Hello !
I wanted to ask you guys for some advice as a year 13 student that wants to apply for law for 2026 . I have predicted grades of AAA to do law and i got them increased from my original predicted BBC in the mocks . But i want / need to apply to London unis so I can commute from home .
Law is very competitive as you know and all good london Russel groups want A*AA predicted so rn im very limited to actual good univerisities I can apply to , none of which are russel group. None of the ones i visited that I can get in with AAA or below excite me or make me excited to go .
I rather apply for intentional relations or Anthroplogy which still interest me on a good level and I may have higher chances of going to a russel group with like Kings or Queen mary or UCL . Im someone who values university prestige , I dont think I will be happy doing law at a lower ranked uni even if I love the degree . My only motivation for applying to law rn is i can do my masters at a way better uni after . For example do LLB at City St geogres and then Masters at Lse or Oxbridge . And also because i do genieunely find the degree so interesting and useful .
I don't know wether to apply to these mid unis that I dont want to go to , change my course to international relations and politics OR anther to get into RG unis ( which i wont really mind doing but i will have to write a new personal statement as everything i have done is for law ) or ask to get A*AA predicted .
OR apply with 2 subjects like Law and then a ps for IR but i think thats to much .
Also , the way my school system works with predicted grades is that 2-3 of my unis need to be with my original predicted grades so my teacher said i need to pick 2 -3 that are around the BBB-BBC mark . Which can leave me with 2-3 unis with A*AA .
I know you can get into clearing for alot of courses so I could apply for law and go through clearing for others but i dont want to rely on that .Also , i know that sometimes if you get an offer for A*AA they can let you in with AAA ( ive seen for queen mary law they often do that which i rrly liked the uni )but again im quite worried on having to rely on that . Ultimately i could write two personal statements ? Or take a gap year ?
Sorry for the long paragraph but I would really appreciate your advice

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