Im doing A levels Sociology, Biology and Psychology with to become CTS, would law be wise In Uni?

[drowsy pagoda]

Like would taking up law be wise for a CTS path or Criminology? But i only did a few months of stats an math and dropped because 4 A levels was stressing me.

[clear tusk]

Your subject combo isn’t rlly ideal for law ngl

Sociology isn’t that respected as an essay subject and it’s your only one with 2 stem

Law isn’t impossible but for a good uni you’d need work exp and like top tier extra curricular

[drowsy pagoda]

oh damn

yknow what i can do with this combo?

[clear tusk]

law is still possible js not the best combo for it, its ideal for things like neuroscience or biomedical science

[drowsy pagoda]

ty then

[crude reef]

nah it does work for law

socio is an essay based subject, and so is psychology because it is not considered stem

[crude reef]

are you thinking of taking a level law or thinking of pursuing law in university?

because you can definitely do law in university

doing a level law as a fourth would be more difficult as the workload of that is worse than maths

[crude reef]

the only essay subject which is not considered on par with the rest is business

[clear tusk]

psychology is viewed as both a science and essay subject it does "work" its not the best option u could pick as an essay subject they're social sciences not hard essay subjects

sum like history or classics will always be better

but your right asw

buisness

isnt preferred at all

[crude reef]

social sciences are essay-based subjects regardless AND it has equal consideration to other essay subjects

history is only recommended for law due to the workload of the subject itself, not because what you learn in the subject being beneficial to the course

[clear tusk]

ik but they are slightly preferred no? with equal grades classics history bio would get chosen over psychology sociology bio

[crude reef]

no

there is equal consideration in most top universities, especially in the uk

because those unis prefer if you take essay-based subjects

you could do maths physics econ and get the same grades as someone who does socio psych history yet still have the same edge

many people get admitted into law with full maths and sciences

[clear tusk]

true but check the statistics of acceptance rates

english lit history usually get in

ill find the source

and send it

[crude reef]

you're talking about cambridge uni aren't you

i've seen it i know it

[clear tusk]

oxbridge and ucl yea

ik ucl and cambridge

def prefer history english lit classics

im not saying his combo

is impossible for law

im js saying factually

somebody with classics history english lit

is more likely

to get in

[crude reef]

no

😭

there are more factors than just subjects gang

the admissions test, the personal statement

[clear tusk]

ik i agree 100 percent

but its like u wanna give yourself the best chances possible for somewhere like oxbridge

like for eng chem and dt are both preffered subjects

but for mechanical courses dt

is better

[crude reef]

but his combo is ideal for law

it's not the 'perfect' combo that cambridge likes to state, even then most people just have one subject from lit, history or modern languages

[clear tusk]

tbf your right i still think swapping psych or sociology to classics history or lit would still give slightly better chances

but after going back and reading entry reqs

it is a good combo js not "the best" combo

[crude reef]

you can have this opinion, that is fair. but what you cannot say is that bio + psych + socio is not ideal for law and that the person would need "work experience and like top tier extra curricular"

because that's not really true

[clear tusk]

yk what thats valid but for oxbridge everybody should aim for work exp and top extra curriculars regardless of combo

but u def right

icl

is work exp even that helpful anymore

in the UK

it feels like everybodys got it

schools give it out like candy

[crude reef]

oxbridge cares more for supercurriculars than extracurriculars anyways

[crude reef]

work experience/internships are beneficial if you can make use of it in your personal statement

[clear tusk]

supercurriculars? idk what the difference is im js talking about things like awards essay comps projects etc

[crude reef]

because yeah everyone has it, but the difference is the impact it had on you and how it potentially changed your thinking, thus gearing you more for uni and what you aspire to do afterwards

[clear tusk]

yea true

ive got some this summer

but im mainly gonna focus on projects and awards

[crude reef]

supercurriculars is out of school/syllabus reading as in research papers, books, documentaries that revolve around the topic of your desired course

[clear tusk]

yea thats what im talking about

[crude reef]

awards, comps and projects are all considered extracurricular which is different

[clear tusk]

im lowkey lost things like gold crest or a personal project or comps aren't like to do w school though

i thought these are more valuable than js reading?

im talking about stuff like this

https://www.mindsunderground.com/minds-underground-competitions

[crude reef]

the value it has is what use can you make of it in the personal statement

the whole point is why should they admit you, if you did 20 comps and you briefly mention it in the ps withouth any elaboration, why should the uni admit you because all they see is that you did comps, that's it

olympiads can be objectively more valuable than reading

it's just that cambridge and oxford expect students to have supercurriculars too, not just extracurriculars

[clear tusk]

true i mean reading seems much easier to do than awards anyway

im aiming for DA anyway which value diff things

[crude reef]

what is DA?

[clear tusk]

degree apprenticeship

they value awards and projects

far more

than essay comps or reading

[crude reef]

ahh okay

[clear tusk]

are u in UK?

i think they have diff names in other countries

[crude reef]

i wanted to apply. i had looked into law apprenticeship programmes for the uk before i started a levels

[clear tusk]

u apply like after A levels though dont u

at least for eng idk about law

applications are y13 same time as UCAS

[crude reef]

some accepted gcse at the time

[clear tusk]

oh cool

i think most of the big law firms and companies

offer after a level

ive only seen 1

that was gcse

[crude reef]

yeah, i mean a levels is compulsory education in the uk so it makes sense

[clear tusk]

yea fr kinda weird how the government are trying to push them to the side though'

[crude reef]

there has been talk about abolishing a levels in the uk for quite a bit now

wanting to introduce a curriculum like ib

[clear tusk]

yea that got cancelled but colleges started pushing T levels a lot

they're releasing a new qualifcation soon asw

meant to replace btecs

[crude reef]

i've read yeah

i guess to get people into vocational

not everyone wants to spearhead into harsh academics

[clear tusk]

v levels thats it

[clear tusk]

true ig but unis took ages to start accepting btecs

gonna take a while for t levels and v levels

[crude reef]

true, at least there's more options