Hi there!
I heard many people said that you need a "strong first" to be admitted to the BCL course (or Cambridge LLM). What do people mean by a "strong first"? Does it mean that an average score of 70% is not strong enough? Has anyone been admitted to these courses with an average score of of 70% or 71%?
Thank you!

Hi all,

Just wondering which college to apply to... my application got left late unfortunately so I still have this decision to make.

Does anyone know which colleges take high numbers of BCLers (~10) and which take the meagre one or two?

ASAP_______

Hi

I am sailing on late applicants boat. Havent yet submitted my application. I am lawyer from India. Could any suggest specialization / faculty/ job oriented wise college list?

Has anyone else received an email from Graduate Admissions stating that a document (in my case, a transcript) is missing from their application even though in fact it isn't and the application is complete?

I received a 'your admission is complete' message (for MJur), but one of my referee (according to embark) did not upload his reference. Maybe he did, but I did not receive a automatic message.

Oxford are apparently asking me for a non-existent document.

"The issue seems to be that your Cambridge transcript contains no recorded marks. We recommend contacting the University directly to query this, because the marks you received during your undergraduate degree will be needed when the admissions team assess your application."

Unfortunately, because I graduated from Cambridge in 2000, there is no such thing as a transcript that records marks, only a transcript that records degree class.

Fun.

Oxford are apparently asking me for a non-existent document.

"The issue seems to be that your Cambridge transcript contains no recorded marks. We recommend contacting the University directly to query this, because the marks you received during your undergraduate degree will be needed when the admissions team assess your application."

Unfortunately, because I graduated from Cambridge in 2000, there is no such thing as a transcript that records marks, only a transcript that records degree class.

Fun.

Oxford are apparently asking me for a non-existent document.

"The issue seems to be that your Cambridge transcript contains no recorded marks. We recommend contacting the University directly to query this, because the marks you received during your undergraduate degree will be needed when the admissions team assess your application."

Unfortunately, because I graduated from Cambridge in 2000, there is no such thing as a transcript that records marks, only a transcript that records degree class.

Fun.

I know of someone else who had this problem (graduated many years ago then worked at a city law firm, before going back to do the BCL).

Unfortunately I don't know what he did! You may have to ask the Student Registry to certify your marks, but I don't know what can be done if they don't have that information on record if it is pre-2000.

Panic over, Oxford have got back to me again and decided they don't care what my marks are, which makes sense given that my Cambridge degree from 14 years ago was in Maths, and I'm applying for the BCL on the strength of my more recent degree from elsewhere :)

Panic over, Oxford have got back to me again and decided they don't care what my marks are, which makes sense given that my Cambridge degree from 14 years ago was in Maths, and I'm applying for the BCL on the strength of my more recent degree from elsewhere :)

at least they care about you, applying for the llm at Cam is like sending your application into a blackhole, if something is wrong with your application it will merely not proceed to assessment and you will not even know about it...

Ah you had the 'pleasure' of applying there last year did you? I'm waiting to hear from them now... hopefully my form is okay.

How's UCL? I have an offer there already.

Ah you had the 'pleasure' of applying there last year did you? I'm waiting to hear from them now... hopefully my form is okay.

How's UCL? I have an offer there already.

good memory Mark! :)
I didnt get the national scholarship last year in my home country (which I really counted on) so I deferred my place and decided to apply to Cam once again...

Thanks, good luck to you too, fingers crossed!

Did anyone else get an email only today saying that their application is complete?

I was so worried that it would say that I missed something out - it's now past the deadline so it would be too late to fix it!

Hi Quistclose

I received my "application complete" e-mail immediately after I submitted my application online.

Good luck to you!

Does Oxford conduct interviews for BCL?

Does Oxford conduct interviews for BCL?

Does Oxford conduct interviews for BCL?

No.

If the last two years' timetables are anything to go by, offers and rejections should be out Mon/Tue next week, or maybe even Friday this week.

So not long to wait now.

Does Oxford conduct interviews for BCL?

No.

If the last two years' timetables are anything to go by, offers and rejections should be out Mon/Tue next week, or maybe even Friday this week.

So not long to wait now.

Could well be that soon.

But the deadline this year was also a week later. Though you are right to say that they usually do send the outcomes a week or two before the last date that they say they will (contrast Cambridge).

Does Oxford conduct interviews for BCL?

No.

If the last two years' timetables are anything to go by, offers and rejections should be out Mon/Tue next week, or maybe even Friday this week.

So not long to wait now.

Could well be that soon.

But the deadline this year was also a week later. Though you are right to say that they usually do send the outcomes a week or two before the last date that they say they will (contrast Cambridge).

It seems as though MLF offers started being made yesterday. Perhaps that is a sign that BCL applications will be considered relatively soon. I say that only because MLF offers were out on Friday 8th March last year, and the first BCL offers were made on Monday 11th March (i.e. next working day).

Of course, that may be a mere coincidence that doesn't hold true this year.