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LNAT cut off at kcl

Is it true that kcl has a cutoff of 30 for the lnat? I heard the average of 26/27 actually only applies to international students, how greedy. This is why it annoys me that they don't give the score for the lnat immediately after unlike the ucat. And its not because they're marking the essay because it isn't even a part of your mark. I know there are unis that care more about the essay section and compare your score to the average which needs everyone to have finished sitting it to collect ect. But I'd like to know the section A mark beforehand and apply strategically, bc sometimes a good essay couldn't even salvage it such as kcl who seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on section A for having a cut off similar to Oxbridge. Even LSE isn't that high

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by Levihour
Is it true that kcl has a cutoff of 30 for the lnat? I heard the average of 26/27 actually only applies to international students, how greedy. This is why it annoys me that they don't give the score for the lnat immediately after unlike the ucat. And its not because they're marking the essay because it isn't even a part of your mark. I know there are unis that care more about the essay section and compare your score to the average which needs everyone to have finished sitting it to collect ect. But I'd like to know the section A mark beforehand and apply strategically, bc sometimes a good essay couldn't even salvage it such as kcl who seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on section A for having a cut off similar to Oxbridge. Even LSE isn't that high

I agree with you so much! Especially since i want to apply to Cambridge, so it just feels like i'm gambling.
If i did really bad i could just not apply for law ut i have to guess because they don't give you the results straight away.

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And you never really know how well you've done my results vary. I average 28/29 on law in mind and the ultimate lnat revision guide but then I did a past paper on the lnat website and got 24 so 💀

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by Levihour
Is it true that kcl has a cutoff of 30 for the lnat? I heard the average of 26/27 actually only applies to international students, how greedy. This is why it annoys me that they don't give the score for the lnat immediately after unlike the ucat. And its not because they're marking the essay because it isn't even a part of your mark. I know there are unis that care more about the essay section and compare your score to the average which needs everyone to have finished sitting it to collect ect. But I'd like to know the section A mark beforehand and apply strategically, bc sometimes a good essay couldn't even salvage it such as kcl who seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on section A for having a cut off similar to Oxbridge. Even LSE isn't that high

I do agree omg, I feel like the way they do the LNAT results is so frustrating because I would rather know what I got right after... Btw how have you been revising?

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I did 5weeks of practice and then when school started the workload was too much to balance so I rescheduled it to later in Dec. First before any practice I did a mock on the Law in Mind website to see where I'm at and then I used the ultimate LNAT guide textbook to understand the essay section bc they have 15 annotated essays with examiner comments and I did some of the questions in there - not timed and then started timing myself with questions I found in the official lnat website from past papers and in Lnat ninja. I also did half of the section A questions in the textbook already (timed) and then I moved on to doing all the full mocks in law in mind and I did some questions in lnat ninja tho there is a limit to how many free questions you get. Then I moved on to the most accurate source - actual mock papers from the lnat website and completed those. I spent an hour a day. I read some news articles about current affairs and popular topics on abortion and internet safety, ethusanasia ect. I found some tips that when doing section A you can skim through the introduction and conclusion for questions that ask you to summarise the text or give it a title. Try reading the questions first to know what you're searching for while reading, after reading it fully if you're trying to find words learn to skim quick. For the essay practice your spelling and typing speed cuz I heard in the exam it won't show you your grammar and spelling mistakes. Include one counterargument in your essay but make sure it's not too strong to the point that it throws off your main argument, counter that argument with your own to prove why yours is the better argument. In the intro they say it's a waste of time to outline what you're answering such as saying "in this essay I will be arguing for abortion rights" as they already know what you're answering so no need to take up unnecessary words. Instead you could for the first sentence give a definition into the key terminology in the question such as what abortion is, and then express your argument - you can use first person here but throughout your essay use "some may argue". Have 3 main body paragraphs. Oh and there's a free mock on arbito

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by Levihour
I did 5weeks of practice and then when school started the workload was too much to balance so I rescheduled it to later in Dec. First before any practice I did a mock on the Law in Mind website to see where I'm at and then I used the ultimate LNAT guide textbook to understand the essay section bc they have 15 annotated essays with examiner comments and I did some of the questions in there - not timed and then started timing myself with questions I found in the official lnat website from past papers and in Lnat ninja. I also did half of the section A questions in the textbook already (timed) and then I moved on to doing all the full mocks in law in mind and I did some questions in lnat ninja tho there is a limit to how many free questions you get. Then I moved on to the most accurate source - actual mock papers from the lnat website and completed those. I spent an hour a day. I read some news articles about current affairs and popular topics on abortion and internet safety, ethusanasia ect. I found some tips that when doing section A you can skim through the introduction and conclusion for questions that ask you to summarise the text or give it a title. Try reading the questions first to know what you're searching for while reading, after reading it fully if you're trying to find words learn to skim quick. For the essay practice your spelling and typing speed cuz I heard in the exam it won't show you your grammar and spelling mistakes. Include one counterargument in your essay but make sure it's not too strong to the point that it throws off your main argument, counter that argument with your own to prove why yours is the better argument. In the intro they say it's a waste of time to outline what you're answering such as saying "in this essay I will be arguing for abortion rights" as they already know what you're answering so no need to take up unnecessary words. Instead you could for the first sentence give a definition into the key terminology in the question such as what abortion is, and then express your argument - you can use first person here but throughout your essay use "some may argue". Have 3 main body paragraphs. Oh and there's a free mock on arbito


this is EXTREMELY helpful thank you so much! i will be using this advice and thanks for taking time to write this all.. also do you think LNAT ninja has “accurate” exam practice?

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by nohaelh1
this is EXTREMELY helpful thank you so much! i will be using this advice and thanks for taking time to write this all.. also do you think LNAT ninja has “accurate” exam practice?

I heard it's easier but ppl say this with every recourse, the textbook and lnat ninja and law in mind is called easier and arbito is called harder. I haven't sat mine yet so not sure tho I found that a lot of the passages and questions that were in the Law in Mind mocks were in the 2 free mock papers in the lnat website so it must be relatively accurate but the most accurate thing is those 2 papers they have on there so maybe save those for last after you've used all the other sources as practice

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by Levihour
Is it true that kcl has a cutoff of 30 for the lnat? I heard the average of 26/27 actually only applies to international students, how greedy. This is why it annoys me that they don't give the score for the lnat immediately after unlike the ucat. And its not because they're marking the essay because it isn't even a part of your mark. I know there are unis that care more about the essay section and compare your score to the average which needs everyone to have finished sitting it to collect ect. But I'd like to know the section A mark beforehand and apply strategically, bc sometimes a good essay couldn't even salvage it such as kcl who seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on section A for having a cut off similar to Oxbridge. Even LSE isn't that high

I spoke to someone at admissions at kcl open day and they said their cutoff (as in complete disregard) was 14?

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I'm a home student at KCL doing law and cut-off score for home students was 30. For internationals, something like 26/27.

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by siogj
I'm a home student at KCL doing law and cut-off score for home students was 30. For internationals, something like 26/27.
These unis are so greedy for some international scraps whilst also bringing up our tuition fees once again

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by mayastudies11
I spoke to someone at admissions at kcl open day and they said their cutoff (as in complete disregard) was 14?

Idek how that would work I also heard about a student who got 14 that got into law at kcl, maybe they ticked off like every contextual requirment or had some extenuating circumstance

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by Levihour
Idek how that would work I also heard about a student who got 14 that got into law at kcl, maybe they ticked off like every contextual requirment or had some extenuating circumstance

Probably very particular circumstances. No home student on the straight Law LLB course got below 30. Yes it's done because universities are greedy for those international fees. Most my friends got rejected because of the absurd cut off score.

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