Will i be at a disadvantage?

It's been ages since I've read a comment so outrageously false as this. It is a absolutely IMPOSSIBLE that one could cover Law A Level in the first fortnight of a degree. It is utterly ridiculous to suggest otherwise.

I, like Dreama and Onearmedbandit, have actually DONE the A level. You have not. Your above comment insults my intelligence, and I would expect a potential law student to construct far better arguments. I really feel like picking apart every one of your posts, but I just can't be bothered to bang my head against this 'Law A Level is Bad' brick wall anymore.

Note the presence of the word supposedly in my statement. I am going by what I have been told by Law students. You can go and try and pick apart every one of my posts if you really want to but I generally put a lot better thought into arguments that I am constructing for a general purpose. All I was doing in my previous post was stating that from all I had been told by Law professors and students that Law A-level was disadvantageous. I didn't say I thought Law A-level was bad anywhere in any of my posts, merely that from what I have been told it does not seem a well-respected subject. If you are going to insult my argument construction, you should possibly take a look at your own. You can slate me for what I have said, but you will note that I was expressing what I knew from hearsay and thus did not intend it to stand up in court.

If you want you may by all means go through every post I have made in the Debate and Discussion forum and pick them apart but to presume that you can defeat every argument I have made is slightly arrogant of you. I am not really bothered, I can construct arguments perfectly well.

*EDIT* Some of the points made in this post may come across as rude again, if you feel I have slighted anybody's intelligence then I apologise profusely, I was simply repeating the words of others. I personally think people should do whatever A-levels they want to but in no way does that mean that Universities will take all subjects as being equal in merit. I am simply misunderstood

Hehe merci beaucoup for the amusement

So may I ask what exactly amused you?

Yes of course.

So what was it?

For those who have done/doing A level law

you MAY be at a disadvantage to some Universities- but just call them up and ask them.
Even better- prepare a case for why law should be considered an academic a level and it's relevance in applying for law. This will show your argumentative skills and impress the admissions tutors. It will also show that you are passionate about studying law and at that University in particular.

When I applied to Manchester, I sent away a case on why music should be considered an academic a level- I included teacher references, quotes from books on learning, my experinece of the a level and a syllabus. They let me in....that's all I am saying.

Good luck with your application. In my opinion it really is a University specific whether or not they accept it.



Patrick.

those of us who have actually studied Law at A Level - particularly Onearmedbandit - are quite intelligent people with opinions worth listening to.

Now, if only I'd written my post as Lauren has... so articulate

Totally agree with you. I know myself and other people on here have used the fact that we have taken Law A Level as a point of a debate which has generally worked to our advantage in our UCAS applications.

If I was an admissions tutor, I would be really impressed by someone who would take on this contentious topic in their personal statement and use the opportunity to show off those critical thinking skills!

Overall, I can't deny that some universities blatantly consider Law a lesser A Level than it deserves to be; but I would honestly advise any student choosing AS/A Levels to take the criticism of Law with a big pinch of salt. In reality, you will almost certainly find in taking the course that this criticism is largely unfounded; and could therefore make this a useful and advantageous tool in your university application.

Oh, and JohnStuart whatever your name is, you completely missed the point I was trying to make about Law. I wasn't saying Law A Level should not be considered a 'mickey mouse' subject because intelligent people take the course.

I don't think there's enough room on a personal statement to make a case about why your supposedly mickey-mouse subjects are relevant to law A-level.

Oh, and JohnStuart whatever your name is, you completely missed the point I was trying to make about Law. I wasn't saying Law A Level should not be considered a 'mickey mouse' subject because intelligent people take the course.

John Stuart Mill, never heard of him?

I didn't say you were saying that, that was me making a point that this won't change the courses respectability. Intelligent people do often take "Mickey Mouse" subjects, it does not make them any less intelligent and you have to work just as hard for those subjects as you do for others, as the friend I have mentioned repeatedly points out to me when discussing theatre studies.