Cambridge law applicants 2022

Original post by H4ttie03

I think your best bet would just be emailing the university and seeing what they say

would that be the administrations office email?

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H4ttie03

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Original post by Squiggles1238

would that be the administrations office email?

Yeah that's probably right

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Original post by H4ttie03

Yeah that's probably right

brilliant, thank you!

yeah lmao thank u

Original post by vr123

1) what are your GCSEs?
2) what do you study at A-level and what are you predicted?
3) why law?
4) why at Cambridge?
5) do you know what college you want to apply to?
6) what have you done outside of your studies to make your application stronger?
7)which other universities are you applying to?

Hopefully there will be a few of us to get involved!

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ellis23456

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Original post by rosieapplies

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Original post by Squiggles1238

Just to hop onto this, i am going into year 13, but i plan on taking an extra year. I want to take law there but i was wondering if they frowned upon applicants who havent completed all their A levels in the same sitting? I would be completing 2 in year 13 and the other in year 14
Also do they care much for GCSE results as mine are 8887655 and L2D

They prefer that your A-levels are taken in one sitting, and they do consider GCSE results.

Original post by ellis23456

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This is lower than the average applicant who gets in but these results are certainly not dealbreaking. If you’re on an upwards trajectory I’d say it’s worth a shot.

I’ll be starting at Cambridge for law this October so I’m happy to answer any other questions if people have them

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I’ll be starting at Cambridge for law this October so I’m happy to answer any other questions if people have them

Their website says most applicants have 4 or 5 9/8/7 grades, so would mine be a problem?

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Original post by Squiggles1238

I’ll be starting at Cambridge for law this October so I’m happy to answer any other questions if people have them

Their website says most applicants have 4 or 5 9/8/7 grades, so would mine be a problem?

Specifically it says most applicants have at least that amount, not that most have those sort of grades. There’s data available on what actual offer holders get and it’s normally the case that most if not all grades are A*/A.

Depends what you mean by a “problem”. I think it would be looked upon less favourably but I’m not sure I’d say that that alone would automatically rule you out. I think the sitting A-levels over multiple years will be a bigger problem, personally (unless you have a very good reason to be doing this)

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Original post by Mikos

Specifically it says most applicants have at least that amount, not that most have those sort of grades. There’s data available on what actual offer holders get and it’s normally the case that most if not all grades are A*/A.

Depends what you mean by a “problem”. I think it would be looked upon less favourably but I’m not sure I’d say that that alone would automatically rule you out. I think the sitting A-levels over multiple years will be a bigger problem, personally (unless you have a very good reason to be doing this)

Im aiming for A*A*AA and to get an A in an EPQ, and i have work experience in the legal sector
I didnt get to sit my GCSES so it was hard to remedy the bad grades
Do many people if at all get offers if they held gcse grades similar to mine?

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Original post by Squiggles1238

Im aiming for A*A*AA and to get an A in an EPQ, and i have work experience in the legal sector
I didnt get to sit my GCSES so it was hard to remedy the bad grades
Do many people if at all get offers if they held gcse grades similar to mine?

It’s impossible to say how exactly GCSEs are going to be approached this year given that they were teacher assessed, so it’s not easy to draw comparisons on previous data.
People have definitely been interviewed with your sort of GCSEs and I imagine some will have been given offers, too. Having said that, your GCSEs will be contextualised (ie if you had any extenuating circumstances or if you went to a really bad school, this will be considered) and it’s impossible to say whether or not the people with these GCSEs had difficult circumstances during their exams.
Again I’m not sure you’d be immediately ruled out on the basis of GCSEs alone as there’s no formal cutoff point.

To be clear, will you be sitting at least 3 A levels in one go? If not, I think this will be a bigger cause for concern than your GCSEs

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Original post by Mikos

It’s impossible to say how exactly GCSEs are going to be approached this year given that they were teacher assessed, so it’s not easy to draw comparisons on previous data.
People have definitely been interviewed with your sort of GCSEs and I imagine some will have been given offers, too. Having said that, your GCSEs will be contextualised (ie if you had any extenuating circumstances or if you went to a really bad school, this will be considered) and it’s impossible to say whether or not the people with these GCSEs had difficult circumstances during their exams.
Again I’m not sure you’d be immediately ruled out on the basis of GCSEs alone as there’s no formal cutoff point.

To be clear, will you be sitting at least 3 A levels in one go? If not, I think this will be a bigger cause for concern than your GCSEs

Well in year 13 im sitting AS politics, A level psychology and A level law, and in the extra year im taking A level sociology and A level politics. But in tha extra year im fast tracking sociology so my workload will still be the same amount as any other year

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Original post by Squiggles1238

Well in year 13 im sitting AS politics, A level psychology and A level law, and in the extra year im taking A level sociology and A level politics. But in tha extra year im fast tracking sociology so my workload will still be the same amount as any other year

Your situation is very unusual and because I've not seen anything like it before I won't comment personally.
@Peterhouse Admissions what's your position on this type of thing?

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Original post by Mikos

Your situation is very unusual and because I've not seen anything like it before I won't comment personally.
@Peterhouse Admissions what's your position on this type of thing?

Its because in year 12 i did AS biology, psychology and law, but i got a C in biology, and an A in law and psychology, so i decided to change biology to politics, but to complete the politics course, i need to take an extra year, and i can only do that if i take an extra subject because i need the funding for it

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Original post by Mikos

I’ll be starting at Cambridge for law this October so I’m happy to answer any other questions if people have them

How did you prepare for the CLT + what was it like? :smile:

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Peterhouse Admissions

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Original post by Mikos

Your situation is very unusual and because I've not seen anything like it before I won't comment personally.
@Peterhouse Admissions what's your position on this type of thing?

Thanks for the tag :smile:

All of the advice you've given above is correct. Unless you have extenuating circumstances, it would be concern for us to see a student doing A Levels over three years rather than two. The Cambridge workload is significant and we may well be concerned that you would struggle. Of course, there are very legitimate reasons why you might be doing your A Levels across three years, such as caring responsibilities or illness. If that's the case, you need to get your school/doctor to explain this in an Extenuating Circumstances Form.

I've now seen your post. We would still consider your application, but we'd still need to know why you're doing your A Levels in the way you are, because it's unusual. The best thing to do would be for your teacher to explain this in your reference. We might also be a bit concerned about your academic abilities, unless you clearly show us an upwards trajectory from your first AS results.

Hope this helps!

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