Chronicles of Shobs- first year law student edition :)

Hey guys, guess who's back for another year of semi consistent GYG posts?
If you didn't see my GYG last year then let me just reintroduce myself and if you remember me then welcome back and I hope we're all doing better than ever before!
I'm Shobs- I'm entering my first year as a Law student at KCL and I'll be staying in Julian Markham House this year so if you have any questions about KCL/ what being a first year law student is like/ about my accomm then feel free to ask!
A bit of background to me- I studied Maths, Politics & Psychology for A Levels and I achieved ABB in them over summer. I originally created my first ever GYG just after the new year this year as I realised I wanted to take some more accountability with the amount of work/ revision I was actually doing and also just so I had somewhere to keep my thoughts and tasks organised. I applied to Oxford, KCL, Warwick, Southampton & Leicester all to study Law and I received offers from 4/5 of my universities & an interview from Hertford College at Oxford. I also achieved a 28/42 in the LNAT so if any of you in Year 12/13 or whatever year you may be in want some advice on the LNAT/ personal statement/ anything university related or law related then feel free to ask my questions on that too
I'll be studying four modules this year: Criminal Law, European Law, Public Law & Elements of the Law of Contract. Additionally for my first semester, my university also had a module called Legal Reasoning that we also have to take.
Outside of my studies, I am hoping to get my Grade 8 music exam done for the Piano by the end of 2025 (otherwise I am a bit screwed because the syllabus expires at the end of this year....) and I have also started going to Tamil School on Saturdays recently (I never went when I was younger and it has always been a dream of mine to read, write & speak Tamil properly and reconnect with my culture/ heritage & extended family who still live back home in Sri Lanka.)
Outside of all of that though, you will find me binging The Rookie/ any good series (I do love me some crime documentaries too) or drawing or just out and about socialising with my friends or on a discord call yapping away.
My goals for this academic year (will review these at some sort of regular interval throughout the year to see where I am with them):
- Join the Women's Football Team and try to go to training every week (just so I know I have some sort of exercise consistently going on to help maintain good wellbeing & mental health)
- Try and do my very best to get a First in my exams at the end of the year without burning myself out/ mentally draining myself- I want to make the most out of my Professors' office hours so I hope to be going to them consistently if I'm not understanding anything/ want to enhance my knowledge further/ just want their advice on how they would answer past paper questions, etc. My main goal for wanting good grade for first year if because I am thinking about applying for
Kings' Law LLB with Transnational Legal Studies LLM pathway. That's where I spend a semester abroad at Georgetown and then a semester at Georgetown's Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London in between my 2nd & 3rd year
- Try and be more accepting of the fact that it is okay to just not be okay at times but what isn't okay is to pretend I'm fine and then let it all come crashing down at important moments- I found myself doing that a lot during Year 13 and I went through quite a lot of rough patches that I wouldn't have found myself in if I had just been more honest with myself and reached out for help from my friends/ family/ school counsellor when I needed to.
- Try and take advantage of every opportunity that arises- whether that's from making new friends/ joining new societies/ networking and making connections with people outside of the legal sector/ getting a job/ finding internship opportunities that align with my goals & interests. I just want to make the most of all the opportunities possible and ensure I have put myself into a comfortable position in terms of work experience/ developing my skills when I go into second year so I can be ready to apply for Vac Schemes & Training Contracts.
I think that's everything but I will update this as I go if I feel like there's anything else that needs to be added in .
Here's to hopefully some more consistent GYG posts this year though I don't think there'll be a lot of updates this coming week since I move into my accommodation tomorrow and then it's Fresher's but I will try my best to keep this updated!

Best of luck with this year, looking forward to following along!

Excited to follow your journey here! Best of luck with starting uni

Heyy I'm thinking of applying to KCL also for law! How do you find the student experience at uni ? Also congrats on getting in your stats are superb! 🙌🏿

Heyya- I've found the student experience really nice so far. I've definitely feel welcomed during Fresher's Week and I'm meant to meet my Personal tutor and Student Support Adviser within the next few weeks too so I'm sure that'll also be really nice. I think one like major bombshell for me has genuinely been how there's so much reading to do but I'm getting used to it. Tutorial prep hasn't been too bad either so far- all in all I've found it very chill so far and I've still had time to hang out with my friends & make new friends as well as attending taster sessions for some societies/ joining them too and joining the women's football team. I will absolutely try my best to keep you updated as the year progresses as to how I'm getting on and hopefully I will see you at KCL for Law in the near future too

hi! congrats on getting in to kcl that’s ahugee achievement!! i’m a year 13 student applying to kcl too and i want to make sure i get an offer. i just wanted to ask: do kcl care about your gcses? i also wanted to ask how u revised for the lnat? and also if u have any tips to make ur PS stand out? thank you so much!

damn its crazy how I remembered your GYG during A-Levels and it motivating me so much. I was able to get into KCL for law too! If you don't mind me asking how are you finding the readings for tutorials because some of them (the public law pre-reading and EU law pre-reading especially) seemed hella long and a bit lofty for 2 weeks into the degree. All the best for your studies and I hope we can both get as best grades as we can!