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There were approximately 7.7 applicants per place.  \n710 candidates were invited to interview, equating to 3.0 per place.  \n266 offers were made: 236 for Jurisprudence and 30 for Law with Law Studies in Europe; 8 deferred offers  \n18 Colleges participated in the Open Offer scheme, making 22 offers between them. Colleges making Open Offers are:  \n\n| College | Open Offer |\n| --- | --- |\n| Balliol | 1 |\n| Brasenose | 2 |\n| Christ Church | 1 |\n| Corpus Christi | 1 |\n| Exeter | 1 |\n| Hertford | 1 |\n| Mansfield | 3 |\n| Merton | 1 |\n| Oriel | 1 |\n| Pembroke | 2 |\n| Queens | 1 |\n| Somerville | 1 |\n| St Anne's | 1 |\n| St Catherine's | 1 |\n| St Hugh's | 1 |\n| St John's | 1 |\n| St Peter's | 1 |\n| Trinity | 1 |\n\n17 colleges exported candidates for second college interviews, and these were received by 5 importing colleges.  \n49 candidates were nominated for consideration by a second college (including 2 senior status candidates) . 28 of these candidates were reallocated to a second college and their applications considered (57 . 1%) . 14 of the reallocated candidates received an offer (50 .0%) (including 1 senior status candidate) . Overall, 28.6% of candidates nominated for reallocation to a second college received offers.  \nPlease see Appendix 1 for further data from the admissions cycle.  \nSenior Status  \n56 senior status applications were received. 21 were interviewed, with 2 receiving second interviews at Harris Manchester. 6 were made offers.  \nSenior status candidates had an application to offer success rate of 10.7% and an interview to offer success rate of 28.6% .  \nThe Admissions Process  \nLNAT Essay Marking  \nCentralised essay marking was trialed this year. New, Somerville and St Edmund Hall opted out of centralised marking. Each college who were part of the scheme marked approximately 119 essays each with most colleges having to mark more essays except for Brasenose and University College. The average number of extra essays marked was 63. There were more third marking than anticipated. A total of 342 essays were third marked out of 1762 essays marked.  \nA large amount of essays was clustered around the 60-66 region (1086 in total) which made it very difficult to differentiate between candidates. Only 22 students were given 70 marks and above.  \n\n| LNAT Mark | No of applications |\n| --- | --- |\n| 50 and below | 14 |\n| 51 to 55 | 99 |\n| 55-59 | 408 |\n| 60 | 187 |\n| 61 | 136 |\n| 62 | 173 |\n| 63 | 194 |\n| 64 | 154 |\n| 65 | 133 |\n| 66 | 109 |\n| 67 | 77 |\n| 68 | 50 |\n| 69 | 37 |\n| 70 | 16 |\n| 71 | 6 |\n\nSelection Committee Recommendation  \n\n| Total No. of international student reviewed | 629 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Total No. of mature students reviewed | 98 |\n|  | 727 |\n|  |  |\n| Before interview |  |\n| No of R candidates selected for interview | 117 |\n| No of R candidates reallocate by selection committee | 68 |\n| No of NR candidates selected for interview | 21 |\n| No of R candidates rejected before interview | 20 |\n| Total no of R candidates | 226 |\n|  |  |\n| After interview |  |\n| No of R candidates offered | 59 |\n| No of NR candidates offered | 5 |\n|  |  |\n\nR – Recommended  \nNR – Not Recommended  \nOpportunity Oxford – Bridging Programme  \nThere were 20 Opportunity Oxford offers made for Law out of 76 eligible candidates invited for interview. The following colleges made offers for the programme.  \n\n| Christ Church | 2 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Corpus Christi | 2 |\n| Exeter | 2 |\n| Lady Margaret Hall | 1 |\n| Magdalen | 1 |\n| Mansfield | 2 |\n| Pembroke | 1 |\n| St Anne's | 2 |\n| St Edmund Hall | 1 |\n| St Hilda's | 1 |\n| Trinity | 1 |\n| University | 1 |\n| Wadham | 1 |\n| Worcester | 2 |\n\nAppendix 1: Law Faculty Statistics and Information Applications  \n\n| Total applications | • 1884 applications total\u003Cbr>- 1828 for the Jurisprude","cbCaicPG1e34gVpb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicPG1e34gVpb","pdf",120122,"English","# Overall picture\n# Senior Status\n# The Admissions Process\n## LNAT Essay Marking\n# Selection Committee Recommendation\n# Opportunity Oxford – Bridging Programme\n# Appendix 1: Law Faculty Statistics and Information Applications","[{\"question\":\"How many applications, interview invitations, and offers were made in the 2020 admissions round?\",\"answer\":\"A total of 1820 applications were received, 710 candidates were invited to interview, and 266 offers were made.\"},{\"question\":\"What was the approach to LNAT essay marking in 2020?\",\"answer\":\"Centralised essay marking was trialed, with some colleges opting out. 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