Wish I ended up somewhere better than King's.

OP, look, and listen; it's not that deep. what people say are just opinions; forget opinions, they don't matter. KCL is prestigious, okay, it depends on what and how you make of it. People still enter IB magic circle the big 4 and so on and so on, from there. hey join societies they integrate they take over and they do well. It is never ever that deep; my friend it could've been so much worse. As SS378 said, you seriously do have bigger things to worry about than where you will study law. What if you only got notts and manny? you get what I'm tryna say, alright. what if you didn't even get those then it's clearing for queen mary or even royal holloway– or soas? there are people in that situation.
I myself applied for PPE; didn't apply to LSE either tho, got Durham and Bristol (econpol), Warwick sent me an alternative offer (pol phil) and then rejected from ucl (idk, why? someone who's resitting with CCD first time in their a levels got an offer tho but I won't say nun inih before I get slammed)
I was so sure on UCL, was looking into the modules and shi, was so so confident and happy. But that 19th of April I think it was I didn't get in. Couple days later can't remember what what I do know was that the offer came after the offer holder day, but I got an offer from King's. Was elated but even confused I thought that was me going all the way to Durham because the offer holder day has passed, and people with 4 A*s were rejected. And despite the things I too have seen and heard online, I brushed it off because I haven't even been there yet to experience it for myself.
you've got opportunities; some people would wish to study here but they can't afford international fees, others with debilitating health problems (i myself got visual snow this year but that's nothing compared to what other people have) like g, forget about league tables. you only live once you know that; it's not worth it looking back at what you could've done. or what could've happened. people who live dwelling in past tense modal verbs it never ends well for them. it is never that deep. you won't be homeless when you come out. talking about student satisfaction social life whatever at KCL; my dear friend LSE has both of these things not poor, but non-existent. LSE's 75%+ international intake doesn't help that either. Cliques and factions form and they don't usually want to integrate. The pressure to enter IB consulting big 3 or magic circle law firms forms a cut-throat environment as well, which adds. I can go on for soooo, long about the problems with LSE (the only real pros are its employability and brand name).
Everything happens for a reason. just wait and see for yourself when you get there inih; it's just chattins upon chattins that you'll find yourself reading online– forget all of that stuff. it's minor. if you don't like KCL that much then considering how close to LSE that it is, you can just chill with the LSE yutes; it is never ever ever that deep cuz

thanks, your comment does help. what irritates me most I think isn't just the hate it gets from people online, but also the fact that I *know* that I had a better application than many people and yet didn't get into UCL. like, people with far lower grades/LNAT/crappy personal statement whatever got in.
also really surprised to see someone mention visual snow - I also suffer from it. I don't think I've seen anyone mention it outside of discussions on it.

brother/sister, literally, I hear you so much on that still trust me. i seriously dk what ucl was on this year aha, it's acc mad as you said but yk what, it's calm. it's minor. it's not even a setback it's just what it is, you feel me. we'll come back witha serious getback, trust me.
Ohhhh Snap For Real?!?!! Wow, that is actually crazy, yeahhhh honestly I never have either I wasn't gonna mention it but it's 24/7 all around me in my vision lol, had to vent ig hahaha. the worst symptom for me is palinopsia tho, seeing my hands trail when i move them around it just feels so surreal it's like a useless superpower that only I can see and no one understands; optometrists and ophthalmologists think I'm mad🥱🥱

ucl was bonkers . I know people who were probably more deserving than me to get in and yet were rejected. some of them even got accepted into LSE and Oxbridge... so makes no sense.
I do like KCL, and what I've seen of it, and I know it's amongst the strongest for my course. they really do need to work on student satisfaction though... that's what is dragging them down in home league tables, and as a consequence their reputation declines.
interestingly, I saw an article that a KCL researcher was investigating visual snow syndrome: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-francesca-puledda-award-visual-snow-research

I feel the exact same, rejected from UCL, Bath and Oxford for engineering with A*A*AA with further maths, now it looks like i’m going KCL and it disgusts me, i try to just distract myself but yeah, i feel for you man.

I think with those grades you should reapply ... KCL is not the greatest for engineering. at least for Law, it's top 5, and PPE it's amongst the best for the other commenter. engineering, not so much. are you not able to?

oh you made 2 posts lol, just to add i’ve had someone say to my face that i’m a failure for only getting into bristol and kings, keep ur head up man, at least you didn’t apply to civil engineering 😁

Cannot stop obsessing over it. I got into KCL for Law. I got rejected from UCL, and did not apply for LSE. I wasted two choices on two universities I did not want to go to, Nottingham and Manchester. I was so certain I'd get an offer from one of the other London unis. I was delighted to get a KCL offer but god damn do people hate on this uni. No matter what forum it is, you can so easily find KCL get the brunt of it when being compared to other universities. Its meagre position in UK league tables (24??) doesn't help it one bit, and for a uni with a reputation as KCL, it doesn't make sense how it doesn't even try to elevate its position in these league tables which is brought down by their student satisfaction. Yet they do so much better internationally, which makes KCL look like a bit of a fraud.
I can't help but obsess over the fact that I could've ended up at LSE, which I didn't apply for, and at UCL, which I was so certain I'd end up in - I thought my essay was of good quality.
KCL is constantly made fun of and to an extent I think criticised unfairly. I don't want people to look down on the university I go to, and me as a person as extension. I have the grades for better, but I did not get in to a better place, and yet people I know did with worse profiles.
Perhaps it sounds privileged, but when much of your life has been centred around academic success, it really does hurt. KCL Law's reputation is so good, yet as a university it seems it has only been dwindling over time. ... see its UK league table position.
I wonder if anyone feels the same as me. It's so tricky to think about. I can't rest my mind. Reapplying is too late.