How to make myself a desirable oxbridge law applicant?

Hey, I’m taking 4 a levels (Spanish, English lit, history, and Psychology) along with an EPQ, and extracurriculars (online courses, dance, guitar), I had good GCSE grades (all 9 apart from three 8s). Is this by itself enough to guarantee me a good chance of going to oxbridge when I finish sixth form (just started y12)? What else should I be doing for law, do I need work experience in the field?(hard to come by due to COVID) . Any answers are highly appreciated, thank you

Hi, your application sounds fantastic and I'm sure you'll get to a top uni. I just wanted to be super honest and say that oxbridge is very unpredictable on who they accept. You can get all A*s/9s, all the way through in every qualification, and every perfect work experience/extracurricular under the sun and not get it. From my experience at sixth form, we had tons of oxbridge applicants and some got in with As, one girl got 5 A*s and didn't for the same course (English). No idea why.

Don't be disheartened at all, but remember it's nothing personal! Just do your best and definitely give it a shot

Anyway, that aside, I highly recommend supercurriculars- even more so as work experience is going to be really difficult, although definitely do some if you can. Supercurriculars include further reading, lectures, podcasts, anything that can increase your knowledge, interest and thus suitability for the subject. Supercurriculars are probably a little more important than extracurriculars as they demonstrate why you are right for law

Thank you! Your reply was super helpful, and I’ve heard it can be very hard to get in, but wow it does sound very hit or miss. I will definitely look into supercurriculars like you said, thanks for mentioning that! I suppose it’s just a case of doing as much as you can and hoping for the best.

I am a fresher at Oxford. I got 4A*, 35 in the LNAT and a strong PS. I suggest to focus more on A-Levels, PS and the LNAT rather than music or sport related extracurriculars

For supercurriculars this is a good reading list for some ideas: https://www.law.ac.uk/resources/blog/5-must-reads-for-future-law-students/ Maybe over the summer of course rather than now as you maybe don't have time.
Yes it is really strange and that's why I thought I'd mention it, everyone that gets in is an excellent candidate but it did seem to lack a clear logic of what they wanted. I just thought I'd say as I hope you don't take it too personally as some people did, it can be really hard.
But definitely go for it

Thank you, that’s really useful, I will definitely looks at that when I have spare time. Also don’t worry, I don’t take it personally in any way! Just trying to increase my likelihood now while I have a couple of years, but I do have to keep telling myself it might not happen for certain. Thanks again!

No worries, also I edited the original post but I copied the wrong link from the reading lists I was looking at, this one seems better: https://www.thelawyerportal.com/blog/law-books-summer/ Best of luck

Thanks for the reply, also wow congratulations on your grades. Main reason, other than for enjoyment, I do grades in extracurriculars is for UCAS point, is that something they care a lot about? But thank you, I’ll make sure to focus on the more academic side of things. How did you study for the LNAT, since I don’t do law at a level it’s something I’ve been wondering, since I don’t know the subject in detail (although I’m looking to do some reading around it). Again, thanks!

I am a fresher at Oxford. I got 4A*, 35 in the LNAT and a strong PS. I suggest to focus more on A-Levels, PS and the LNAT rather than music or sport related extracurriculars