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Admissions advice - disappointing grade leads to retake and gap year

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mummytime · 20/08/2017 08:13

A young person I know failed to get the grades for their offer to study Law. They got AAC rather than AAA.
They are now planning to take a gap year, resist the "C" subject. Get some relevant work experience, work and earn, travel a bit and do some other useful activities.
I am wondering if anyone has advice on how admissions departments will look at a new application this year? And for suggestions of anything we haven't thought of that they should be doing to help their applications?

As they now have 3ASs at A grade would it be worth applying to Oxbridge? Or would they reject because of the initial C grade and a retake? What about places like Durham?

Any advice or experiences of others in a similar situation in the past would help.

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BubblesBuddy · 21/08/2017 23:25

Leicester, Cardiff and Southampton still have Law in clearing. Lots of others too such as Lancaster, Keele, and many former polytechnics. It would be interesting to see if these would be the same tier of universities that would offer with a resit next year. If they are, then why not contact them this year?

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