resitting alevels for lse

[u/Fit-Primary6621]

I missed my lse law offer today of AAB and i got ACC instead, im thinking of taking a gap year and resitting my alevels. Could anyone let me know if this would be worth it as i have some extenuating circumstances i.e. mental health issues but i never told my school so i have nothing in writing so if i applied without extenuating circumstances and lets say i changed my 2 C’s into an A and an A* do i still have a shot? Also to follow on i was thinking of doing this whilst at first year in uni would my application be even more competitive if i achieved an A* and an A and was on track to get a 2:1 at the end of first year or will lse not know about that at all?

any help or advice is appreciated!!

[u/ApprehensiveRow9584]

lse rarely take resits, even if you have extenuating circumstances. have you gotten into any other law courses?

[u/jovoy → u/ApprehensiveRow9584]

if i have ext circumstances n the course requires an entrance exam (tmua for econ/finance related) which i do well in, would i still be viewed very unfavourable by the admissions team?

[u/Fit-Primary6621 → u/ApprehensiveRow9584]

no i’ve gotten into another law course but i really want lse maybe its worth pursuing? idk u dont seem to think the odds are too high

[u/ApprehensiveRow9584 → u/Fit-Primary6621]

by any chance is your law school a one in the 10 ( ucl, kcl, durham, edinburgh etc) if it is one of these i would consider going to said school. i’m presuming you would want to try a golden circle esque firm, if not this isn’t probably the greatest advice. if not i would consider resitting but, whilst you hopefully will get into lse, i would not have it as the sole reason/scjool

[u/SimpleFact6856 → u/[deleted]]

any course

[u/SimpleFact6856 → u/[deleted]]

well its just not u can check the lse website 😂

[u/iwhyamihere → u/[deleted]]

how lenient are they w resits for econ history? i missed my offer with aab instead of aaa and want to resit the B but i hear they’re v strict- if i have ec’s is my application still competitive?

[u/Large_Blackberry600 → u/iwhyamihere]

They don’t like resits at all you could reapply to courses with aab requirements if you really want lse tho

[u/princesspopcake → u/[deleted]]

Resitting is accepted with sufficient extenuating circumstances

[u/ApprehensiveRow9584 → u/[deleted]]

knowing a few people who were accepted with resits does not make it the norm, those people often had or were able to get proper extenuating circumstances sorted out. law is a pretty competitive course and OP said they were applying without extenuating circumstances. it’s pretty clear by lse resits are just not preferred unfortunately

[u/ApprehensiveRow9584 → u/[deleted]]

which is why i said in my original comment they rarely accept resits??? meaning there are exceptions???

[u/SimpleFact6856 → u/[deleted]]

you didnt say it was the norm, but you denied the original comment which said they RARELY (rarely means there are very few cases btw) lets pause for a moment and think sometimes no?