Friends!

REALLY need help here....
good chances for offer (but you know, one can never guess :) - working for top 5 law international firm, IELTS 7.5, CB TOEFL 280, GPA 3,9 (U.S. scale), etc. PLUS obtained British Government's Chevening Award.

Got admission from UCL, rejection from Nottingham :(
KCL still pending - applied to them on my own. LLM in Internation Trade and Commercial Law. Planning to get back to law firm again and work in trade law.

THE PROBLEM is that British Council asks for another THREE law schools which I must choose by tomorrow!!!
I really really hesitate now after all these evaluations and stuff.

Need an advice... which three next to choose (keeping in mind that British Council will be on my side, BUT it is already MARCH 2005).

I though of Durham and Warwick!

Who have any thought - PLZ help!

LSE (deadline?), Queen Mary (London Intercollegiate LLM!), Durham (excellent reputation), Edinburgh, Glasgow/Strathclyde, Warwick, SOAS?

First of all, thank you for prompt response Russ!
I agree about Durham, ALL rankings and "custumers' opinions" speak in favour of this insitution.

Unfortunately, LSE is no longer available (as Russ said) - deadline.

I am not familiar with advantages of intercollegiate programmes...could you please explain me in short?
As I understood and as some of board's participants said - UoL (UCL, KCL) can also be called intercollegiate?

So what would you say for a guy who already got an offer from UCL? Should he apply, for example, to the following:
1) Durham
2) U of Bristol
3) Queen Mary

Thanks in advance.

V

FYI: while googling through the Net I have found discussion at one of forums on UK's "Top 10 Universities of Law":
http://thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=68869

I am not familiar with advantages of intercollegiate programmes...could you please explain me in short?
As I understood and as some of board's participants said - UoL (UCL, KCL) can also be called intercollegiate?

So what would you say for a guy who already got an offer from UCL? Should he apply, for example, to the following:
1) Durham
2) U of Bristol
3) Queen Mary

thanks!

I think I will also apply to Durham and Bristol.
I agree that UCL (among available at the moment) is the best choice. Although I applied for Trade Law programme, I will ask whether it is possible to attend two courses at UCL and 2 others in other UoLondon group (intercollegiate LLM:)

Thanks for ideas! Good luck!

Hi G! Let me give you some extra info about intercollegiate program...
First of all, UCL is an excellent choice, with great reputation and I really cant understand how could sb be accepted by UCL but not Nottingham!
Since UCL is probably the best college in UoL, I dont see any reason why bothering with intercollegiate program. I think that intercollegiate p. is an advantage for those who are accepted by SOAS or Queen Mary (which are a bit lower in the rankings) because it gives them the chance to attend courses in King's College or UCL. Personally speaking, I would definetely attend ALL the needed courses at UCL.
Still, if you wish to follow it, you should have in mind that if the same course is offered by all the colleges of UoL, you will probably have to attend the course of the college you are registered in.
Good luck!

Friends and colleagues!!!

Thank you for advice and interest in my issue!
I agree that UCL is one of the best schools and "reasonable man" would choose it.

The issue about alternatives to UCL appeared mainly because British Council's Officer told me to identify THREE additional schools :) That happened because I applied to UCL, KCL and Nott. on my own long before I got a chevening award.

Nevertheless, yesterday I was contacted by the British Council and was asked to choose some additional schools... and, except for schools I have already applied to, I do not know any other excellent schools (other than Oxbridges).

Good luck to all of you too!

If this is not too late, of the 5 University of London colleges that offer law, I believe LSE is top, UCL next, so with UCL in the bag, there is no need to apply to QM, Kings. SOAS is rivalling LSE and UCL these days.

Bristol and Warwick are also highly ranked and regarded. There are many Oxbridge tutors at Bristol and I have heard it referred to as the university for Oxbridge rejects - draw your own conclusions.

It is too late, I have checked with the LSE's site...enrollment is closed. Well, you cannot always be lucky, huh!
Thank to you, dear participants, I have made my choices for this year. You have been more than a generous in your advices and comments. Not only me will be able to use this information. Thank you and good luck!