Does anyone in thes forum know what kind of grades (German state exams) or other qualifications you need to be accepted at Cambridge and at the London colleges, ie LSE, King's College and UCL?

I know just a guy who studied with the best grades and was taken at LSE. But I don't think that your grades are the only factor - having an interesting cv is surley helpful... Maybe they also try to balance the nationalities - so maybe as a rare German your chances are better.

Waiting for further opinions,
reinhard

Maybe they also try to balance the nationalities - so maybe as a rare German your chances are better.

Sounds good to me! By the way it is not so easy to become a Polish citizen ;-)

Bavaria, what is your real name?

You really want to know it all! My first name Marcus. I hope this will do, as my employer is not supposed to know that I'm here...

Whay not. Are you in the working office right now? I think today is saturday!

Is it? No seriously, I just need to finish a memo which should have been ready yesterday... Just a matter of hours :-(

Well, good luck! I will go out now to enjoy the week-end ;-)
cu, Kasia

I'm afraid there are masses of Germans in London. So chances would probably be higher if I get the Polish nationality ;-) I don't know about the number of Austrians LLM students...

Bavaria, I know that there are many Germans actually admitted to the London LLM program, so I wouldn't worry too much about that!

@Bavaria, did you finish your memo yet?

Does anyone in thes forum know what kind of grades (German state exams) or other qualifications you need to be accepted at Cambridge and at the London colleges, ie LSE, King's College and UCL?

My Fellow Countryman from Bavaria:
Speaking for myself, who has taken the M Jur at Oxford (and who has applied to the usual suspects (Oxbridge, London etc.)), to my knowledge the following requirements (roughly) exist for Germans in relation to Staatsexamen grades:

(i) Cambridge: Apparently "gut" and (consequently) very few Germans admitted; strong academic background required (e.g. publications, assistant at a university);
(ii) London Colleges: Upper "befriedigend" (8 pts upwards; may have changed ; varying from College to College with LSE being the most demanding).
(iii) Oxford: "vollbefriedigend" (9 pts upwards) preferably with a strong academic background (e.g. academic assistant at a university)

The aforementioned requirements are based on information from around 2000 and may have changed due to an increase in number of applications from Germany.

In fact, it may currently be a disadvantage being a German applicant since some universities (esp. Cambridge!) seem to have a fixed contingent of places for each country regardless of the number of applicants.

Good Luck

"some universities (esp. Cambridge!) seem to have a fixed contingent of places for each country regardless of the number of applicants."

I know two examples of that. Both entered Oxbridge with good but not excellent records. Can't give more details but they were just a little bit over the average. Nationality and the low number of Spanish applicants on their field of study seemed to be decisive.

Best,

Hi there I'm Crazywest , I'm a french girl and i wd really like to get a top notch LLM in the UK or US.
Could anybody here hook me up with some tips and advices on how to write a good application letter for Oxbridge or any US top university ....?
Also please , could you tell me what kind of acceptance rate are usually observed in those schools ?

Thanks.

Hi Marcus,

I don't know about the other universities, but KCL requires at least 8.0 in the First State Exam, plus 630/5.0 in the TOEFL/TWE. Thus, they seem to attach greater importance to language skills than marks. I guess your statement on what you'd like to study (and why) and the reference letters are pretty important as well.

Regards, Nicky