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A-Levels to get into a Law degree?

  
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A-Levels to get into a Law degree?

Postby lorimar » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:06 pm

Basically I have already chosen my A-Level choices however I'm starting to doubt whether they are the best subjects to take in order to get into a russell group university to do a law degree. Although I already know that in the future I want to be a Corporate Lawyer, hence Business Studies is necessary.
These are the subjects that I have chosen to take and start in September, however they can still be altered at the moment:
Law (So that I can get background information on what I'll be doing for the rest of my life, and also so that I can be sure that it is what I definitely want to do.)
Maths (Supposed to be a respected A-Level, that universities admire you for taking. Got an A at GCSE, so could drop it 6 months before the majority of my year.)
English Literature (An essay subject and also supposedly seen to be admired by universities. Like Maths I also got an A in this 6 months early and so could drop it, although I decided to retake and go for an A*.)
Business Studies (Purely because I know that I want to go into Corporate Law. It was also one of my best subjects at GCSE (A*))
BTEC Sport (I know that this seems random to take with my other subjects but PE is currently my best subject (predicted an A*- awaiting results) I have done it all my life and is basically my back up plan in life, well both Sports and Finance are my 'back-up plans' in life if law becomes unrealistic, this is another reason why I decided to take Business and Maths... But as for justifying taking Sport, coursework is my strong point. All of this means that I have been able to talk to my current teacher- whom is also the teacher who I'll have throughout the next 2 years (maybe 1) and he has already predicted me a D* in the course which means that I would have an A* in it.)

Do you feel that I have chosen the right subjects and also managed to justify them all well? Or should I consider changing them?

Oh also if all 5 became too much work after AS then I'd probably drop Maths for A2 (providing that I haven't completed Sport at the end of AS) as it takes up on average 8 hours of individual study time a week.
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A-Levels to get into a Law degree?

Postby link » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:12 pm

If you are planning to go to a Russell Group university then I would advise you not to take Law, as they do not really like to subject, and to continue with Maths to A2 rather than dropping it.
The Russell Group released a document called 'informed choices' which was to help people choose their A Levels with the knowledge of what their universities look for. This includes a list of 'facilitating' subjects, which are the ones that they recommend that you take. They said that you should take at least two of these, and the only subjects from your choices that are considered 'facilitating' subjects are English Lit and Maths.
Law is a very competitive subject to try and get into, particularly at a Russell Group university, and so you want to try and choose the best subjects to have a chance of getting into university. Essay subjects would be the best, so if you could then History might be a good subject to take as most people tend to do English Lit and History, although it is not essential.
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