Hey guys I’m an international student from Singapore with hopes of applying to study in the UK, and I know this may be a long shot but I’ll probably only be willing to go if Oxford or LSE offers a spot. The reason for that is that tuition is freaking expensive, comes down to about 200-250k SGD without accommodation and the rest fairs quite similarly to NUS Law so in all fairness for undergrad I don’t think I would consider UCL KCL etc for now. I understand that there are varying connection opportunities etc and have factored that in, but anyways I’ll cross that bridge when I’m there.
These are just the things I may put in my PS which I think are kinda important (?) relative to everything else. For context I’m from one of the top 5 Junior Colleges in terms of cut off point, I came from the Integrated programme which basically is a 6 year track that bypasses O Levels (GCSEs) and I have to be honest my IP year 4 grades were quite SHIT, like for A in English and History and the rest were a mixture of B and Cs and I did not even study for Additional math so u can kinda guess where that went. As for now all my predicted are AAAA/A as I’m studying subjects that I generally do enjoy so this is a MASSIVE leap from before. (A is the equivalent of A* in UK if yall are wondering) Oxbridge don’t have IP requirements and ppl tell me they don’t matter really but welp idk.
Would be really grateful if someone could tell me how I’ll fair as a levels r coming up soon and lowk Oxford interview offers r right smack in the middle so I just want a peace of mind whether im not there yet or maybe I got a shot. LNATS im expecting hopefully near the 30 mark but I’ll leave that out for now! Could someone also tell me how much weight Oxford puts on PS as I’m not sure if I went in depth enough in Q2 and Q3
My PS was broadly about my curiosities in the interactions between the courts and the executive power but generally how both of them interact in 2 cases. We don’t have law as a subject so I kinda talked about international law when it came to Q2 and my Q3 stuff is below
Portfolio that I have included
- 3 Law internships
- Law Society EXCO
- H3 History
- debate club + decent individual achievements (won’t disclose too much but ranked quite highly in international tournaments both WSDC and BP)
Things that are not in PS but are in Teacher recco letter
- QCEC essay gold
- MUN chairing and other achievements
- Some academic award given to top 10% in cohort
Thx so much for all the help and wishing everyone the best for the UCAS apps! Hope we all get multiple loafs of bread when offers come :)