Predicted Grades for Law
I'm currently in Year 12 studying psychology, philosophy and politics and will be applying to study law this year for 2025 entry. I've recently completed my end of year mocks and I'm a little concerned about my predicted grades. In terms of my performance, it definitely varied across each subject.
I though psychology would be my strongest subject but it ended up being my weakest. I think I may be able to scrape a B as my final grade though, which would probably mean I'd get predicted an A. My grades throughout the year are as follows: A, B, A*, A. I'm hoping to still get predicted an A but in the event I get a C in the mock, I'm worried they may predict me a B.
For politics, I think this paper may have been my strongest performance on any essays throughout the entire year. I've consistently been getting As, but my marks have only gone up by 1 since the start of the year. I spoke to a teacher today and she informed me that teachers in my school tend not to predict people A*s, as it's very rare that people will get them and their main focus is getting students into universities that they realistically have a chance of getting into, rather than pushing an ambitious narrative onto us. I think this is mainly so we don't get disappointed on both results day and during the UCAS process. I understand that predicting a student who mostly gets Bs an A* would do more harm than good, but politics was really my only hope of getting an A* and I've been putting in lots effort with essay plans to act on my teacher's feedback. I'm not so sure whether I can get an A* now, which is concerning me.
In philosophy, we were given the two essay questions in advance in order for us to plan and do well. People tend to struggle more with philosophy, so they wanted to give us the best chance possible at achieving high grades in the mock. I think it went quite well, although there were some questions that I didn't really like. My teachers had gone through one of my essay plans with me and I acted on their feedback during my exam. I'm hoping to get an A on that exam, and if I'm being very ambitious, maybe even an A*. My teacher told me that if I got a B or higher on the mock, he would predict me an A and I'm quite confident that I at least got a B on that paper.
So this leaves me with potential predicted grades anywhere from A*AA-AAB. I'm eligible for contextual offers at all of the universities I'm applying to. For Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, the contextual offer is AAB and for York, the contextual offer is BBB, but I am guaranteed an offer from them as part of an access scheme, so York is really my safety/insurance choice at the moment. Nottingham is my top choice and although they have been falling in the rankings over the last few years, they've ranked 10th in law according to the CUG rankings for 2025. I'm worried that if I get a C in psychology and end up with AAB as my predicted grade, I might not seem as competitive as an applicant. My GCSE grades are already quite average and although I have extenuating circumstances around them, I am not sure that my application will seem as competitive if I have A level grades that only meet entry requirements. I'm really hoping for AAA as A*AA seems out of the question now, based on what a teacher told me. Would I be put at a disadvantage if I only met the entry requirements and did not exceed them?
Also, I know that personal statements contribute massively to your decision. I think that I'm definitely capable of producing a strong personal statement and I have already written my first full draft, but will be making edits over the next few months. For this question, I'm specifically asking about grades only. Any advice that you could give me would be much appreciated
I though psychology would be my strongest subject but it ended up being my weakest. I think I may be able to scrape a B as my final grade though, which would probably mean I'd get predicted an A. My grades throughout the year are as follows: A, B, A*, A. I'm hoping to still get predicted an A but in the event I get a C in the mock, I'm worried they may predict me a B.
For politics, I think this paper may have been my strongest performance on any essays throughout the entire year. I've consistently been getting As, but my marks have only gone up by 1 since the start of the year. I spoke to a teacher today and she informed me that teachers in my school tend not to predict people A*s, as it's very rare that people will get them and their main focus is getting students into universities that they realistically have a chance of getting into, rather than pushing an ambitious narrative onto us. I think this is mainly so we don't get disappointed on both results day and during the UCAS process. I understand that predicting a student who mostly gets Bs an A* would do more harm than good, but politics was really my only hope of getting an A* and I've been putting in lots effort with essay plans to act on my teacher's feedback. I'm not so sure whether I can get an A* now, which is concerning me.
In philosophy, we were given the two essay questions in advance in order for us to plan and do well. People tend to struggle more with philosophy, so they wanted to give us the best chance possible at achieving high grades in the mock. I think it went quite well, although there were some questions that I didn't really like. My teachers had gone through one of my essay plans with me and I acted on their feedback during my exam. I'm hoping to get an A on that exam, and if I'm being very ambitious, maybe even an A*. My teacher told me that if I got a B or higher on the mock, he would predict me an A and I'm quite confident that I at least got a B on that paper.
So this leaves me with potential predicted grades anywhere from A*AA-AAB. I'm eligible for contextual offers at all of the universities I'm applying to. For Nottingham, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, the contextual offer is AAB and for York, the contextual offer is BBB, but I am guaranteed an offer from them as part of an access scheme, so York is really my safety/insurance choice at the moment. Nottingham is my top choice and although they have been falling in the rankings over the last few years, they've ranked 10th in law according to the CUG rankings for 2025. I'm worried that if I get a C in psychology and end up with AAB as my predicted grade, I might not seem as competitive as an applicant. My GCSE grades are already quite average and although I have extenuating circumstances around them, I am not sure that my application will seem as competitive if I have A level grades that only meet entry requirements. I'm really hoping for AAA as A*AA seems out of the question now, based on what a teacher told me. Would I be put at a disadvantage if I only met the entry requirements and did not exceed them?
Also, I know that personal statements contribute massively to your decision. I think that I'm definitely capable of producing a strong personal statement and I have already written my first full draft, but will be making edits over the next few months. For this question, I'm specifically asking about grades only. Any advice that you could give me would be much appreciated
(edited 8 months ago)
Original post by McGinger
Please can you summarise your post in two or three concise questions.
Would I be put at a disadvantage if I only met entry requirements and did not exceed them?
Apologies if my post was long-winded, I was just trying to provide some context before asking my question.
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