Welcome, BCL applicants for 2024-2025! Let us collaborate on this platform to ask questions, share experiences, and seek advice. Wishing you all good luck in your application journey!

To begin with - Just wanted to understand how should one begin with writing the first cut of the Personal Statement. What should I be focusing on? What should not be included? Basically the dos and donts for writing the Personal Statement.

Also, if someone could provide me with their Personal Statement, it would be really helpful! Thanks!

[Edited by LookingForAFact on Sep 11, 2023]

Hi everyone, I’ve just graduated from a top Russel group law school with a first. However, I’m just about in the top 10% of my class. Does the BCL expect a higher rank or do other academic and extracurricular achievements make up for this? 

Welcome, BCL applicants for 2024-2025! Let us collaborate on this platform to ask questions, share experiences, and seek advice. Wishing you all good luck in your application journey!

To begin with - Just wanted to understand how should one begin with writing the first cut of the Personal Statement. What should I be focusing on? What should not be included? Basically the dos and donts for writing the Personal Statement.

Also, if someone could provide me with their Personal Statement, it would be really helpful! Thanks!

Would be glad if you can share your ps. I am appying to multiplr schools. i need some guidance.

Welcome, BCL applicants for 2024-2025! Let us collaborate on this platform to ask questions, share experiences, and seek advice. Wishing you all good luck in your application journey!

To begin with - Just wanted to understand how should one begin with writing the first cut of the Personal Statement. What should I be focusing on? What should not be included? Basically the dos and donts for writing the Personal Statement.

Also, if someone could provide me with their Personal Statement, it would be really helpful! Thanks!

I can send you my PS, but it's not for the BCL

Sure, DM me your email

Would be glad if you can share your ps. I am appying to multiplr schools. i need some guidance.

Welcome, BCL applicants for 2024-2025! Let us collaborate on this platform to ask questions, share experiences, and seek advice. Wishing you all good luck in your application journey!

To begin with - Just wanted to understand how should one begin with writing the first cut of the Personal Statement. What should I be focusing on? What should not be included? Basically the dos and donts for writing the Personal Statement.

Also, if someone could provide me with their Personal Statement, it would be really helpful! Thanks!

I can send you my PS, but it's not for the BCL

I was thinking of making a thread for this, but I see @LookingForAFact has beaten me to the punch! Might I recommend renaming (if it's possible) the thread to Oxford 2024-2025 BCL/MSCs/MJUR/MPHIL/MLF Applicants? Follows with last years thread and gets the other law applicants on the thread too!

Welcome, BCL applicants for 2024-2025! Let us collaborate on this platform to ask questions, share experiences, and seek advice. Wishing you all good luck in your application journey!

To begin with - Just wanted to understand how should one begin with writing the first cut of the Personal Statement. What should I be focusing on? What should not be included? Basically the dos and donts for writing the Personal Statement.

Also, if someone could provide me with their Personal Statement, it would be really helpful! Thanks!

Hey guys,

I’m a prospective applicant for next year’s BCL and MLF. From the student profiles, I saw that several students were able to say their ranking within their cohort. Staying in the UK in my undergrad, my uni doesn’t have that info. What can I do to compensate for that? Do any of u guys have this issue too? 

You dont need to compensate for that really, as long as you meet the requirements, you will be fine

Hey guys,

I’m a prospective applicant for next year’s BCL and MLF. From the student profiles, I saw that several students were able to say their ranking within their cohort. Staying in the UK in my undergrad, my uni doesn’t have that info. What can I do to compensate for that? Do any of u guys have this issue too? 

You dont need to compensate for that really, as long as you meet the requirements, you will be fine

Hey guys,

I’m a prospective applicant for next year’s BCL and MLF. From the student profiles, I saw that several students were able to say their ranking within their cohort. Staying in the UK in my undergrad, my uni doesn’t have that info. What can I do to compensate for that? Do any of u guys have this issue too? 

It is certainly good enough to be considered. Prizes can potentially be of value in showcasing academic excellence, but it is surely possible to get in without any prizes. That said, the application process for all Oxford courses is extremely competitive and very often even really good candidates do not receive offers.

Also, what I think is important is the piece of academic work wherein a candidate has an opportunity to demonstrate their academic excellence; this is also what makes certain candidates stand out from others.

You dont need to compensate for that really, as long as you meet the requirements, you will be fine

Hey guys,

I’m a prospective applicant for next year’s BCL and MLF. From the student profiles, I saw that several students were able to say their ranking within their cohort. Staying in the UK in my undergrad, my uni doesn’t have that info. What can I do to compensate for that? Do any of u guys have this issue too? 

Thanks for responding Miki. In terms of academics, how important is it to get awards? That should be an added value, it seems. Also, do you think a 75 average at a Russel group Uni is good enough?

It appears that applications have opened already! Isn't this a little too soon? I haven't even started working on my SOP yet :/ 

It appears that applications have opened already! Isn't this a little too soon? I haven't even started working on my SOP yet :/ 

Hi all, can someone please tell me whether it is preferred that all of your references are academic? Can it be two academic and one professional?

Yeah it can. Three academic references are better in the sense that the university can get more information regarding your academic ability from them. If you can't get three academic references, two are perfectly fine.

[Edited by miki3999 on Sep 22, 2023]