Application for Law

Taking a gap year would involve gambling on raising the B to an A. As you know, with three AAs you could compete for a place at a good range of universities.
If you are willing to take the risk that this time next year you will be in the same position that you are now, then make the gamble, but if you would prefer certainty now and are realistically confident that you can achieve the grades which Lancaster require, then opt for Lancaster.
I add that a gap year can provide many benefits quite apart from access to universities, provided that you use the year to do things such as travelling, reading, working, learning a new thing, etc.

I am not a law student but some advice would be to speak to a careers advisors. Also do you qualify for contextual offer because that might be a way out for you. Also don't stress because its obvious u are a hardworking and ambitious individual. Try speaking to students who are also applying for the same course as you and get their opinion too.

If I do get a place from Lancaster, accept it as my firm choice, and then (hypothetically) get higher results on results day (such as 3 As) can I then pull out of the offer and decide to take a gap year at that point? Or will it be too late? Because many of the "better" unis (like Glasgow) don't go into clearing for Law, and I would love to take a gap year for the beneficial reasons you stated, but this way it wouldn't be a massive risk.
Or is that unethical/ undoable? I've never heard anyone to get their results and then decide to take a gap year.

I add that, by way of example, my daughter decided shortly before she began Year 13 that she would not apply to any university before she finished the IB. She then applied last autumn to five universities using her achieved grades, and obtained a place to study Law at her first choice university. She enjoyed her gap year, and started at university a few weeks ago, just before her twentieth birthday.

I want to apply for Law at a UK university. I am predicted A*AB which makes it very confusing to decide which university to choose based on entry requirements, because they're all either AAA (which, since I'm not applying to unis that take into consideration UCAS points, is technically above my predicteds) or AAB, where I feel I've gone too low and my A* is useless.
I've decided on Lancaster for sure as an "insurance" (although I really do love the course so it's not totally just a backup) and I think I'll also apply to Glasgow (AAA) and QMUL (A*AA) as my "ambitious" choices, and Cardiff and Newcastle as "within reach" (they are also AAA but Cardiff said at the open day that apparently they don't consider predicted grades? Very confusing. The "entry requirements" they list are apparently just what they'll make an offer of.)
This being said, I want to understand what my chances are of getting an offer from an AAA university? Because if they are slim, then I may just apply next year instead and take a gap year, and focus my work efforts on getting an A in my B subject (even if it means sacrificing the A* for an A... I don't really want to go to the likes of Durham or UCL so I don't need A*AA.). And if I do take a gap year, can I still ask my school to give a reference?
Thank you so much if you took the time to read all of that it was mostly a rant but this stuff is so stressful

I want to apply for Law at a UK university. I am predicted A*AB which makes it very confusing to decide which university to choose based on entry requirements, because they're all either AAA (which, since I'm not applying to unis that take into consideration UCAS points, is technically above my predicteds) or AAB, where I feel I've gone too low and my A* is useless.
I've decided on Lancaster for sure as an "insurance" (although I really do love the course so it's not totally just a backup) and I think I'll also apply to Glasgow (AAA) and QMUL (A*AA) as my "ambitious" choices, and Cardiff and Newcastle as "within reach" (they are also AAA but Cardiff said at the open day that apparently they don't consider predicted grades? Very confusing. The "entry requirements" they list are apparently just what they'll make an offer of.)
This being said, I want to understand what my chances are of getting an offer from an AAA university? Because if they are slim, then I may just apply next year instead and take a gap year, and focus my work efforts on getting an A in my B subject (even if it means sacrificing the A* for an A... I don't really want to go to the likes of Durham or UCL so I don't need A*AA.). And if I do take a gap year, can I still ask my school to give a reference?
Thank you so much if you took the time to read all of that it was mostly a rant but this stuff is so stressful

I was predicted A*AB and achieved AAA, you can still get into top universities, im studying Law rn