The Student Room Group

LSE Rejection :/

I've applied for an LLB at UCL, LSE, KCL and SOAS. I graduated from Cambridge nearly 4 years ago with a 2:1 in Natsci and have since been working in admin. I found out last week that I got 28 in the LNAT which had me feeling a little concerned.

Tonight I receiced a rejection from LSE. My prior research told me that UCL and KCL were more competitive than LSE, so I'm starting to spiral pretty badly that this SOAS is now my only hope.

Should I face facts that UCL and KCL (my top 2 choices) are unlikely now given my LSE rejection, or do we know anything about differences in acceptance criteria which might work in my favour?

EDIT: LSE just confirmed the reason for my rejection is no formal study in the last three years. Looks like this may be a standard requirement so I might be cooked folks.
(edited 2 months ago)
Original post
by Cocovercoe
I've applied for an LLB at UCL, LSE, KCL and SOAS. I graduated from Cambridge nearly 4 years ago with a 2:1 in Natsci and have since been working in admin. I found out last week that I got 28 in the LNAT which had me feeling a little concerned.

Tonight I receiced a rejection from LSE. My prior research told me that UCL and KCL were more competitive than LSE, so I'm starting to spiral pretty badly that this SOAS is now my only hope.

Should I face facts that UCL and KCL (my top 2 choices) are unlikely now given my LSE rejection, or do we know anything about differences in acceptance criteria which might work in my favour?

Just because LSE didn't make you an offer doesn't mean that either of the other two won't even if on average more competitive. LSE is notoriously picky about personal statements for example...


Also on average KCL seems to have a much higher rate for law (about 20% or so last year?).

Reply 2

i got a rejection too with 28/42 in my lnat for durham, absolutely gutted
Original post
by Cocovercoe
LSE just confirmed the reason for my rejection is no formal study in the last three years. Looks like this may be a standard requirement so I might be cooked folks.


Unis have different cutoffs for 'recent study', I would say 3 and 5 yrs are the most common. So one rejection doesn't mean the same outcome elsewhere. Do keep us updated.

Reply 4

Original post
by Cocovercoe
I've applied for an LLB at UCL, LSE, KCL and SOAS. I graduated from Cambridge nearly 4 years ago with a 2:1 in Natsci and have since been working in admin. I found out last week that I got 28 in the LNAT which had me feeling a little concerned.
Tonight I receiced a rejection from LSE. My prior research told me that UCL and KCL were more competitive than LSE, so I'm starting to spiral pretty badly that this SOAS is now my only hope.
Should I face facts that UCL and KCL (my top 2 choices) are unlikely now given my LSE rejection, or do we know anything about differences in acceptance criteria which might work in my favour?
EDIT: LSE just confirmed the reason for my rejection is no formal study in the last three years. Looks like this may be a standard requirement so I might be cooked folks.

Hello @Cocovercoe,

I am so sorry to hear about the rejection. I cannot speak on behalf of other universities, but with regard to SOAS your academic gap does not impact your application in anyway if you are applying for an LLB undergraduate degree. If you were to apply for a masters this would be slightly different because some correlation between your undergraduate and postgraduate is advised but your application would still be considered and handed over to an academic.

The main focus for SOAS is so show interest in your degree area in your personal statement and for your CV (for postgraduate applications only) to outline what experience and what you have been doing before, during and after you graduated from Cambridge. Your experience is also something to include in a UCAS application as well.

Good luck with the rest of your applications. If you have any questions, let me know.

Reply 5

Original post
by SOAS Rep Marjaan
Hello @Cocovercoe,
I am so sorry to hear about the rejection. I cannot speak on behalf of other universities, but with regard to SOAS your academic gap does not impact your application in anyway if you are applying for an LLB undergraduate degree. If you were to apply for a masters this would be slightly different because some correlation between your undergraduate and postgraduate is advised but your application would still be considered and handed over to an academic.
The main focus for SOAS is so show interest in your degree area in your personal statement and for your CV (for postgraduate applications only) to outline what experience and what you have been doing before, during and after you graduated from Cambridge. Your experience is also something to include in a UCAS application as well.
Good luck with the rest of your applications. If you have any questions, let me know.

Thats a real relief to hear! Thank you so much!

Reply 6

Original post
by Cocovercoe
I've applied for an LLB at UCL, LSE, KCL and SOAS. I graduated from Cambridge nearly 4 years ago with a 2:1 in Natsci and have since been working in admin. I found out last week that I got 28 in the LNAT which had me feeling a little concerned.
Tonight I receiced a rejection from LSE. My prior research told me that UCL and KCL were more competitive than LSE, so I'm starting to spiral pretty badly that this SOAS is now my only hope.
Should I face facts that UCL and KCL (my top 2 choices) are unlikely now given my LSE rejection, or do we know anything about differences in acceptance criteria which might work in my favour?
EDIT: LSE just confirmed the reason for my rejection is no formal study in the last three years. Looks like this may be a standard requirement so I might be cooked folks.

Update! I got an offer from KCL!! All was indeed not lost :biggrin:

Quick Reply

How The Student Room is moderated

To keep The Student Room safe for everyone, we moderate posts that are added to the site.