GYG for Year 13 - Aspiring Law Student!
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Thank you so much! I’m a little worried that I might go over the character limit, but I’m hoping to secure an A*, as I’m passionate about this topic
Haha you're the opposite of me, I was having trouble meeting my EPQ word limit 😅 Good luck with your EPQ though! I feel like if you're passionate about it then you have a good shot at an A*!
Final week
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Completed most of my politics and psychology summer work! There are a few loose ends that I need to tidy up today and tomorrow to prepare for my first lesson back, but the majority of the tasks have been covered (thankfully). I have been getting progressively more and more sick, which has meant that my study hours have reduced over the last few days.
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Visited my firm for a welcome event! It was really great meeting the other scholars and developing my skills through workshops. I also was able to learn more about the scheme and how they will support me throughout the next few years. Hopefully, I'll be getting a mentor soon, which will be very beneficial during the Oxbridge interview season (if I'm able to make it to that stage)!
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Booked not one, not two, but three more open days! I'm definitely not going to be able to go to all three of them, but ideally, I'd like to visit two from Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. I'm pretty much set on going to Leeds, but Manchester or Birmingham will depend on which of the two ends up being my final choice on UCAS.
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Did some more Cambridge research. I've created the itinerary for the open day and narrowed my college choices down to seven (realistically six, but I might be swayed by Pembroke in person). I also looked into the law fellows and the interview formats used at the colleges I'm considering.
Thank you to anyone who's been following my progress so far
! I've just had induction, which was an eventful day for me, but I hope to keep updating my GYG regularly throughout the year (minimum once a week). My school have set an internal Oxbridge deadline, which means I have just under three weeks to get my application sent off. I was able to convince my philosophy teachers to predict me an A*, through the power of persuasion and also the limited time after my mock (in two weeks) to reassess my predicted grade. Unless I am able to miraculously achieve an A* in my biopsychology test and get predicted an A* in psychology too (which I'm not in a rush to get, as I think my current prediction is fair and accurate), I will likely be applying to Cambridge, Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham and Birmingham/Manchester to study law with predictions of A*A*A in politics, philosophy and psychology (respectively). Looking at my current performance, I think these predictions accurately reflect what I may achieve in August next year. Hopefully, I can add an EPQ prediction of at least an A to this!Final week
!•
Completed most of my politics and psychology summer work! There are a few loose ends that I need to tidy up today and tomorrow to prepare for my first lesson back, but the majority of the tasks have been covered (thankfully). I have been getting progressively more and more sick, which has meant that my study hours have reduced over the last few days.
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Visited my firm for a welcome event! It was really great meeting the other scholars and developing my skills through workshops. I also was able to learn more about the scheme and how they will support me throughout the next few years. Hopefully, I'll be getting a mentor soon, which will be very beneficial during the Oxbridge interview season (if I'm able to make it to that stage)!
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Booked not one, not two, but three more open days! I'm definitely not going to be able to go to all three of them, but ideally, I'd like to visit two from Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. I'm pretty much set on going to Leeds, but Manchester or Birmingham will depend on which of the two ends up being my final choice on UCAS.
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Did some more Cambridge research. I've created the itinerary for the open day and narrowed my college choices down to seven (realistically six, but I might be swayed by Pembroke in person). I also looked into the law fellows and the interview formats used at the colleges I'm considering.
Thank you to anyone who's been following my progress so far
! I've just had induction, which was an eventful day for me, but I hope to keep updating my GYG regularly throughout the year (minimum once a week). My school have set an internal Oxbridge deadline, which means I have just under three weeks to get my application sent off. I was able to convince my philosophy teachers to predict me an A*, through the power of persuasion and also the limited time after my mock (in two weeks) to reassess my predicted grade. Unless I am able to miraculously achieve an A* in my biopsychology test and get predicted an A* in psychology too (which I'm not in a rush to get, as I think my current prediction is fair and accurate), I will likely be applying to Cambridge, Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham and Birmingham/Manchester to study law with predictions of A*A*A in politics, philosophy and psychology (respectively). Looking at my current performance, I think these predictions accurately reflect what I may achieve in August next year. Hopefully, I can add an EPQ prediction of at least an A to this!Sounds like you've been busy, well done on managing to get your philosophy predicted grade up! Hope you enjoy the open days and that the rest of your predictions go well!
Thank you so much
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Final week
!•
Completed most of my politics and psychology summer work! There are a few loose ends that I need to tidy up today and tomorrow to prepare for my first lesson back, but the majority of the tasks have been covered (thankfully). I have been getting progressively more and more sick, which has meant that my study hours have reduced over the last few days.
•
Visited my firm for a welcome event! It was really great meeting the other scholars and developing my skills through workshops. I also was able to learn more about the scheme and how they will support me throughout the next few years. Hopefully, I'll be getting a mentor soon, which will be very beneficial during the Oxbridge interview season (if I'm able to make it to that stage)!
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Booked not one, not two, but three more open days! I'm definitely not going to be able to go to all three of them, but ideally, I'd like to visit two from Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. I'm pretty much set on going to Leeds, but Manchester or Birmingham will depend on which of the two ends up being my final choice on UCAS.
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Did some more Cambridge research. I've created the itinerary for the open day and narrowed my college choices down to seven (realistically six, but I might be swayed by Pembroke in person). I also looked into the law fellows and the interview formats used at the colleges I'm considering.
Thank you to anyone who's been following my progress so far
! I've just had induction, which was an eventful day for me, but I hope to keep updating my GYG regularly throughout the year (minimum once a week). My school have set an internal Oxbridge deadline, which means I have just under three weeks to get my application sent off. I was able to convince my philosophy teachers to predict me an A*, through the power of persuasion and also the limited time after my mock (in two weeks) to reassess my predicted grade. Unless I am able to miraculously achieve an A* in my biopsychology test and get predicted an A* in psychology too (which I'm not in a rush to get, as I think my current prediction is fair and accurate), I will likely be applying to Cambridge, Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham and Birmingham/Manchester to study law with predictions of A*A*A in politics, philosophy and psychology (respectively). Looking at my current performance, I think these predictions accurately reflect what I may achieve in August next year. Hopefully, I can add an EPQ prediction of at least an A to this!Ooo well done on being so productive!!
Thank you!
Final week
!•
Completed most of my politics and psychology summer work! There are a few loose ends that I need to tidy up today and tomorrow to prepare for my first lesson back, but the majority of the tasks have been covered (thankfully). I have been getting progressively more and more sick, which has meant that my study hours have reduced over the last few days.
•
Visited my firm for a welcome event! It was really great meeting the other scholars and developing my skills through workshops. I also was able to learn more about the scheme and how they will support me throughout the next few years. Hopefully, I'll be getting a mentor soon, which will be very beneficial during the Oxbridge interview season (if I'm able to make it to that stage)!
•
Booked not one, not two, but three more open days! I'm definitely not going to be able to go to all three of them, but ideally, I'd like to visit two from Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. I'm pretty much set on going to Leeds, but Manchester or Birmingham will depend on which of the two ends up being my final choice on UCAS.
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Did some more Cambridge research. I've created the itinerary for the open day and narrowed my college choices down to seven (realistically six, but I might be swayed by Pembroke in person). I also looked into the law fellows and the interview formats used at the colleges I'm considering.
Thank you to anyone who's been following my progress so far
! I've just had induction, which was an eventful day for me, but I hope to keep updating my GYG regularly throughout the year (minimum once a week). My school have set an internal Oxbridge deadline, which means I have just under three weeks to get my application sent off. I was able to convince my philosophy teachers to predict me an A*, through the power of persuasion and also the limited time after my mock (in two weeks) to reassess my predicted grade. Unless I am able to miraculously achieve an A* in my biopsychology test and get predicted an A* in psychology too (which I'm not in a rush to get, as I think my current prediction is fair and accurate), I will likely be applying to Cambridge, Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham and Birmingham/Manchester to study law with predictions of A*A*A in politics, philosophy and psychology (respectively). Looking at my current performance, I think these predictions accurately reflect what I may achieve in August next year. Hopefully, I can add an EPQ prediction of at least an A to this!What date is your LNAT exam?
October 1st!
Hey, just found this. You'll do great from what I've read. Lmk what kind of passages and essay questions u get cause I'm trying to compile all areas of academia that are worth reading into for future LNAT students to help them prepare cause I've also gone through (suffered) what all law students have to do!
Good Luck!!!
Thank you so much! I would like to know a little more about the supervision system for law and the typical first year workload of a Cambridge law student, if possible. Good luck for your second year!
Thought I would update you all as it's been a busy first few days!
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Completed my personal statement! After six attempts and a lot of editing, I'm glad to say that I've come to the end of personal statement drafting. I received feedback from my careers advisor and my politics teacher - all positive! My goal with this personal statement was to create something that expressed my specific interests within law, showcased my personality and met Oxbridge standards, all of which I did! My careers advisor did suggest pushing me even further to take it to the next level, but I was concerned about my line and character count, as well as potentially leaving out important information. A personal statement should be personal after all!
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Essentially completed my UCAS application! Now my personal statement is finished, I'm just waiting on my school to link my application to our centre and my tutor reference. The reference is definitely going to take me a while (I don't know my tutor that well and have many details that need to be included) and I plan to focus on that next week. My choices are finalised now apart from my Cambridge college, as I'll decide on that after the open day. That being said, I'm 90% sure about my top choice college. For me, it's really about seeing everything in person, in case I change my mind. For the 2025 admissions cycle, I will officially be applying to:
University of Cambridge - BA Law (A*AA) - meet the contextual flag criteria + eligible for the ARP
University of Bristol - LLB Law (AAB) - contextual offer
University of Leeds - Law LLB (AAB) - contextual offer, but have to firm to remain eligible
University of Birmingham - LLB Law (AAB - ABB) - contextual offer + EPQ (?)
University of Nottingham - Law LLB (AAB) - contextual offer
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Got my predicted grades raised from A*AA to A*A*A in politics, philosophy and psychology (respectively)! I already met the entry requirements for Cambridge, but I feel as though my new predictions are much fairer and more accurate. I managed to convince my philosophy teachers to raise my grade to an A*, because my school has set an earlier internal Oxbridge deadline that falls only a few days after my next test (opportunity to raise my grade) and because of my end of year mock performance (A*). I also found out that I don't get an EPQ predicted grade, but I list it as pending on UCAS.
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Prepared for my upcoming tests! I have both my philosophy test (innatism essay) and my psychology test (biopsychology section) next week, so I've been studying hard! I've been going into school from 9-5 every day so far, and honestly it's not too bad. I think I can keep this up for hopefully, the rest of the year, with the occasional Friday off. I also have a politics test on conservatism and/or socialism the following week, which I'm preparing for.
Yeah of course!
So you will study 4 paper- criminal law, tort law, roman law, and constitutional law. You’ll have about 12 lectures a week in your first term, and this will drop by 3 or 4 for the next term.
You will have a supervision (we call them supos) per paper every two weeks. So 4 supos per paper per term (you might have a 9th supo in the third term). You’ll have 2 essays for each paper per term, so 8 essays a term. You will get set a bunch of stuff to read and some questions to answer that will be discussed in your supo. Each supo is typically an hour or so
If there’s any other questions please do ask!!
So you will study 4 paper- criminal law, tort law, roman law, and constitutional law. You’ll have about 12 lectures a week in your first term, and this will drop by 3 or 4 for the next term.
You will have a supervision (we call them supos) per paper every two weeks. So 4 supos per paper per term (you might have a 9th supo in the third term). You’ll have 2 essays for each paper per term, so 8 essays a term. You will get set a bunch of stuff to read and some questions to answer that will be discussed in your supo. Each supo is typically an hour or so
If there’s any other questions please do ask!!
Thanks so much - you’ve been very helpful! In terms of the reading, will it be just cases that you’re asked to read for supos or will it be other things (e.g. textbook chapters, judgments, statutes)? Also, how much reading would you say that there is to do for each supo or on a weekly basis? I quite enjoy reading, but I’d like to get an idea of how I could/should divide my workload up. Again, I appreciate the input
. Some background information about me:•
I'm currently studying politics, philosophy and psychology (predicted A*A*A). I'm going to work hard over the next year and hopefully achieve my goal of 4 getting 4 A*s at A level! I'm also starting my EPQ this year, which will be on flaws in the South Korean legal system.
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I'm applying to study law! The universities I'm most likely applying to are Cambridge, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol and Manchester. I've been to Nottingham's open day and loved it! I'll be going to Cambridge in September and Bristol in October (hopefully Leeds in October too)! The areas of law I'm most interested in are honestly quite niche, which is why I've selected universities that either offer modules in these areas or have modules in areas that are not as niche, but ones that I still would like to study.
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My GCSEs are pretty average. I got 876554 including an 8 in English language and a 5 in maths. I have lots of extenuating circumstances that can explain my lack of GCSEs and average grades which I'm hoping universities will take into account when I apply - fingers crossed!
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I'm taking the LNAT. I'm hoping to get a score above 30 on the MCQ section using The Ultimate LNAT Guide, Arbitio and some free practice tests that I’ve found online. Honestly, I'd be happy with a score above 28, as long as I do well in the essay section (which I think I will since I really enjoy essay writing and the structures I've seen in good essays are similar to the one I use in my politics and philosophy essays).
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My favourite A level is politics! I find politics so fascinating and I like the areas of overlap it has with law. Fun fact - I switched from English language and literature to politics because I found English too easy. I'm glad I made that decision as I'm an A* politics student now! I also love philosophy too and I'm interested in jurisprudence because of the moral philosophy unit specifically.
Following to see your journey into law
Hope u smash it!!💙💜💜
Hope u smash it!!💙💜💜
Thanks so much!
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This has been a somewhat productive week but I've been quite busy! Hoping to get more done over the next few days so expect another update soon
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Did some more MCQ practice for the LNAT! I used Arbitio and scored 17/42 on my next practice test. I was testing a new approach, which did not work well for me, so I decided to go back to my old approach. I did better on the next test and scored 19/42. I'm hoping to do another two practice tests (one science based and one more Arbitio test) in the next few days.
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Finished the Cambridge Law Faculty 2024 Open Day series! I really enjoyed all the sessions but in particular, the scenarios Professor Graham Virgo used in his sample Cambridge tutorial and Professor Findlay Stark's criminal law lecture. I did some more research into different fellows at the colleges I'm interested in and I'm definitely leaning more towards Jesus College now (still have to see them all in person before I make my final choice).
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Still working towards 4 A*s. I'm expecting a post-interview rejection from Cambridge, but I'd like to get my grades as high as possible to a) improve my chances at gaining a Bristol offer and b) apply to Cambridge through the ARP. From what I can tell, the grade boundaries are going to be pretty similar to last year's, which doesn't worry me as my school uses the most recent grade boundaries to mark our work anyway, so grades-wise I know where I'm at.
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Started on my psychology summer work. It's honestly not that hard just quite long. I've completed my neurons flashcards for biopsychology and I'll be moving on to the endocrine system soon.
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Devised a revision timetable! I'm no longer wasting free periods - they will all be used for revision, homework and other tasks. I'm essentially devoting all my time to my studies for the next four months, as I have to get through mocks, my UCAS application, the LNAT and hopefully Cambridge interviews. I'm aiming to spend around minimum 14.5 hours a week on completing all these tasks. On a good week, I'd hope to get anywhere between 15-20 hours of studying in!
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Finally catching up on reading. I haven't yet done any economics reading as I've been more focused on politics this week, but I have gone back to my law reading. I want to know these books very well as I could quite easily be asked about them in interviews since they're going to be on my personal statement.
My focus for the next few days is to get on top of my school work. I'm hoping to finish my biopsychology flashcards for the endocrine system, fill in some gaps in my knowledge, make essay plans and complete my summer work for politics and work on some essay plans for philosophy. I'm also aiming to get my EPQ summer work completed by the end of the week, which shouldn't take too long. Slightly unrelated but I'm probably going to read some philosophical works (particularly ones by Kant and Hume) just for fun
What approach did you use when you scored 33/42 if you could help? Thanks
For that specific test, I mainly read the passage and questions very carefully, but take this with a pinch of salt. That test was quite easy and the difficulty, I would say, was not like the LNAT simulator test or Arbitio tests. The same goes for The Ultimate LNAT Guide - I find the questions there significantly easier than I do on other practice tests. I also wouldn't fixate too much on scores as these will fluctuate.
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