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UCL or Bristol law?

Im already have already got 4 pretty prestigious uni’s down, I have a contextual for one of them. But I need one more…I can’t decide between UCL or Bristol.
- My GCSE’s are pretty average, A*AAAAAABBBB
(A in english and maths)
-Predicted A-Levels, A*A*AA
-Very strong personal statement and super curriculars
-Hopefully a good LNAT!
Therefore do you think I’d be a realistic candidate for UCL? I really want to go to uni in London and have already applied to KCL, I don’t mind Bristol but its just a bit meh for me. So do i apply to UCL or Bristol? Help!!
Original post by evelinner
Im already have already got 4 pretty prestigious uni’s down, I have a contextual for one of them. But I need one more…I can’t decide between UCL or Bristol.
- My GCSE’s are pretty average, A*AAAAAABBBB
(A in english and maths)
-Predicted A-Levels, A*A*AA
-Very strong personal statement and super curriculars
-Hopefully a good LNAT!
Therefore do you think I’d be a realistic candidate for UCL? I really want to go to uni in London and have already applied to KCL, I don’t mind Bristol but its just a bit meh for me. So do i apply to UCL or Bristol? Help!!

Apply for the university you like most, but be realistic about your choices. It’s not a good idea to only apply to the most competitive universities, as you risk gaining very few or no offers. UCL don’t consider your GCSE grades beyond meeting the minimum GCSE requirements, whereas Bristol give 20% weighting to your GCSEs in your application. London universities (particularly LSE, KCL and UCL) are heavily oversubscribed, but if you can’t see yourself in Bristol, there’s no point in applying there. Bristol also don’t look at your PS unless it’s to distinguish between candidates with very similar stats.
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Original post by bibachu
Apply for the university you like most, but be realistic about your choices. It’s not a good idea to only apply to the most competitive universities, as you risk gaining very few or no offers. UCL don’t consider your GCSE grades beyond meeting the minimum GCSE requirements, whereas Bristol give 20% weighting to your GCSEs in your application. London universities (particularly LSE, KCL and UCL) are heavily oversubscribed, but if you can’t see yourself in Bristol, there’s no point in applying there. Bristol also don’t look at your PS unless it’s to distinguish between candidates with very similar stats.


So helpful! Thanks a lot
Reply 3
a strong personal statement will definitely have more weighting at ucl over bristol!

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