Officially rejected Oxford's BCL for Cambridge - can't be happier! Which college is everyone going to?
Dear citoyen99, may I ask how did you make your choice? I mean reject Oxford and choose Cambridge? I have received offers from Cambridge LLM and Oxford Magister Juris, but I am not so decided to choose one. Would you please help me? Thanks a lot!
Dear LouisJK, i had the same decision (MJur Oxford vs. LLM Cambridge) to make and eventually chose Cambridge. In my home country, they share the same reputation. So that wasn't a factor. However, the Oxford MJur programme seems to be a bit more rigid (heavy load of essays + supervisions), while Cambridge seems to give you a bit more space to work on your own. Personally I prefer the latter. Also, the tuition fee is lower for EU students and one of the courses I want to read isn't offered by Oxford this year.
1. Both universities are very well regarded, but the BCL has problems outside the English bar (I don't intend to be a barrister in England). You'd always need to explain that the BCL is actually a postgraduate qualification and that you didn't learn civil law (as it is now commonly known) on the course, and even then, it's not treated with as much respect. The effort-to-reward ratio just doesn't make sense. Whereas with the LLM (Cantab), it's much more straightforward.
2. I'm interested in international law modules, and the Cambridge LLM is known to be best in those modules in the common law world. Oxford is better for things like restitution which I don't intend to take as a module.
If it helps, I'm also including reasons why you might choose the BCL over the LLM:
(i) You want to be a barrister in England (the BCL > LLM any day)
(ii) You want a smaller overall course intake (although the difference, per module, is usually not massive)
(iii) You want tutorials (which I think is very attractive, but you only get--I heard--around 1 or 2 tutorial(s) per term)
[quote][quote][quote]Officially rejected Oxford's BCL for Cambridge - can't be happier! Which college is everyone going to? [/quote]
Dear citoyen99, may I ask how did you make your choice? I mean reject Oxford and choose Cambridge? I have received offers from Cambridge LLM and Oxford Magister Juris, but I am not so decided to choose one. Would you please help me? Thanks a lot![/quote]
Dear LouisJK, i had the same decision (MJur Oxford vs. LLM Cambridge) to make and eventually chose Cambridge. In my home country, they share the same reputation. So that wasn't a factor. However, the Oxford MJur programme seems to be a bit more rigid (heavy load of essays + supervisions), while Cambridge seems to give you a bit more space to work on your own. Personally I prefer the latter. Also, the tuition fee is lower for EU students and one of the courses I want to read isn't offered by Oxford this year.[/quote]
1. Both universities are very well regarded, but the BCL has problems outside the English bar (I don't intend to be a barrister in England). You'd always need to explain that the BCL is actually a postgraduate qualification and that you didn't learn civil law (as it is now commonly known) on the course, and even then, it's not treated with as much respect. The effort-to-reward ratio just doesn't make sense. Whereas with the LLM (Cantab), it's much more straightforward.
2. I'm interested in international law modules, and the Cambridge LLM is known to be best in those modules in the common law world. Oxford is better for things like restitution which I don't intend to take as a module.
If it helps, I'm also including reasons why you might choose the BCL over the LLM:
(i) You want to be a barrister in England (the BCL > LLM any day)
(ii) You want a smaller overall course intake (although the difference, per module, is usually not massive)
(iii) You want tutorials (which I think is very attractive, but you only get--I heard--around 1 or 2 tutorial(s) per term)
