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lawchick


Joined: 18 Apr 2005
Posts: 67
POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 01:35 PM
I know I am posting a lot, sorry! Just trying to get as much info as possible, there are not too many boards like this. I was wondering the type of applicants going to the UK. Anyone want to participate? Nationality, Age and school you are going/have applied to:

Me--American, 29, applied to King's, UCL, Westminster (wish I had applied to QM, but I think it's too late?)...oh and London Met Uni, but I think that's not such a great school so I probably won't go even if I get in there...not worth the $$.
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Sabina


Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 10
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 01:50 PM
Hi all, here is my info:

Nationality: Swedish
Age: 25
Sex: Female

Universities (in ranking):
1. Cambridge (rejected *cries*)
2. Oxford (rejected *grrrr*)
3. UCL
4. KCL
5. Queen Mary (accepted)
6. Durham (accepted)
7. Nottingham (accepted)

Other:
I am considering to have another year in Sweden, starting my own law firm and then apply again (or preferably defer the offers) next year. I want to give Oxbridge another chance =D..... oh oh oh and this forum is G R E A T!!!

//Sabina
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Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 04:44 PM
American, 27, Iowa law, NY bar, fed clerkship (2 yrs.), applied to:

Cambridge (rejected)
LSE (accepted - will attend)
Columbia (waitlist)
NYU (waitlist)
Georgetown (accepted)
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NickDiAngelo

Joined: 21 Apr 2005
Posts: 15
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 05:34 PM
Me:
Nationality: German
Age: 30 (oh my god...)
Legal education up to now: University of Tuebingen, University of Exeter, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Applied to:
Oxford: accepted
Edinburgh: accepted
UCL: decision pending
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lawchick


Joined: 18 Apr 2005
Posts: 67
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 06:19 PM
thanks sabrina (for your post in the other discussion)....I contacted my references for one more to apply to Queen Mary! Might as well give it a shot if I am applying to the others :)

So add QM to my list....
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Zelda

Joined: 04 Apr 2005
Posts: 126
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 06:38 PM
I guess I've written it already elsewhere on this board, but anyways:

Nationality - Russian
Age - 21 (will be 22 in a coupla months)
Applied to (in the UK) - Ox, Cam, LSE
Accepted by - Ox, Cam, LSE
Will be attending - Ox
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Fallacy


Joined: 23 May 2005
Posts: 16
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 08:42 PM
Nationality: British (Hong Kong Chinese)
Sex: M
Age 21
Applied to: N/A
but shall be sending in my applications after this summer.
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anas

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 23
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue May 24, 2005 10:42 PM
hi its a great idea for this post

Name Anas
nationality syrian
age 24
universities ; endi ( rejected) poor anas , cardiff rejected ,,,,queen mary rejected now iam thinking about durham however nowdays i am having my training in law office, hopefully next year i will applied to queen mary which is my favourite school for business law
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Sabina


Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 10
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed May 25, 2005 07:07 AM
I forgot to mention my law background and it would be nice to hear about others law backgrounds aswell.

I have a 4.5 year long undergraduate degree in law which counts as an LLM abroad. I want to specialize in commercial law.
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thessaloniki

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 46
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed May 25, 2005 10:00 AM

Hi all!

Name. Eirini (Irini)
Sex. Female
Age. 25

I finished the law school in Thessaloniki (Greece), that is 4.5 years and in a month I will have finished my law traineeship (18 months).

Queen Mary... rejected (who cares)
Durham.......... accepted
Edinburgh.......accepted
Manchester.....accepted
Bristol..............accepted
Nottingham......accepted under ridiculous conditions
Cardiff.............accepted
Aberdeen........accepted

But I finally chose Manchester over all...
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Aytas

Joined: 23 May 2005
Posts: 4
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed May 25, 2005 11:08 AM
Hi,
I have just joined the forum and its nice getting so much diverse info.
My details -

Nationality - Indian
Age - 25
Sex - Male
Applied to - N/A as I am still planning - will be applying for next years admissions..
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spenser

Joined: 26 Apr 2005
Posts: 5
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed May 25, 2005 01:56 PM
Nationality: American
Age: 30
Applied to: Geortgetown (accepted)
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Nina N.

Joined: 15 Apr 2005
Posts: 19
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed May 25, 2005 06:55 PM
Nina from Germany, 25, going to Cambridge
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Yellow

Joined: 01 May 2005
Posts: 136
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Fri May 27, 2005 06:49 PM
Age 23
Country Ireland
Oxford - Rejected
Cambridge - Accepted
LSE - Accepted
QMUL - Accepted
Edinburgh - Accepted
Queens Belfast - Accepted
Trinity College Dublin - Accepted
Conditions on Cambridge pretty harsh so probably LSE in September
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giovannig

Joined: 10 May 2005
Posts: 25
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Fri Jun 03, 2005 02:52 PM
Hi to everyone,

I'm Giovanni, 28 years old, Roman.

I applied just at Durham (LLM in International Trade and Commercial Law) and I was accepted under the condition of taking 1 month pre-sessional english course. I accepted.

Ciao
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The3rdMan

Joined: 02 Jun 2005
Posts: 4
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Fri Jun 03, 2005 03:37 PM
This is a bit off the discussion but this post is for Sabina, the atty from sweden. I was wondering about your thoughts on the Univ of stockholm LLM program since you're Swedish. Is it worth it? Can you do anything over there with the degree? Is it a respected degree in Scandinavia?
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best LLM

Joined: 09 Jun 2005
Posts: 8
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Fri Jun 10, 2005 04:33 PM
Age 30, Male and LLB from Pakistan
doing LLM from Stockholm University and intending to search for job in Europe, but i think language will be BIGG problem as i experienced that people know english but they just dont want to speak and demand native language for any kind of job.
Fraz
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luigi

Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 5
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Mon Jun 13, 2005 04:55 PM
Hey there.
I am from Switzerland.
Studied a few years ago in Basle, now working for a court.
Age: 32
Applied to Ox, Cam
Accepted by - Ox, Cam
Will be attending - Ox
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UTFriar

Joined: 13 Jun 2005
Posts: 1
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Tue Jun 14, 2005 03:03 AM
Age: 28
Nationality: USA (via Texas)

Applied to: LSE, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Oxford, and American University at Cairo

Accepted to: LSE, Cambridge, Oxford, and American University of Cairo

Have Not Heard From: Edinburgh

Going To: Oxford (waiting college placement)
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orion

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 19
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed Jun 15, 2005 02:39 PM
is anyone going to cambridge?
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Blue

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 9
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed Jun 15, 2005 05:00 PM
Hi Orion,

I might be enrolling at Cambridge. Planning to specialise in International Law. However, I may lean towards Oxford because of the tutorial system or NYU if my funding application is successful.

What about you?
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orion

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 19
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Wed Jun 15, 2005 05:55 PM
strangely, I am in a more or less identical situation - deciding between oxford/cambridge/nyu for intl. law, nyu is too expensive (have turned them down), i like the tutorial system at oxford but think it will be cambridge in the end.
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Blue

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 9
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:15 PM
Nice to meet someone else with the same choices.

I know that this is a much debated topic...Are you choosing Cambridge because of its better reputation in International Law? Do you think that this factor outweighs the tutorial system and apparently more rigorous programme at Oxford?

Perhaps we will meet if we choose the same programme. =)
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gregory

Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Posts: 16
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:41 AM
Hi

Age:30
Applied to: Ox, Cam, LSE
Accepted: OX,Cam LSE
Going to: Ox or Cam

Not decided yet, waiting for college accaptance at Cam. I am more interested in international law in which Cam is said to be better. It also seems that corporate law is stronger at Cam and corporate law would be also a choice of mine.

Hi Luigi and UTFriar,

Why did you choose Oxford over Cambridge?
Tutorial system or reputation or both? What subjects will you choose?
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luigi

Joined: 12 Jun 2005
Posts: 5
Re: POLL: Your age and school?
Fri Jun 17, 2005 01:38 PM
Hi Gergory
I have to admit that the main reason I chose Oxford over Cambridge is the town. I know both places from summer school and i definitely prefer Oxford. The other reason was that I got a substantial scholarship from the Clarendon fund in Oxford. So there was not so much of a choice after all.
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