(I'm sorry, somehow it looks my initial reply was lost but lemme try again now).
Ok, maybe 'can afford it' is a misnomer. My parents (neither are lawyers) are a bit cagey about money (and they aren't lawyers), but I get the impression that they would be able to pay for it with some sacrifices. I suspect that if I go, they won't have any savings left.. which leads me to my misgivings of taking their money.
On reapplying: I can! And I plan to do it! That's also why I'm presently leaning towards
NUS. Cause, in that sense, I would only be taking up the offer for a year for 'pre law training' before going to oxbridge. But of course, getting into oxbridge in 2021 is not a guarantee, and if I choose to do so (take
NUS instead of
LSE in 2020),
LSE will probably blacklist me as a no-show in sept. But then again, taking
LSE as 'pre law training' would also mean I would blow aprox 25k of my parent's hard earned money on top of the oxbridge int fees (should i get it)... Or are you suggesting I take a gap year? Although after serving
NS for 2yrs I'm not sure if I would let my brain atrophy further...
On the online semester:
NUS is apparently gonna go online for sem1, but
LSE says that tutorials will still be F2F... so I guess that's a point for
LSE?
Anyways, thank you for taking the time!