Applying for Law

Hey guys, just wondering if this is a good idea. I plan on applying to Lse, UCL/Kings, Warwick, Bristol/Queen Marie’s, Durham for law
My predicted grades A*A*A but I think I could get them to A*A*A*
I do bio chem math, and am feeling quite confident in Bio, and math, since I do a lot of ppq and understand the content quite well, chem I need to improve on but I have begun studying a lot more and results have shown
In terms of super curriculars, I’ve done bar mock trial, The Peter cane legal reasoning competition, gone to my local crown court to view cases. I will be reading some books about Law, and have work experience lined up at a firm, and have entered in some online classes where you meet solicitors and barristers from top law firms, on zoom, I plan on trying to get some of my work idk what exactly, published in a small newspaper, since they accept student writings
And for the LNAT, I tried some mock papers and tried a revision website which all went quite well, time wasnt an issue, and I did quite well in terms of score (only Section A)
And Bristol Uni has a summer school program for 2-3 days online, where if I get accepted into it, and complete it, I am eligible for a guaranteed contextual offer of ABB, which is why I plan on applying there if I do get into it
And for Durham, I know it’s very competitive but I saw a lot of people saying they got in with ABB or AAB and very few super curriculars
And I’d love to go Lse or Kings/Ucl (I know kings have a very high cut off for the LNAT, but unlike UCL, they don’t take into account Section B of the LNAT) since I went to an open day at Lse, for MSc in Law and finance, just to see the uni etc, since I had free time, and I met the Dean of the uni and other heads of department, who were all quite impressed etc, and said I’d be competitive applicant, so would it be wise to apply there, even though they have a 7-10% acceptance rate?
Since a lot of people say to apply to some very safe options, so idk if im being overly confident and thinking abt applying to those unis? Since I want to go to a top uni, and these are the ones I’d really like to go to.

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I was wanted to say what determine your a levle predicted grades if you are in yr 12 isn’t it too early. Have you gotten as levels any sort of that so how does your school determine your a level grades prediction? Also what is your gcse stats?

Hey guys, just wondering if this is a good idea. I plan on applying to Lse, UCL/Kings, Warwick, Bristol/Queen Marie’s, Durham for law
My predicted grades A*A*A but I think I could get them to A*A*A*
I do bio chem math, and am feeling quite confident in Bio, and math, since I do a lot of ppq and understand the content quite well, chem I need to improve on but I have begun studying a lot more and results have shown
In terms of super curriculars, I’ve done bar mock trial, The Peter cane legal reasoning competition, gone to my local crown court to view cases. I will be reading some books about Law, and have work experience lined up at a firm, and have entered in some online classes where you meet solicitors and barristers from top law firms, on zoom, I plan on trying to get some of my work idk what exactly, published in a small newspaper, since they accept student writings
And for the LNAT, I tried some mock papers and tried a revision website which all went quite well, time wasnt an issue, and I did quite well in terms of score (only Section A)
And Bristol Uni has a summer school program for 2-3 days online, where if I get accepted into it, and complete it, I am eligible for a guaranteed contextual offer of ABB, which is why I plan on applying there if I do get into it
And for Durham, I know it’s very competitive but I saw a lot of people saying they got in with ABB or AAB and very few super curriculars
And I’d love to go Lse or Kings/Ucl (I know kings have a very high cut off for the LNAT, but unlike UCL, they don’t take into account Section B of the LNAT) since I went to an open day at Lse, for MSc in Law and finance, just to see the uni etc, since I had free time, and I met the Dean of the uni and other heads of department, who were all quite impressed etc, and said I’d be competitive applicant, so would it be wise to apply there, even though they have a 7-10% acceptance rate?
Since a lot of people say to apply to some very safe options, so idk if im being overly confident and thinking abt applying to those unis? Since I want to go to a top uni, and these are the ones I’d really like to go to.

Have you ruled out Oxford and Cambridge? By "Queen Marie's" do you mean QMUL or QMB?

Hi, so I asked my teachers, based on all my previous exams (and some extra tests I did, eg, practice papers, and I’d ask for some practice questions on whatever topic we’d have done that day or week, then give them back for them to mark) and I’d usually go ahead of the class and make notes, so in the lesson it would be more active recall than learning jt for the first time, and they all said A*A*A or around that, and then I did some more EOT tests at home, to see how much I know about the topic, and they all went quite well, which is why I do think I can get those grades. And also- my teachers said that even though this is only a prediction, students in previous years who got A* were similar to me, in terms of test results etc. I do know that I could be very wrong, but if I keep revising and doing ppq it should be achievable.

Really? That’s amazing, I’ll think about then, since I’ll also be applying for a contextual offer, and what were his predicted grades?

Oh yh he got all A* in a level and All A* predicted so remember they look at it wholly on your academic profile and Cambridge does in fact care about a levels then GCSEs but I don’t know why Oxford is so different

I haven’t ruled them out, it’s just that it’s probably going to be very unlikely I get in, since my GCSEs aren’t the best, compared to other applicants, and at best, I could have 3 A*, whereas most others would have that and more, since they’d be doing an EPQ, have more work experience, etc, and probably come from private schools.
What do you think though? Would I have a competitive application? Personally I don’t think so- and for all the unis I am applying to, Im applying for contextual offer, with, in my opinion, very serious extenuating circumstances, that seriously affected my GCSE results, and are kind of on going, but I’m preparing and making notes etc now, so should anything happen later on, I’ll be in a good position.
And I mean QMUL sorry for the confusion , and just wondering but what is QMB?

Hey guys, just wondering if this is a good idea. I plan on applying to Lse, UCL/Kings, Warwick, Bristol/Queen Marie’s, Durham for law
My predicted grades A*A*A but I think I could get them to A*A*A*
I do bio chem math, and am feeling quite confident in Bio, and math, since I do a lot of ppq and understand the content quite well, chem I need to improve on but I have begun studying a lot more and results have shown
In terms of super curriculars, I’ve done bar mock trial, The Peter cane legal reasoning competition, gone to my local crown court to view cases. I will be reading some books about Law, and have work experience lined up at a firm, and have entered in some online classes where you meet solicitors and barristers from top law firms, on zoom, I plan on trying to get some of my work idk what exactly, published in a small newspaper, since they accept student writings
And for the LNAT, I tried some mock papers and tried a revision website which all went quite well, time wasnt an issue, and I did quite well in terms of score (only Section A)
And Bristol Uni has a summer school program for 2-3 days online, where if I get accepted into it, and complete it, I am eligible for a guaranteed contextual offer of ABB, which is why I plan on applying there if I do get into it
And for Durham, I know it’s very competitive but I saw a lot of people saying they got in with ABB or AAB and very few super curriculars
And I’d love to go Lse or Kings/Ucl (I know kings have a very high cut off for the LNAT, but unlike UCL, they don’t take into account Section B of the LNAT) since I went to an open day at Lse, for MSc in Law and finance, just to see the uni etc, since I had free time, and I met the Dean of the uni and other heads of department, who were all quite impressed etc, and said I’d be competitive applicant, so would it be wise to apply there, even though they have a 7-10% acceptance rate?
Since a lot of people say to apply to some very safe options, so idk if im being overly confident and thinking abt applying to those unis? Since I want to go to a top uni, and these are the ones I’d really like to go to.

Hello,
It sounds like you are doing everything you possibly can to get into the University for Law, which is very competitive regardless of which university you go to. However, I would highly advise that you pick at least one university with much lower grades as an insurance choice just in case you get offers from all the above but are all very high and the slim chance that you don't get the grades you hope for at A Level. You can understand the content as much as you like but even the best students get things wrong whether that is little mistakes from the stress of exams, or it being a bad day or just the wrong questions coming up and it being a particularly difficult paper. The worst that can happen is you will have to enter university through clearing, and this is not a bad thing because many of the best students get into university through clearing, but it may mean it is harder for you to find a place on a course of your choice, especially law with it being so competitive.
The other side of this is you need to choose a university where you will be happy. Do not just pick a university because you perceive it to have a really good reputation. You need to like the university and the city, you need to be comfortable there and be able to call it your home. There are many stories of students who get into top universities and end up hating it because it is not the right place for them and they chose it purely because of the reputation. Please keep all this in mind because ultimately it does not really matter which university you go to, a degree is a degree especially when it comes to law. Employers and people love a law degree regardless of where it comes from.
I hope this helps, if you do have any further questions please do let me know!
Charlie
Law LLB Student