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Originally Posted by Unregistered
(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!  |
Hello, I agree with your reapplying logic, if you're really planning on reapplying
My friends in London have shown me what their schools have said, and it's pretty likely that not all the facilities are going to be open, even if some tutorials are f2f. Essentially that means you are paying a lot of money and not even getting all the resources....so if you plan to reapply and go to Oxford then you're wasting a year of money which is a lot, and it's not great to be wasting it on a COVID-19-affected overseas uni experience.
If you're the filial kinda kid, although I agree
LSE opens up a lot of options, just considering it from another angle, if it's really a stretch for your parents and you can go to local uni then I think you should definitely assess based on how much of a stretch it's going to be on your parents
