Oxford law

i’m a y12 student interested in pursuing a career in law. i got 10 9s at gcse and am doing bio chem rs german alevel (predicted a*)

i play piano, volunteer, dance, mentor, gold d of e; am in process of organising work experience for law; and will hopefully apply to uniq summer school at oxford for law
as well as reading etc before my personal statement

do i have a shot at getting into oxford?? and what else would i need (orher than good lnat)
are my alevels not suited to law?? - my biggest concern

thanks

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Why bio & chem?

Law does not require any specific subjects at Law - you could be doing 3 science or 3 art/music subjects, both would be fine, its just the high grades that are important.

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sreddy

Original post by McGinger

Law does not require any specific subjects at Law - you could be doing 3 science or 3 art/music subjects, both would be fine, its just the high grades that are important.

thanks!! i recognise thats the case for law but i meant oxford in particular- since rs is a weak subject and my only essay subject

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Original post by Tracheostenosis

Why bio & chem?

i like them tbh - and idk if i want to do med or law, when i decide i’ll drop one!!

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Original post by sreddy

i like them tbh - and idk if i want to do med or law, when i decide i’ll drop one!!

As always says

If your option is medicine or something else, do something else!

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Original post by Tracheostenosis

As @ecolier always says

If your option is medicine or something else, do something else!

i’m just concerned about the fact people who do law tend to take english and history- and i hated these subjects- maybe law isn’t for me??

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Original post by sreddy

i’m just concerned about the fact people who do law tend to take english and history- and i hated these subjects- maybe law isn’t for me??

Then it isn’t

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Original post by sreddy

i’m just concerned about the fact people who do law tend to take english and history- and i hated these subjects- maybe law isn’t for me??

Although it may seem like Law has no requirements, you’d need to have atleast some sort of passion for English / reading in general to be able to cope, but since you got a 9 in English Language? Maybe you could, who knows?

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Original post by Tracheostenosis

it’s not reading i dislike- like i said, i take religious studies and i have no problem getting tuck into a good book about philosophy; i just disliked analysing books in english no clue why: i’m taking german where we study a book and film: i genuinely enjoy reading up on topics i enjoy! but tbh all uni degrees involve reading! i just meant me not liking english as a subject

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Original post by Tracheostenosis

are my subjects weak to get into law at oxford??

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Original post by sreddy

are my subjects weak to get into law at oxford??

Nah

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Original post by Tracheostenosis

Nah

thanks!! i genuinely thought not takign history or english would be a disadvantage

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Original post by sreddy

thanks!! i genuinely thought not takign history or english would be a disadvantage

It wouldn’t but, taking biology or chemistry is harder than taking English

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Original post by sreddy

Oxford Law student here. As long as you got History, Econ, Sociology, Politics, English lit among your subjects you are fine. I got in with 4A* (History, Econ, Sociology, Italian) and 35 in the LNAT. Reading and supercurriculars are way more important than volunteering, music and d of e, they simply don't care about extracurriculars at all. I suggest an EPQ about a law topic you are interested in. E.g. the 2020 Coronavirus Act. Good luck

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Original post by lancpe2002

i dont take any of thise :frown:

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Original post by Tracheostenosis

It wouldn’t but, taking biology or chemistry is harder than taking English

haha i find them much much easier and would deffo get a better grade than in english

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Original post by sreddy

haha i find them much much easier and would deffo get a better grade than in english

Did you get a 9 in English Language?

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Original post by Tracheostenosis

Did you get a 9 in English Language?

yeah i got a 9 for all my subjects

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Original post by sreddy

yeah i got a 9 for all my subjects

Definitely look into some law books, maybe experiment between medicine & law and see which you prefer. Chances are that you’d probably like medicine more