English students doing Law at Edinburgh are a rare breed. I would definitely encourage students (who meet the entry requirements or have special consideration as a result of their economic backgrounds or schooling) to apply to Edinburgh to study Law. Of course, that's only assuming that they want to use one of their choices on Edinburgh.

Fair enough, I'm just going on what Edinburgh told me as a student that got AAAAB.

If you're wanting to go to Edinburgh, I'd definitely consider applying there. You never know - you might be part of that 17%.

It's something I'm considering. I'm just waiting to go back to school and look at everything (mark breakdowns, bands etc) just now. Thanks for the encouragement, though

It's a great Law school but I'm afraid it's definitely not top 3 as far as reputation goes. Maybe that's the case on certain league tables, but I might not believe them too easily...

In Scotland, Edinburgh is definitely number 1 and many law firms only end up taking graduates from UoE. Glasgow comes in second here and maybe top 10 or 20 within the context of the rest of the UK.

Um no. Glasgow is far more prestigious than Glasgow and ranks above Edinburgh for Law in most university rankings. Mainly due to the LNAT.

It’s not 3rd, I don’t know what rankings you are looking at. No way it would’ve been above Cambridge or oxford last year, who are pretty consistently the top two in the UK.