Is it worth applying to Durham to study law?

Your GCSE grades aren't as important as a strong personal statement (one that shows *why* you wanna study Law *how* you've shown this), decent AS grades and a realistic A2 prediction. i.e. if you're predicted A*AA from CCC, your application's a bit suspect. In all honesty, as long as you meet the minimum entry requirements there's no harm in applying but you'll need to get a decent LNAT (entrance exam) score for Durham to even consider you seeing as they're ranked 3rd in the country - after Oxbridge - for the subject.

https://www.dur.ac.uk/courses/info/?id=8821&title=Law&code=M101&type=LLB&year=2016#admissions

Discuss this with a subject teacher/head of year to see if they believe you'd make a suitable candidate and go from there. Good Luck! :h:

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corruptlecturer

Your bigger concern should be this:
There are lecturers who now directly copy the work of students and pass it off as their own work.
If you want to run the risk of having a cheat as a lecturer - apply

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TSRlily

Original post by Humza Ali

Thanks so much, this is really helpful! Almost completed the final draft of my personal statement (thank god) My AS grades were A's & with regard to the LNAT - it's all booked but I am incredibly nervous about it.

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No worries! All A's? In which subjects? Make sure you keep revising! I'm sure it plays a large role in the application process.

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TSRlily

Original post by Humza Ali

No worries! All A's? In which subjects? Make sure you keep revising! I'm sure it plays a large role in the application process.

English Lit
Psychology
Philosophy
Law

I've been told these are soft subjects which is an extra worry. Thank you so much!

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Original post by TSRlily

English Lit
Psychology
Philosophy
Law

I've been told these are soft subjects which is an extra worry. Thank you so much!

They are soft subject but I think they're very good subjects if you're looking to go into Law! I think you'll be alright as long as your personal statement shows a genuine interest in the subject and your LNAT score is sufficiently high. If you can, try and pester your teachers to predict you A*A*A if possible. Take up some extra lessons, show them that you're willing to put in extra effort. It'll go a long way!

Best of luck!

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Original post by Humza Ali

English lit isn't in my opinion!

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Original post by TheonlyMrsHolmes

English lit isn't in my opinion!

Yeah, I suppose you're right. One of my mates got A*A*B in Bio, Psych and Eng. Lit - must be harder than most people make it out/understand it to be

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Original post by Humza Ali

Yeah, I suppose you're right. One of my mates got A*A*B in Bio, Psych and Eng. Lit - must be harder than most people make it out/understand it to be

It is! It's takes a lot of work to hit all the marks because sometimes not matter how many examiner reports you read you can't figure out where that last mark is hiding lol :smile:

I don't think english lit is soft nor do I think history is soft. I find that quite insulting(lol), I also did Chem last year and obviously it is hard but I found it on par with history tbh, but in different ways 😌

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Original post by TheonlyMrsHolmes

It is! It's takes a lot of work to hit all the marks because sometimes not matter how many examiner reports you read you can't figure out where that last mark is hiding lol :smile:

Haha my friends tell me all about their collective struggle with History A-level mate! :biggrin:

Oh yeah? That's quite interesting! Especially considering that people readily just class it as a "soft" subject. I did Physics last year and it was unbearably difficult D:

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Original post by Humza Ali

Haha my friends tell me all about their collective struggle with History A-level mate! :biggrin:

Oh yeah? That's quite interesting! Especially considering that people readily just class it as a "soft" subject. I did Physics last year and it was unbearably difficult D:

I love history though 😍 it's beautiful! I don't think its soft...to much snobbery! I think its a lovely subject! Basically everything is soft except stem ahahaaha

And yes I can imagine physics to be unbearable 😝

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Original post by TheonlyMrsHolmes

you sound just like one of my friends, she calls me a "typical stem student" with a "typical stem attitude" just because I made fun of her for studying politics :tongue:

what part of history a-level did you enjoy most?

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Original post by TheonlyMrsHolmes

English lit isn't in my opinion!

nor is Philosophy but the other 2 are.

OP- If you just had one more 'traditional subject' I would definitely consider applying given your predictions and improvement (Unis sometimes see this as a good thing) from GCSE but I'm not too sure. Maybe email their admissions officer/s?

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Original post by Humza Ali

They are soft subject but I think they're very good subjects if you're looking to go into Law!

Best of luck!

English Lit and Philosophy aren't.

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Original post by Pradia

English Lit and Philosophy aren't.

I've had a lot of people give me mixed accounts of how they feel about Philosophy - one of my mates got an A by revising a week before the exam but another one revised all year long and got a U... so I don't know.

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Original post by Humza Ali

I guess in terms of how people find it, it varies but of course that's the same for other subjects. Some people are naturally apt at certain subjects and others aren't. I was just talking about it in terms of what Unis consider it to be :smile:

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Original post by Pradia

Fair enough :h:

Did you study Philosophy?

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Original post by Humza Ali

Fair enough :h:

Did you study Philosophy?

Yes (IB, not A-level), I personally find it quite easy to score highly but I definitely wouldn't have taken it if it was on the list of 'soft' uni subjects.

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