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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 13174" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>This is why understanding what an exception is to each firm you want to apply to is incredibly important.</p><p></p><p>Too many assume that firms have a specific A-Level requirement when they don’t. </p><p></p><p>Too many times I had candidates assume they needed AAB to even apply for one of the firms I worked for, when in reality we had trainees who had achieved B and C grades (one had CCD, another had no A-levels at all). These weren’t exceptions - they had strong applications they warranted progressing them to the next stage.</p><p></p><p>For many firms, dodgy grades need to be looked at more like a strike against your application rather than an actual filter. Strike 1 is your dodgy grades, strike 2 could be that awful typo and strike 3 could be a simple misunderstanding of the type of law the firm does. People assume it’s the academics and you are out, but reality is there is usually other evidence to support making that decision (because in reality that is there for most applicants).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 13174, member: 2672"] This is why understanding what an exception is to each firm you want to apply to is incredibly important. Too many assume that firms have a specific A-Level requirement when they don’t. Too many times I had candidates assume they needed AAB to even apply for one of the firms I worked for, when in reality we had trainees who had achieved B and C grades (one had CCD, another had no A-levels at all). These weren’t exceptions - they had strong applications they warranted progressing them to the next stage. For many firms, dodgy grades need to be looked at more like a strike against your application rather than an actual filter. Strike 1 is your dodgy grades, strike 2 could be that awful typo and strike 3 could be a simple misunderstanding of the type of law the firm does. People assume it’s the academics and you are out, but reality is there is usually other evidence to support making that decision (because in reality that is there for most applicants). [/QUOTE]
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