a levels for law in uni? (aiming for cambridge or oxford)

imogenwoods

applied for english language (grade 8 almost 9), economics (no gcse) and psychology (no gcse) at the moment.

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Sol423

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by imogenwoods

applied for english language (grade 8 almost 9), economics (no gcse) and psychology (no gcse) at the moment.

these would work to get law but economics and psychology both have a bit of maths so you just have to be comfortable with that. if you don't like maths you could drop one in favour for sociology or history

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imogenwoods

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by Sol423

i enjoy maths :smile:

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Talkative Toad

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by imogenwoods

applied for english language (grade 8 almost 9), economics (no gcse) and psychology (no gcse) at the moment.

Have you check the websites of universities?

Usually law has no specific subject entry requirements.

From Cambridge:
“We don't ask for any specific subjects to apply to Law. We recommend these subjects for a strong application:

English (language or literature)
History
Languages (ancient or modern)”

https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/law-ba-hons

For Oxford:
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/course-listing/law-jurisprudence

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imogenwoods

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by Talkative Toad

Have you check the websites of universities?
Usually law has no specific subject entry requirements.
From Cambridge:
“We don't ask for any specific subjects to apply to Law. We recommend these subjects for a strong application:
English (language or literature)
History
Languages (ancient or modern)”
https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/law-ba-hons
For Oxford:
https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/course-listing/law-jurisprudence

should i change it to french? i got a 7

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Talkative Toad

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by imogenwoods

should i change it to french? i got a 7

Do you prefer French over the other subjects?

Also tagging @nwar who might be able to give better advice.

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imogenwoods

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by Talkative Toad

Do you prefer French over the other subjects?
Also tagging @nwar who might be able to give better advice.

i’m not super keen on eng lang but seeing as i did well i might as well do it. i kind of enjoy french but i’m not sure as i could learn that anytime.

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Talkative Toad

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by imogenwoods

i’m not super keen on eng lang but seeing as i did well i might as well do it. i kind of enjoy french but i’m not sure as i could learn that anytime.

I’d say that it’s better to do subjects that you enjoy/are confident that you can get that A-A* in.

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nwar

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Hello! Your A levels are perfectly fine afaik, Cambridge is really chill about different subject combinations for law. I took 3 STEM subjects and an arts subject 😅

Edit - as Talkative Toad said, the most important thing is to take subjects you enjoy because there's a much higher chance of securing good grades. Many of the Cambridge colleges now ask for A*A*A, which is put across in a very confusing way on their website.