Oxford vs Cambridge for law?

International Students
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<p>I’m currently considering between the two colleges for law, since I can only apply to one college out of the two.</p>

<p>Any advice?</p>

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<p>Go to the one you like the look of best. </p>

<p>Seriously, it’s very hard to give advice on a question like this. Oxford and Cambridge are so similar in so many ways - teaching styles, the college system, great EC opportunities. </p>

<p>Go on the websites and look up the course information.
[B.A&lt;/a&gt;. - Faculty of Law](<a href=“http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/courses/tripos.php]B.A”>http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/courses/tripos.php)
[oxford</a> law - undergraduate study](<a href=“http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/undergraduate/ba1.shtml]oxford”>http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/undergraduate/ba1.shtml)</p>

<p>Compare the courses and see which one interests you more. Failing that, would you prefer to live in a town (Cambridge) or a city (Oxford)?</p>

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<p>To add to Laylah’s good advice, Oxford has the Law with a year in Europe program, so if you speak a foreign language and want to study abroad for a year (you’d still be studying Law, though) you could look into that.</p>

<p>Also each university is made up of many constituent ‘colleges’ (a US college is known as ‘university’ in the UK) and you can choose one college of one university to apply to, so if you find you particularly like one college or another then it can be a factor for consideration as well.</p>

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<p>I agree with the above posts. they are more alike than they are different. If all else fail, choose the college which looks the prettiest on its website (that is what about 50% of international applicants who have not visited do, including me. I wouldn’t worry too much).</p>

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<p>^ Haha. I do that. Sometimes I’m so turned off from a college by an unorganized, clumsy website.</p>

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<p>And you have to be aware that if you want to study Law at Oxbridge, you’ll have to face a different type of cursus than the one provided at Columbia (and other american colleges). You’ll be learning Law (and almost only law) directly for five (or four, but I’m pretty sure it’s five) years. But if you want to study Law at Columbia, it won’t be until you reach the Graduate degree :)</p>