good law uni choices? no real safeties

Hi, I'm a prospective 2025 entry student trying to decide my ucas choices for early app this year, knowing what to aim towards.
I should be predicted A*A*A*A or possibly A*A*A*A*. The 5 unis I'm looking to apply to are:
Oxford
LSE
UCL
KCL
Bristol
I know myself and that I'd be much happier living in a vibrant city rather than on a specific campus e.g Warwick... Not sure if this is too risky because a gap year isn't an option.

Any opinions?

Reply 1

user488949439

All these options are very risky and will involve LNAT. Look at places that are less competitive as your last choice and preferably somewhere not requiring LNAT. It is not advisable to apply to more than 2 Oxbridge/ London universities due to the insane numbers applying there. There are students on here who get 5 rejections every year who have followed your path with outstanding grades. Somewhere like Exeter which does not require LNAT and makes quite high rates of offers might be a good choice.

Reply 2

isabellag0093

yeah because all the unis you listed are LNAT i would pick maybe one or two universities which are non LNAT such as Queen Mary University of London so you still get to live in London and it has a reduced entry requirement of AAA + A in EPQ if i rmb correctly. Because the LNAT is hard from personal experience there is no guarantee you will do well and if you apply to all LNAT unis it could backfire. plus you never know you might not do as well as needed for the A*AA entry requirements of all the unis you listed above. a tip ill give you as a student in y13 who applied for law this year and firmed LSE would be to do your LNAT before submitting your application so that you can choose a uni based on which components of the LNAT test you feel you did better on as different unis look at different section e.g LSE is just MCQs, oxbridge & UCL grade your essay as well as review your MCQ score - more emphasis on the essay i think, Kings look at your MCQ and if you are borderline they will read your essay.

Also for your personal statement tailor your achievements or extracurriculars to the values of the uni e.g for UCL it was the 1st uni which allowed women to attend uni so you could talk about a book you read on womens rights?? and make it personal for example i spoke about my friend who has down syndrome and how the UK were going to pass a bill to change the human rights act & linked it to a boo/ podcast about the same topic. i know LSE had a section of their LLB Law page about what they wanted to see in a PS too so have a look on the unis websites.

Hope this helps 🙂 sorry that its quite a lot of info haha

(edited 3 months ago)

Reply 3

hanstudies

thanks for the replies to this thread, I'm just trying to see if its worth taking the risk. Bottom line, probably not, but I don't know what other unis I'd apply to as I've been researching for a while and been to quite a few cities

Reply 4

user488949439

Original post by hanstudies

Looking st your choices how about Exeter and Southampton or possibly Birmingham. 2 of these would be ideal as they arent LNAT and tend to have high offer rates to offset the risk of applying to Oxford/London universities which have high rejection rates. I personally wouldnt recommend applying to LSE and UCL.

Reply 5

McGinger

Please take notice of the advice you have been given above about applying to Oxford/all London Unis.
Law is hugely competitive and you could easily be rejected from all of these choices despite a good LNAT and meeting/exceeding the entry requirements. This means that your 'safety' choice of Bristol could be your only offer.
Another Uni like Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham etc would be a sensible substitute for at least one of the London Unis.

Reply 6

hanstudies

Original post by swanseajack1

How about manchester? It's non LNAT and I think llb law with politics would be good. I'm just looking to become a barrister in london eventually and I'm scared any uni other than oxbridge/london won't be competitive enough

Reply 7

user488949439

Original post by hanstudies

Well this guy did Law at Exeter and he dident do too badly.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the ice hockey player, see Patrik Eliáš.
Sir Patrick Elias, PC (born 28 March 1947), is a retired Lord Justice of Appeal.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Patrick Elias was born in Cardiff[2] and received his undergraduate degree, LL.B with first-class honours, at Exeter University in 1969, where he was a member of both the rugby and cricket teams. He was called to the Bar in 1973 (Inner Temple). His brother is Gerard Elias QC.

His brother was one of Wales leading barristers and a deputy High Court Judge and he went to Exeter as well.

If you get 5 rejections you wont get in as a barrister anyway.