Struggling to make a choice for my insurance!

Would really appreciate some help from some fellow TSRs!! I've applied to Law and got an offer for all 5 of my choices, with some being Law with French Law or providing the option to apply for a year abroad in 2nd year.

(For A-Levels I do Pre-U History, Pre-U English, GPR, and French A-Level. It's looking very unlikely that I'll get an A in French)

My firm is going to be Oxford, which is AAA for Law with French Law.

My insurance choices are a struggle between:
LSE: A*AA - Law, apply for year abroad in 2nd year
+prestigious
+London
+good atmosphere
+I love their library
-higher offer than Oxford
-offer does not include GPR, so I have to get an A in French
-will be under construction the whole time I'd study there
-very few places available for the year abroad

KCL: A*AA - Law, apply for year abroad in 2nd year
+prestigious
+London
+love the atmosphere
+nice library
+prefer it over LSE
-higher offer than Oxford
-year abroad is competitive
-I don't think the offer takes GPR but it's hard to tell from the letter

Durham: A*AB-AAA (reduced offer) - Law, apply for year abroad in 2nd year
+I got a reduced offer from them, which I've been told means they like me
+somewhat prestigious though not as much as London
-the A* or A has to be in French
-from about 300+ law students, only about 15 get to go on a year abroad
-does not take GPR
-really far away
? is St Aidan's any good?
-apparently has a terrible nightlife

Leeds: AAA - Law with French Law
+I got an offer 5 days after I sent my application in October, does this mean they like me?
+good uni
+I've been told that if I don't meet my offer they're likely to concede if it's a bit off
+year abroad confirmed
+good nightlife
-not the best area
-bit of a let-down in comparison to Oxford
-quite far away
-career opportunities not as good as my other uni offers

My main query would be whether any of these would happily concede if I don't get an A in French - it's not unheard of.
Also, whilst I mention prestige as a plus, it's more for the fact that I'd prefer to use the university name as an easy ticket for decent (not lucrative) and interesting employment. A big struggle for me is figuring out how much to value this in comparison to the student experience.

Any insightful comments would be extremely helpful, whether it's intuition or experience!

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alleycat393

Original post by desaesis

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Unfortunately it's not about whether you prefer to use the uni name as a ticket to anywhere, it's about whether employers care about uni name and in most cases they don't. They will focus more on what you have studied, your grades and your w/e. I see no mention of how the courses compare at each of these places. Unfortunately you can't add the library as a plus on your degree!

It looks like you're not keen on Leeds so if I were you I'd pick my favourite course between LSE and KCL and put Durham as insurance due to the reduced offer.

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