Clearing

Hello, just a quick question. Applied for Law and since I didn’t do the LNAT I obviously only applied to unis that don’t require it, however on clearing if unis that did require the LNAT, for example UCL, had spaces open, could I apply or is that out of the question? Thanks.

Reply 1

cksiu

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by georgezra34

It is highly unlikely that LNAT unis would go to Clearing, they are very highly competitive and oversubscribed. Put it into context their typical offers are A*AA and there are about 6,000 LNAT candidates every year. (quite unlikely thatstudents with predicted grades significantly below the typical offer grades would go for LNAT)

Reply 2

Stiffy Byng

Original post by georgezra34

I would go further than "highly unlikely" and say "impossible". You will never see UCL offering places for law in clearing.

Reply 3

georgezra34

Original post by Stiffy Byng

I would go further than "highly unlikely" and say "impossible". You will never see UCL offering places for law in clearing.

My question is hypothetical and I only used UCL as an example. The question is that if they did participate in clearing would I able to apply to initial LNAT requiring unis without having taken the LNAT? with the expected grades obviously.

Reply 4

Stiffy Byng

The if is the problem. It is very unlikely that any of the universities which require the LNAT would be in clearing. If they were, I would expect them to insist on an LNAT score, to maintain a fair competitive system, but you'd have to ask each university.

Reply 5

cksiu

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by Stiffy Byng

I would go further than "highly unlikely" and say "impossible". You will never see UCL offering places for law in clearing.

"Impossible" better describes the situation than "highly unlikely".
Every year there are about 6,000 LNAT candidates competing for places offered by eight LNAT unis (Oxbridge, Bristol, Durham, Glasgow, KCL, LSE and UCL). So on average over 770 applications per uni, all with predicted grades not far below A*AA. It is hard to imagine these unis couldn't fill all their vacancies with such abundant supply of high calibre applicants.