Canadian student applying to Law!
Hi everyone! I initially posted this on the Law forum but I think questions about international applications may be better answered here. I'm a Canadian high school student applying to study law at Oxford, UCL, LSE, KCL, and Warwick for 2025. The qualifications in Canada are different, with only our diploma and completed high school courses as a certification of our aptitude/achievements, no standardised tests—nothing. Obviously this makes us extremely uncompetitive in international applications, especially to the schools of the caliber I'm hoping to attend. I understand that many unis will say that my diploma is sufficient, but I want to make my application more competitive, especially since Cambridge has declared the Canadian diploma insufficient and that it must be accompanied by US qualifications to be on par. To remedy this I've been taking AP exams. I have two 5s right now, and I am taking three-four more exams next AP season. I was wondering if any of you might have insight into what would be enough to make me competitive/on par with other applicants? Say I have a stellar LNAT score and a great PS, would my two 5s be sufficient? Thanks!
Hi there,
Have you considered partaking in a foundation programme? This may be helpful because if Universities feel your high school degree is insufficient to progress to outright university, offer a foundation year for students to get used to university-level teaching as well as then secure a qualification that would be accepted by other UK universities regardless of whether it was done at the university when applying for proper a university degree.
Often you can opt for a specific pathway to the degree you want to study. I am an international student and I myself and some of my friends from North America used a foundation pathway into university. I think it is something for you to consider. It does mean however you will have to pay for an additional year of study, and certain restrictions may apply in terms of Visas, as it will be a 1-year standalone visa usually and not inclusive of the degree you wish to study. It does, however, make it easier to progress into the university.
Lancaster offers such a programme and it is called INTO, other universities in the UK utilise this agency. I have put a link to the INTO Lancaster page if you want to have a look. it is also worth checking the universities you are looking to apply to.
Best wishes,
Lancaster University Student Ambassador,
Glory.
https://www.intostudy.com/en/universities/lancaster-university
Have you considered partaking in a foundation programme? This may be helpful because if Universities feel your high school degree is insufficient to progress to outright university, offer a foundation year for students to get used to university-level teaching as well as then secure a qualification that would be accepted by other UK universities regardless of whether it was done at the university when applying for proper a university degree.
Often you can opt for a specific pathway to the degree you want to study. I am an international student and I myself and some of my friends from North America used a foundation pathway into university. I think it is something for you to consider. It does mean however you will have to pay for an additional year of study, and certain restrictions may apply in terms of Visas, as it will be a 1-year standalone visa usually and not inclusive of the degree you wish to study. It does, however, make it easier to progress into the university.
Lancaster offers such a programme and it is called INTO, other universities in the UK utilise this agency. I have put a link to the INTO Lancaster page if you want to have a look. it is also worth checking the universities you are looking to apply to.
Best wishes,
Lancaster University Student Ambassador,
Glory.
https://www.intostudy.com/en/universities/lancaster-university
Original post by csperling
Hi everyone! I initially posted this on the Law forum but I think questions about international applications may be better answered here. I'm a Canadian high school student applying to study law at Oxford, UCL, LSE, KCL, and Warwick for 2025. The qualifications in Canada are different, with only our diploma and completed high school courses as a certification of our aptitude/achievements, no standardised tests—nothing. Obviously this makes us extremely uncompetitive in international applications, especially to the schools of the caliber I'm hoping to attend. I understand that many unis will say that my diploma is sufficient, but I want to make my application more competitive, especially since Cambridge has declared the Canadian diploma insufficient and that it must be accompanied by US qualifications to be on par. To remedy this I've been taking AP exams. I have two 5s right now, and I am taking three-four more exams next AP season. I was wondering if any of you might have insight into what would be enough to make me competitive/on par with other applicants? Say I have a stellar LNAT score and a great PS, would my two 5s be sufficient? Thanks!
I don't know much about international qualifications and how sufficient they are but if you want any recs for books or online courses I'm happy to help. xx
Original post by csperling
Hi everyone! I initially posted this on the Law forum but I think questions about international applications may be better answered here. I'm a Canadian high school student applying to study law at Oxford, UCL, LSE, KCL, and Warwick for 2025. The qualifications in Canada are different, with only our diploma and completed high school courses as a certification of our aptitude/achievements, no standardised tests—nothing. Obviously this makes us extremely uncompetitive in international applications, especially to the schools of the caliber I'm hoping to attend. I understand that many unis will say that my diploma is sufficient, but I want to make my application more competitive, especially since Cambridge has declared the Canadian diploma insufficient and that it must be accompanied by US qualifications to be on par. To remedy this I've been taking AP exams. I have two 5s right now, and I am taking three-four more exams next AP season. I was wondering if any of you might have insight into what would be enough to make me competitive/on par with other applicants? Say I have a stellar LNAT score and a great PS, would my two 5s be sufficient? Thanks!
Almost all of the universities mentioned here (bar warwick) require the LNAT for law, but if you want to do it you need to act very quickly--the last testing dates for it are October 20th!
Original post by orb22
Almost all of the universities mentioned here (bar warwick) require the LNAT for law, but if you want to do it you need to act very quickly--the last testing dates for it are October 20th!
(for Oxford, I mean. Oxford deadlines for application are the 15th of October)
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