In October 2021, I participated the competition named CHINA-THINKS-BIG with six of my classmates. CHINA-THINKS-BIG was the largest and most impactful research-based social entrepreneurship competition held by Harvard organizations in China. It was made up of 3 stages, which were the on-line stage, domestic stage, and Harvard stage. What’s more, during the stage on-line competition stage, we were asked to make a planning survey, an essay, a realization plan, and a presentation video. In addition, everyone played a role in the team, e.g. writer, designer, research fellow, and data analyst.

At the beginning of the competition, there were only 4 team members in our team. Meanwhile, we were looking forward to someone who did well in creativity and researching. Finally, we found a girl called Joyce to be the research fellow . The second decision was who would be the captain. I preferred to be the writer for the essay task rather than the team leader, so I refused to take on this position and highly recommended Elaine. As a writer, I firstly wrote a structural questionnaire to collect data, and it was a challenge for me, as I had never done this before. Nevertheless, when it came to the writing of an essay, Joyce was busy with her other competitions, and our leader, Elaine, wasn’t available with her studies. As a result, we almost got nothing ready before writing it except the questionnaire data. Meanwhile, the other writer who was called Evelynn, and I took the responsibility of completing the essay. The first thing we did was a to-do list for everyone according to their roles, then we used pie charts, histograms and tables to present our questionnaire data. The other thing we did was that we used different websites to search for documents, and we selected helpful resources to add to our essay. Finally, we completed it successfully.

I suppose that I learned to be responsible, and improve my leadership, executive force and communication skills during this experience. Above all, never give up easily as long as you have a reliable partner.

​ 英国法律作为英美法系（又称普通法系、海洋法系）的起源，构成了许多其他国家法律制度的基础（如：美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰等）。其高校的法律专业在全球知名度也很高，教学实力堪称一流。

​ 法学专业是需要很强语言能力的一个专业，需要强大的阅读、分析、写作和演讲能力，出国留学的人语言已是短板，还要去学一个语言能力是看家本领的专业，遇到的困难不能不说是非常大的。

为什么去英国读法律专业？

1.从目前就业形势来看，法学毕业生就业要求越来越高，与此同时很多中国企业走向不同的国家，他们也同样需要熟知不同国家法律体系的法学专业人才。

2.对于语言的要求越来越高，拥有海外留学经历的法学专业人才，在就业时他们的外语能力会更使他们在职场中更有优势，在与外国企业或者个人洽谈时能够更加顺畅。

3.各国法律条款制定的初衷都是相通的，每个国家法律体系也在不断的融合与互相学习。所以选择出国深造法学专业的同学，不仅可以扩充自己的法学相关专业知识，而且还可以提升自己的学术水平。

​ 每年去英国读法律专业的同学都有很多，但是大部分对于英国的法学本科入学测试（LNAT：National Admissions Test for Law）却知之甚少。

什么是LNAT考试？

LNAT为英国全国法律专业入学考试，全称National Admission Test for Law。由英国大学联盟开发，旨在公正评估候选人在本科阶段学习法律的潜力，而无论其教育程度或个人背景如何。

LNAT不考法律或其他学科知识，重在基础智力和技能的测试。虽说是为有志攻读法学专业本科生准备的考试，但这个考试并非考察对法律知识的了解程度，而是考察法学教育核心能力——逻辑思维和语言推理技能。候选人在LNAT中需要做的技能也是他们在法律教育中所要做的技能。

学生可在某一时间和一个方便的考点参加上机考试。而且，这个考试也同样适用申请法律及其联合学位课程，比如法律和会计、法律和管理、法律和化学等专业。

LNAT考什么？

考试内容分为选择题和写作题两部分。

第一部分是机考选择题，共有42道题，作答时间95分钟。选择题主要考的是，你能否在非常短的时间内吸收大量的知识，然后对这个知识进行分析找到正确答案。该部分共有12篇文章，每篇文章有3道或4道多选题。

第二部分是命题作文，作答时间40分钟。作文主题非常多样化，从恐怖主义到宗教、环境等。主要测试候选人的语言表达能力、英语写作能力，即能否提出一个观点，并且很好地论证且说服对方。作为一个律师写作能力是非常重要，所以写作的考察必不可少。写作题是3选1，写作篇幅大概在500-600 words，最多750 words。

其中：选择题由LNAT考试中心打分，该部分得分就是最终的LNAT成绩。考试机构不会批改作文，而是将其送到考生申请的相应大学由招生官评阅。虽然作文评分对申请者保密，但这是向大学招生官展示个人论述能力的机会。

每个大学会自行决定选择题和写作题的比重。LNAT论文的使用各不相同，取决于每个大学的录取政策。例如，一些大学可能会把它作为面试问题的基础；或可能会将它与UCAS表格上的个人陈述和学校/学院报告进行比较；或者将它作为区分边缘候选人的一种方法。

哪些英国大学要求LNAT考试？

以下列举了某些需要LNAT考试的学校，但请注意，并非所有的学校都需要考LNAT。

University of Bristol 布里斯托大学

Durham University 杜伦大学

Kings College London 伦敦大学国王学院（KCL）

University of Glasgow 格拉斯哥大学

The London School of Economics 伦敦政治经济学院(LSE)

University of Nottingham 诺丁汉大学

University of Oxford 牛津大学

SOAS University of London 伦敦大学亚非学院

UCL Faculty of Laws 伦敦大学学院

如何选择LNAT考试时间？

每个学年只能参加一次LNAT考试，若参加两次或多次，后面成绩则判为无效。若选择2023年秋季入学，应参加2022/9-2023/6周期内LNAT考试; 不要在2022暑假前考LNAT，因为这个成绩是不计入2022/2023学年的。

LNAT在UCAS申请提交之前或之后考都可以。建议学生尽可能早地注册和预约考试，这样考试时间和考试地点选择余地会更大，一定要在各大学自己的审理截止日期前完成考试。若选择2023年秋季入学，一般选择在2022/9/1-2023/1/15参加考试。

例如——牛津大学LNAT测试时间节点要求：

2022年8月1日-2020年9月15日：完成注册及LNAT考试预约

2022年10月20日前或当天：完成LNAT测试

2022年9月中旬：UCAS申请可以提交

2022年10月15日：UCAS申请表提交截止时间

各大学对于LNAT测试完成的截止时间各异，注意目标院校测试的截止时间。

由10月21日起，首批LNAT成绩(考试时间为9月1日至10月20日)将向各大学公布下载。在完成LNAT后的24小时内，Pearson VUE会将考生的LNAT成绩和作文提供给其所选择的大学。大学会比学生先看到分数，从而决定是否将其纳入面试候选。学生一般在来年2月中旬收到考试成绩。

LNAT 难度本来就高，学校也不要求考生拿满分，成功的申请者选择题部分正确率平均也仅为28／42项。

如何备考LNAT考试？

选择题——如何应对

中国有句名言：熟能生巧，反复练习是克服选择部分的关键。42道题只有95分钟时间作答，扣除阅读文章的时间后，每道题大约只有2分钟回答时间，所以掐表做题是关键。

多做练习，建立批判性思维模式。关于LNAT历年真题的信息可查询：http://www.lnat.ac.uk/how-to-prepare/practice-test

写作题——如何应对

写作题可以从两个方面着手：内容和结构。

你不需要对某一特定领域有任何专业知识，这不会导致你被扣分。LNAT的重点在于你如何支持据理力争，说服读者。

一个学生如果熟悉某个话题的内容并有充分的理解，即便文采没那么好，也可以提出具说服力的论点。所以内容还是重要的。

LNAT写作问题的内容往往非常多样化，掌握时事肯定会对你有利，可以通过阅读《经济学人》（Economist）、《卫报》（Guardian）等刊物丰富自己的知识，在文章中用作举例论证。

文章字数限制为750词，意味着质比量更重要。不要粗略地搬出大量观点，专注于简洁且有例子支撑的论点，如是则三段足矣。

再来就是结构。这个是一个加分项，其重要性不可忽略。招生负责人需要阅读堆积成山的申请。如果你的结构衔接不当，他可能会感到疲倦甚至把你的论点给忘了。所以通过简介吸引其注意力，快速切入正题，即三个有扎实内容的段落，最后总结论点。

建议平时有针对性地去阅读这七个领域的素材:

The LNAT’s questions fall into seven general categories: law, philosohpy, politics, media, science, ethics and education.

No prior knowledge of these subjects is required though having a general awareness of current affair is recommended.

推荐阅读的报纸：

• The Economist 经济学人
• The Financial Times 金融时报
• The Guardian 卫报
• The Independent 独立报
• The lrish Times 爱尔兰时报
• The New York Times 纽约时报
• The Scotsman 苏格兰人报
• The Sydney Morning Herald 悉尼先驱晨报
• The Daily Telegraph 每日电讯报
• The Times 泰晤士报
• The washington Post 华盛顿邮报

如何进行LNAT报名？

你可以在www.lnat.ac.uk注册账号，报名考试。LNAT资料中需要填写UCAS个人编码。不过注册LNAT资料的时候不需要填写UCAS申请表。

预定考试位需要提前交费。付款方式主要是信用卡 (Visa, MC, Amex)和借记卡 (Visa and MasterCard only)，或者LNAT电子券（LNAT e-voucher）。预定位置与缴费：https://wsr.pearsonvue.com/testtaker/signin/SignInPage/LNAT

考试费用：非英国/欧盟测试中心：70英镑。

考点选择：

已授权考试中心查询：https://lnat.ac.uk/on-test-day/test-centres/

国内在北京、上海、长沙等地均有考点。

上海考点1：

培生专业中心（Pearson Professional Centers-Shanghai North, China）

地址：上海市黄浦区汉口路650号亚洲大厦17楼1701室

（Shanghai，Huangpu District，650 Hankou Road，Room 1701, 17/F., Asia Mansion，200001）

电话：021-61371986 （Phone:+86-21-61371986）

上海考点2：

培生专业中心（Pearson Professional Centers-Shanghai south, China）

地址：上海市徐汇区天桥桥路333号腾飞广场8楼805室

（Shanghai,Xuhui District, 333 Tianyaoqiao Road, Room 805, 8/F, Ascendas Plaza,200030）

电话：021-64263036 （Phone:+86-21-64263036)

上海考点3：

上海蓬勃发展技术学院

（Shanghai Flourish-Harvest College of Technology, China）

地址：上海市杨浦区四平路1388号同济联合广场1006室C座

（Shanghai，Yangpu District，1388 Siping Road，Room 1006, Tongji United Plaza, Block C 200092）

电话：021-65148870 (Phone: +86-21-651488

SUMMER TOURNAMENT

7.19~7.22

Nanjing, China

A very important time for me was the latter half of 2019 when I went to Cambridge in the UK. For a junior high school student, this place is fantastic. I decided to accept further education at international high school in our country, so I could pursue higher education in the UK. In order to achieve this goal, I had to study hard and do well in senior high school entrance examination one year later.

During my preparation, I asked my English teacher for help, because she used to be an overseas student in the UK. As her course subject representative, I personally believed that she could give me some useful suggestions on my decision. As expected, she appreciated my courage and told me that passion comes first , and I should follow my heart to have a try. Furthermore, from my outstanding behavior at school, she agreed that I have developed strong leadership skills and was good at organizing my tasks, which include managing the whole class and classifying data. It was the reason that she provided me the enough encouragement to apply for International Department of JIN LING high school, and I felt that she was my source of confidence.

As the entrance examination would test 7 different subjects, I tried my best to manage my finite time. Therefore, I judged my subjects on whether they were problematic or not, and allocated my time depending on my understanding stage. If it was the subject that I was poor at, I devoted more time to review knowledge, instead of doing past papers. In contrast, if it was a subject that I did well in, such as Ethics and the Rule of Law, I preferred to practice my problem-solving skills. Then, I had achieved my original aspiration of studying in JIN LING high school. In addition, I further analyzed about the significance of applying to overseas universities in Britain. Overall, I think that current education system in our country is too focused on science and engineering education, which has petrified my thinking and ignores my sociological interest. I have a dream to embrace a bigger world. Even if it will be a challenge to study abroad, I am willing to devote my efforts to the field I loved.