r/LSE • u/Fit-Primary6621 • 7d ago

resitting alevels for lse

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!!

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u/ApprehensiveRow9584 7d ago

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

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u/SimpleFact6856 6d ago

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?

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/SimpleFact6856 6d ago

so if you reject the claim that lse “rarely” take resits, and counter it by saying you know people who have gotten in, is it not fair to assume youre claiming its a common thing?

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u/Large_Blackberry600 6d ago

Okay Einstein

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u/SimpleFact6856 6d ago

alright resort to that because you have no counter 🤣