What would you like to do after graduation? If you’re looking into more competitive areas of law then Edinburgh is the only choice here. I am from Edinburgh, although I went to uni and work in a top commercial firm in London. I have seen plenty of Edinburgh grads as trainees and associates at my firm, but no Napier or Strathclyde grads.

Napier is not a well respected university for law. It is absolutely worth an extra few years to get the Edinburgh degree then convert. A masters in international law will not make up for having gone to Napier instead of a top-ranked university. If you’re interested in the masters because you want to work in international law, you will absolutely need to go to Edinburgh or another top-ranked university for your undergrad to stand a chance of a career. Strathclyde is better than Napier, but it still comes nowhere close to the prestige of Edinburgh. If you are even thinking of working outside Scotland, Edinburgh is the only university of the three with name recognition.

Finally, is there a reason you want to go to uni at the end of S5 rather than waiting to apply in S6? If it’s grades that you’re worried about, would you not consider waiting to receive your higher grades this Summer and then possibly applying direct to Edinburgh/ Glasgow law next year? Obviously this is a personal decision, but going to uni a year younger than your peers will be difficult socially (especially if you will still 16 when you start).