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LSE GCSE requirements

I would love to do Law at LSE in 2007, but I don't know if my GCSE grades are good enough. Providing I get AAA at A-level, would 2 A*s, 6 As and a B be good enough to get in?

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ba_ba1

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phil_m88

I would love to do Law at LSE in 2007, but I don't know if my GCSE grades are good enough. Providing I get AAA at A-level, would 2 A*s, 6 As and a B be good enough to get in?

there are no guantees that you will get in but your gcse's will not hinder your application - they are pretty good. Make sure your PS is very good.

Reply 2

username9303

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Yep it looks like the PS has been the most important thing this year, because people have been rejected with 10A*s at GCSE and predicted AAAA at A-level, so they're obviously looking for more rounded individuals or something.

Reply 3

Phil.Murray

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Thanks, I'm usually pretty good with my use of language and figure that I could write a pretty persuasive PS, this is still quite far off though. Thanks for you help!

Reply 4

Xanthe

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Check out their website. There's a detailed Admissions criteria you might be interested in.

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Researcher Lond

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phil_m88

I would love to do Law at LSE in 2007, but I don't know if my GCSE grades are good enough. Providing I get AAA at A-level, would 2 A*s, 6 As and a B be good enough to get in?

Those GCSE grades sound excellent - certainly you shouldn't be concerned about them. Although I got 7 A* and 3 As at GCSE neverthless I know quite a few students who got a mixture of As and Bs. As long as you get AAA predicted grades and an excellent reference you have a chance of getting a place.

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Xanthe

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Researcher Lond

Although I got 7 A* and 3 As at GCSE neverthless I know quite a few students who got a mixture of As and Bs.

Wow.

Just out of curiosity, did you apply to Oxbridge?

Some people on this forum however don't seem to think acheiving A*'s, As and Bs at GCSE is good enough for admission to the likes of UCL. :rolleyes:

Reply 7

Researcher Lond

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Xanthe

Wow.

Just out of curiosity, did you apply to Oxbridge?

Some people on this forum however don't seem to think acheiving A*'s, As and Bs at GCSE is good enough for admission to the likes of UCL. :rolleyes:

Yeah I applied to Oxbridge - Sidney Sussex College Cambridge. Didn't get it. :frown:

As for the demands for perfect GCSEs in that UCL thread, unless the posters work in UCL admissions or have data to back up their claims then what they are saying is nonsense.

If a person went to a crap school but got a mixture of As and Bs this is viewed just as well as a mixture of A* and As at a top school. GCSE grades are viewed in light of where a person studied and anyway they dont have that much weight.

Nice avatar btw :cool:

Reply 8

yo_dude

so the univerisities check up on the background information of your school?

my school claims to be a "language college" .. not so sure.. as it is definately a state school

Reply 9

ba_ba1

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Researcher Lond

Those GCSE grades sound excellent - certainly you shouldn't be concerned about them. Although I got 7 A* and 3 As at GCSE neverthless I know quite a few students who got a mixture of As and Bs. As long as you get AAA predicted grades and an excellent reference you have a chance of getting a place.

I really wish i had an excellent reference but my school ****ed it up and got someone who doesnt even know me to write it. Its even got spelling errors and incomplete sentences. Everything else on my form is very good but im worried about my reference.

Reply 10

Xanthe

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Researcher Lond

Nice avatar btw :cool:

Thanks.

BTW, I need to PM you about something. :frown:

Reply 11

tiantang

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Disagree.

From TSR doin LAW at lse, or for that matter in person at the lse. I don't know any DOMESTIC student with less than 5A*, and mostly A's at GCSE.

Not saying it won't happen; just statistically your up against the wall. Best of luck to you.

Reply 12

Xanthe

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The original poster did say he has 8A*/As at GCSE (2 A*'s and 6 As). There really isn't much of a difference between an A* and an A.

Reply 13

N9ne

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Xanthe

The original poster did say he has 8A*/As at GCSE (2 A*'s and 6 As). There really isn't much of a difference between an A* and an A.

Are you sure? 2004 GCSE Maths, 60% for an A*, ~40-50% for an A. If someone gets an A in GCSE Maths and wants to do Economics at LSE for example, then that will reflect very badly, considering a 60% boundary for an A* for a prospective BSc Economist should be a walk in the park. (given that there is no reason for special consideration, such as illness).

Reply 14

Xanthe

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N9ne

Are you sure? 2004 GCSE Maths, 60% for an A*, ~40-50% for an A. If someone gets an A in GCSE Maths and wants to do Economics at LSE for example, then that will reflect very badly, considering a 60% boundary for an A* for a prospective BSc Economist should be a walk in the park. (given that there is no reason for special consideration, such as illness).

What does it matter what he got in his GCSE Maths? He wants to read Law.

Edit: How do you know it will reflect badly? Unless you're an Admission Tutor you can't really comment. It's someone's A level results that will form part of the conditional offer, not GCSE.

I wouldn't worry about finding out what the boundary's are for an A* and an A is, since the original poster already has his grades now and they are now beyond his control.

Reply 15

Traum

Not sure about law, but economics need at least an A at GCSE english and/or an essay subject at Alevel...the admission's tutor said on the open day :biggrin:

A 'B' in english!

Seriously it's an A... the admissions tutor said...phone them up if you want... i recall his words were "Most of our applicants achieve at least an A at GCSE english so A at GCSE english is prefered"

for a competitve uni like LSE if you don't do whats "prefered" unless you're amazing you won't get in

Reply 18

ba_ba1

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I know a girl who got in to economics at LSE with a B in english. Naturaly, it was her only B but she still got in. She might have had an interview but i'm not sure. and no1 say "but lse dont interview!"

Reply 19

Traum

hmm... maybe she was fabulous and in the "special" clause...

for us normal human beings i'd keep to their "prefered" criteras though...one can never be too careful...

although gcses are not everything

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