How likely am I to get an offer?
Hi! I know it's pointless to ask this question, after all how could anyone know if even I don't know and I have all the stats. I also know that I ultimately just have to wait for the decisions to come, but because of how anxious the wait is making me feel, I thought I would ask anyway. I applied to UCL for law and French law, and I applied to King's for PPL, and I applied to Bristol for Law and French. First of all, if anyone knows around when decisions come out for these specific courses ( I have looked for info but could not find it) it would be incredibly helpful, as I am pretty sure that the decisions are not released in the same timeframe as the straight law decisions. The question I really want to ask, but which I know I cannot get an answer to, is whether I will get in to any of these courses. But if anyone takes the time to humour me, I will provide you with more details.
I was rejected from Oxford (not even shortlisted for the interview) so I already know that my application was not strong enough to get the Oxford interview. I have good predicted grades so it probably was due to one or several or all of the following: personal statement, reference, lnat score, lnat essay.
Regarding my reference, I don't know how good it is as I do not know how my referee writes this stuff and I know he had a lot of other ones to write so he might not have been able to spend a lot of time on it, however I do know that he likes me and I have done well in his class so far.
For my personal statement: I mention a couple books in passing, the fact that I speak multiple languages, and a lot of the activities I have done (drama, tutoring, very big presence in school activities etc.) and I think the whole personal statement is relevant to law (with some references to some French books/literature for the French courses and one reference to philosophy which might not be enough for the PPL course). I think in my personal statement I have an adequate amount of past experiences that I talk about which show my capacity to do such a course, however, the personal statement itself I am quite disappointed with. I think that I did not realise it at the time but it can sometimes diverge into seeming a bit like a list. I also mention a book that most people mention in their personal statement which might not be a goof thing. I have since had to write personal statements for other courses (for another country) and I realise that I much prefer the new ones I have written because for the UCAS personal statement I was trying not to sound boastful and I think I might have, in that effort, not used enough specific and fancy words. I also think that I mentioned things I have done too much rather than talking about things that interest me and actually having a passage on a subject or talking about something in more depth.
My lnat mcq probably did not go well as the practise ones did not go well but I cannot know.
My lnat essay was too short, I did not have time to spell check, I disliked it from the moment I wrote it. It was overall not very sharp or good, however I did manage to mention a philosophical concept and some relevant current events.
I have also received one offer from a Russel group uni which does require the lnat, however this does not give me any insight as they don't use the lnat, and my predicted grades probably carried the application so I don't know how much my personal statement weighed.
I cannot give my predicted grades as they are not A level grades but from another system. I do more subjects than in the A level system but all my grades would be equal to As or A*s (and unless I'm mistaken, I think most would be A*)
I know that no one can actually tell me if I will get in, but if anyone could either reassure me, or let me know not to get my hopes up, and also let me know if they know when the results come out, I would appreciate it.
I was rejected from Oxford (not even shortlisted for the interview) so I already know that my application was not strong enough to get the Oxford interview. I have good predicted grades so it probably was due to one or several or all of the following: personal statement, reference, lnat score, lnat essay.
Regarding my reference, I don't know how good it is as I do not know how my referee writes this stuff and I know he had a lot of other ones to write so he might not have been able to spend a lot of time on it, however I do know that he likes me and I have done well in his class so far.
For my personal statement: I mention a couple books in passing, the fact that I speak multiple languages, and a lot of the activities I have done (drama, tutoring, very big presence in school activities etc.) and I think the whole personal statement is relevant to law (with some references to some French books/literature for the French courses and one reference to philosophy which might not be enough for the PPL course). I think in my personal statement I have an adequate amount of past experiences that I talk about which show my capacity to do such a course, however, the personal statement itself I am quite disappointed with. I think that I did not realise it at the time but it can sometimes diverge into seeming a bit like a list. I also mention a book that most people mention in their personal statement which might not be a goof thing. I have since had to write personal statements for other courses (for another country) and I realise that I much prefer the new ones I have written because for the UCAS personal statement I was trying not to sound boastful and I think I might have, in that effort, not used enough specific and fancy words. I also think that I mentioned things I have done too much rather than talking about things that interest me and actually having a passage on a subject or talking about something in more depth.
My lnat mcq probably did not go well as the practise ones did not go well but I cannot know.
My lnat essay was too short, I did not have time to spell check, I disliked it from the moment I wrote it. It was overall not very sharp or good, however I did manage to mention a philosophical concept and some relevant current events.
I have also received one offer from a Russel group uni which does require the lnat, however this does not give me any insight as they don't use the lnat, and my predicted grades probably carried the application so I don't know how much my personal statement weighed.
I cannot give my predicted grades as they are not A level grades but from another system. I do more subjects than in the A level system but all my grades would be equal to As or A*s (and unless I'm mistaken, I think most would be A*)
I know that no one can actually tell me if I will get in, but if anyone could either reassure me, or let me know not to get my hopes up, and also let me know if they know when the results come out, I would appreciate it.
Reply 1
Sorry to hear you're struggling, applying to uni is a scary thing to navigate! Sounds like you've got a strong application judging on your grades. The oxford admission system is very very complex, I would encourage you not to dwell too much on the rejection. Also, the odds of getting into law at oxford aren't great, it's very oversubscribed! I know a lot of people who definitely would have fit into oxford not getting in.
In terms of your other unis, I'm surprised you haven't heard yet but I can't really say if they might accept you. Sadly all you have to do is keep going and wait 😕 it's painful but that's just how ucas is set up.
Good luck
In terms of your other unis, I'm surprised you haven't heard yet but I can't really say if they might accept you. Sadly all you have to do is keep going and wait 😕 it's painful but that's just how ucas is set up.
Good luck
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