UCAS insurance choice advice

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DC attended lots of open days. Has PGs AAA and GCSE all 9-7. Plans on applying for 5 Unis with required grades A*AA-AAA. Typical for the course they want. How necessary is it to have one choice requiring AAB as their insurance, even if not on their preferred list of unis?

@OhDear111
Two bits interest me.
‘Manchester is the top uni to go to for law jobs in Manchester’ and
‘There’s also research saying these grads want London jobs when they start at uni, but don’t end up in London.’
Please can you point me to the research. Thanks.

@stubiff Thomson Reuters and Chambers Student. The latter review is slightly older but I doubt it’s changed re Manchester although Liverpool is in the mix too. However for law in Newcastle, it’s Newcastle and Durham. You get the picture. It’s a mixed and fluid picture for London but as I said, London, Oxbridge and Bristol, Durham and Nottingham grads are well represented. LNAT unis I think? Below LNAT unis there’s a mix but some unis are under represented eg Sheffield and Birmingham. London and SE students who can live at home obviously like London. They probably won’t look to Manchester unless they studied there. So students end up being pragmatic. Of course a great many law grads aren’t training to be solicitors at all.

Nottingham isn’t LNAT.

Ok. I did wonder. So a good bet if not wanting to sit it then.

@OhDear111 it depends on predicted grades. Very popular as it’s none LNAT but decent reputation. I saw several posts from parents confused why dc had been offered criminology instead of law due to how oversubscribed it was. So can’t bet on a definite offer.

It's not necessary at all if she's pretty confident she won't get less than AAA. She can hold an A*AA offer as her firm choice and an AAA offer as insurance and the chances are she will be absolutely fine. In the unfortunate event that she gets AAB or less there will still be a myriad of options open to her via Clearing and AAB is still a bloody good set of grades - dozens of unis will be delighted to have her.

@Cakeandusername It punches above its weight in many ways so inevitably popular. No LNAT must be a draw. Law is competitive anywhere with a great reputation and employment matters a lot.