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@@luminesoul874 hi lovely! I’m not an admissions tutor but my understanding is that’s perfectly possible. They’re looking for potential, rather than perfection for your entire academic career - particularly if there were extenuating circumstances or other contextual factors. I would recommend heading to the following site and reading the info on GCSEs www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/admission-requirements/uk-qualifications

Of course I remember you! I’ll be at law dinner tonight if you’re going? You’ve got this - TT second year is really tough but you’re so close!

I personally type because then I can edit them down much easier, add things, reorganise and search for key terms. I know one person who used hand written notes throughout because they hated typing and another who started like that and gave up. I didn’t find the move to handwriting when doing exams too hard, I just did practice handwritten exam answers.

Sorry I’m not sure how helpful that is!! Everyone is so different I just personally liked having everything on my laptop so wherever I was I could access it. Plus I could back up my work

Thank you! That is helpful ill have a think about it :))

Aw that is so exciting!! First of all, massive congratulations. I would say expect to feel like you’re drowning the first few weeks and know that it’s absolutely normal (I don’t say that to put you off at all, only so that you don’t worry if you struggle!!). I would also say that it’s so important to build a good relationship with your tutors and you should never ever be afraid to just send them an email and ask for a meeting if things get a bit tough - usually Leah is the tutor ‘in charge’ of 1st years and she is the absolute sweetest person ever. Also make the most of your college parents!! They will be so happy to help you out. Above all, be kind to yourself and (in order to do this) be strict with yourself - make sure you dedicate time to not studying and stick to it!

@@elledoeslaw675 Thank you so much this is really helpful!!

This has made my day! I’m so glad it was useful - judgments are still hard to understand for me after 4 years of legal study so I’m really glad that this video made sense! Best of luck with your thesis - that’s a really interesting and important topic to be researching.

Puberty blockers is chemical weapon germany was planning to use it against its enemies.

I think just lots of reading of cases and articles picking out/ summarising the key points. So really just practice!

@@elledoeslaw675 Oh brilliant! Do you have any recommendations as to what to read - should we go find judgements out there or opinion articles on papers like telegraph/times/spectator/economist/newstatesmen? I got rejected this year before interview with a MC score of 28 on the basis that it was not sufficiently high so if I am going to reapply next year, I deffo need to improve on LNAT MC ;)

@@zachsullivan3626 opinion articles etc should be fine! 28 is a really good score though, well done 😊

@@elledoeslaw675 not good enough for Oxford tho 😩 cos I didn’t really prepare until like mid September and was in a meltdown state when I took the test so I am inclined to give it another go…..

@@zachsullivan3626 Heya! 28 is an excellent score and good enough for Oxford (the Oxford offer holder average is usually 27/28, according to FOI). I hope this doesn't sound blunt but it may have been your section B that impacted Oxford's decision. My advice would therefore be not to worry about your MCQ much when you re-apply, as your are clearly capable and naturally good at it. Just focus on your essay, and look at Oxford's essay marking to get an idea of what they are looking for (this can be found on an FOI request). I know a few people who got 30+ who were rejected because their essays were not what Oxford were looking for. Btw this doesn't mean you are 'bad' at essays, it just means you didn't put in the features that Oxford were looking for. I really think studying what they are looking for and writing practice essays with that in mind helped me with my essay section. Good luck you can do it!!

Correct . The whole realm of transition is filled with terms and ideas that adults struggle to understand , let alone for a child to appreciate the long term effects of drugs on their bodies and their long turn goals .

@@mushroomgal9614 correct. That’s why they have these strange people who the state did not authorise who never the less have the right to make these decisions for them . They are called parents .

@@mushroomgal9614 no . I am saying it must be the overriding and deciding factor . Children cannot give consent for major life changing decisions like this . There are risks with all kind of surgery or medical treatments . But ones decided purely by a child’s subjective feelings about who they think they are or ought to be is fraught with dangers far beyond the risks embedded in the treatment itself

@@mushroomgal9614 ok let’s play the “ what if “ game . Scenario 1. It’s the parents right and authority to decide whether to agree to any surgery or procedure , but as in everything in life , there may be exceptions like for example the child is in imminent risk of injury or death . So what should happen ? The health authority should make an application to the court setting out the evidence for the imminent serious risk and then a court should decide the matter as to whether or not the parental rights should be overruled in favour of the treatment . Scenario 2 suicidal teenager . If all other therapies , treatments are discussed and explored and the medical opinion is that ONLY antidepressants will help but the parents refuse . Make an application to the court as in scenario 1. It is not the same as gender dysphoria because puberty blockers are NOT. Antidepressants . They delay the onset of puberty but more importantly start a child down a path that is ideologically loaded ,that usually leads to surgical irreparable alterations further on and damage to perfectly healthy functional normal body parts . And all this to remedy a psychological condition loaded with incoherent ideology that often continues after the surgery . The issues about what boys and girls are and men and women are often continue unresolved years after surgery . Parents don’t make medical decisions for their children upon whims . Sadly this is the depth of thought that leads to legislation handing over adult parental decision giving power to immature , often psychologically distressed children . Neither should public policy on medical consent be based upon exceptions . In almost every case , parents have their child’s best interest at heart . And in those exceptions where they may not , the courts should be invoked . Messing with parental responsibility is a very dangerous game to play .

@@mushroomgal9614 ok let’s play . Scenario 1 . If any child is in immediate and imminent risk of serious injury or death then you don’t need either their consent or their parents consent or anyone else’s consent to act to to avert the “imminent and immediate death or injury . You just act and deal with the consequences after and a court will then decide if in fact your assessment was reasonable and proportionate . The risk lies with you . Psychological distress cannot meet that criteria because doctors can section someone that is at risk of harming themselves or others under various mental health acts . And that assessment to section still can be challenged by courts or tribunals . Your second scenario involves a medical opinion . You say this child can’t be helped with just therapy alone . Who says ? That’s a medical opinion . You also claim that the child’s mental health is suffering and the puberty blockers will help their mental distress . There is no circumstances where that medical opinion cannot be put to a court if the medical professionals believes that overriding the parents objection is necessary for the child’s mental health . There is no grounds to give doctors the power to prescribe drugs just because in their professional opinion they should . If you think laws should protect the most vulnerable , then who can be more vulnerable than a child in distress and a doctor prescribing drugs knowing the child is incapable of giving consent ( because they are a child ) ?? This is not rocket science . There have to be very strong reasons to override parental authority . In my view your scenarios don’t meet that standard . “Abusive parents” are the exception . They are not the norm . What you are doing is redefining “abusive parents “ with parents that disagree with their child’s notions of what’s best for them . The law HAS to start with the assumption that parents have their best interest at heart . The state don’t raise children , feed children or cloth children . The parents have that responsibility and they do not need a court order granting them that authority . It is theirs by definition as parents . I don’t know why you have inserted that the parents might act in their own best interest rather than their child’s . I don’t see how a parent can act in their own best interest concerning their child’s medical treatment . Unless the treatment is NOT medically necessary . I thought we were just talking about a difference in opinion of what the child’s best interest are ? You are suggesting supplanting the parent authority with a court appointed guardian at the outset ? Surely that should necessitate a court order anyway ? Court appointed Guardian’ are used usually when the parents cannot agree on what’s in the best interests of a child . Generally the state stays out of family decisions and that’s the way it should be . The state is rarely a better substitute parent or co parent . You are almost admitting that the child is incapable of giving consent to the medical treatment hence the need for a guardian. Bingo !! Just call the guardian parents . I know it’s a novel idea …. The only time the state should be involved in medical decisions about your child is when a court order is granted to involve them . The state is already ideologically pre disposed to the incoherent gender / transgender ideology . It’s a social experiment that we will understand the consequences in the years to come .

Best of luck!

Yo, I got mine tomorrow 😂

@@berkaybozkurt3317 good luck!!

@@elledoeslaw675 Thank you!!

I also have my interview for Law next week. Good luck!!

@@user-ts6rp7ft5m OMG which college? I'm applying to Magdalen. Hopefully, we both get in. Good luck!! 💕

@@Oh_to_sonder how did it go?

@@NoorAlam-tj4mn I got in!! 🥳

@@Oh_to_sonder congrats!!! Was it for law? I have a law interview next week as I applied for the law with foundation year course. I’d love any tips on how to prepare and hopefully pass! Thanks.

This was Casson Building - we had a kitchen shared between 4.

@@elledoeslaw675 thank you so much for your reply. That’s a room he’s looking at then. Your videos are very helpful.

Pretty sure it’s all on the computer. I didn’t have a printed copy, just a mini whiteboard to make notes on if I wanted to

Hi! You’ll have to check with the test centre because I can’t remember what the rules were when I sat the exam. I believe it’s like any other exam where if you go to the toilet, the time keeps running. I don’t believe there was an opportunity for a rest between the two sections unless you finished the MCQ section with time to spare. However, I do know adjustments can be made if it’s for accessibility reasons so if you’re concerned, I would contact the test centre and/or LNAT.

Hi! Funnily enough, tonight I uploaded a video about this

Hey! I made an application specifically to Worcester but that was just because I’d had the opportunity to visit a few colleges and liked it. I wouldn’t recommend a specific application over an open or vice versa, it’s just personal choice 😊

I have a playlist of such videos here! :) th-cam.com/play/PLI1ma1LeBOv0Yl8ioHtFmEoPzgrWiuODf.html

Hi! I condensed my notes and then just tried to plan lots of past problem questions and essays. It ended up being my highest scoring subject but I found it so so hard!! I really found just going back to basics important since I realised that actually I’d misunderstood some of the fundamentals and then once i had all of that straight the rest seemed easier!