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<blockquote data-quote="lpcstudent2021" data-source="post: 107185" data-attributes="member: 21203">Good afternoon all,I'm currently an LPC student at Ulaw and am looking for some advice. I&nbsp; did the GDL in the pandemic and decided to go straight on to the LPC just to get it done so I can start working.&nbsp; I've done about 12 vac scheme applications this cycle and been rejected from all of them in the first round. I&nbsp; had similar results in the GDL. I was wondering if my grades were the issue.My issue is as follows, during the Pandemic, my university (Exeter) had a safety net policy to prevent your grades from being disrupted.&nbsp;&nbsp; This helped me scrape a 2:1 as it mitigated my dissertation grade. My dissertation went terribly due to a lack of access to resources I needed to analyze in the dissertation, as the archives containing them were closed. Without the safety net, I would have achieved a mid 2:2 overall. Will law firms see that as a major issue when I apply/ have been applying?&nbsp;I then went on to the GDL and obtained a distinction due to me getting very lucky with how their safety net policy worked. Long in short I scored a mid&nbsp; 2:1, but due to quirks of Ulaw's policy, I ended up having my entire average based on one result which was a first.&nbsp;&nbsp; Will this also be viewed as a distinction or a mid 2:1, based on the safety net quirk?I am being ambitious and aiming for big commercial city firms i.e&nbsp; Magic circle, NRF, HSF, Ashurst, Osborne Clark, DLA etc . I know I can do it as I have strong GCSE's(A*-A) and A&nbsp; levels&nbsp; (2A*- 2A's)&nbsp;&nbsp; to back them as well as good extracurriculars&nbsp; ( 1st team sport, Student staff liaison team, committee member and a part-time job ). Should I consider smaller firms in future cycles ?I do wish to pursue law as a career and am happy to paralegal until I get a TC,&nbsp; I'm just wondering if my grades may be holding me back a bit. Any and all advice would be super useful!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lpcstudent2021, post: 107185, member: 21203"] Good afternoon all, I'm currently an LPC student at Ulaw and am looking for some advice. I did the GDL in the pandemic and decided to go straight on to the LPC just to get it done so I can start working. I've done about 12 vac scheme applications this cycle and been rejected from all of them in the first round. I had similar results in the GDL. I was wondering if my grades were the issue. My issue is as follows, during the Pandemic, my university (Exeter) had a safety net policy to prevent your grades from being disrupted. This helped me scrape a 2:1 as it mitigated my dissertation grade. My dissertation went terribly due to a lack of access to resources I needed to analyze in the dissertation, as the archives containing them were closed. Without the safety net, I would have achieved a mid 2:2 overall. Will law firms see that as a major issue when I apply/ have been applying? I then went on to the GDL and obtained a distinction due to me getting very lucky with how their safety net policy worked. Long in short I scored a mid 2:1, but due to quirks of Ulaw's policy, I ended up having my entire average based on one result which was a first. Will this also be viewed as a distinction or a mid 2:1, based on the safety net quirk? I am being ambitious and aiming for big commercial city firms i.e Magic circle, NRF, HSF, Ashurst, Osborne Clark, DLA etc . I know I can do it as I have strong GCSE's(A*-A) and A levels (2A*- 2A's) to back them as well as good extracurriculars ( 1st team sport, Student staff liaison team, committee member and a part-time job ). Should I consider smaller firms in future cycles ? I do wish to pursue law as a career and am happy to paralegal until I get a TC, I'm just wondering if my grades may be holding me back a bit. Any and all advice would be super useful! [/QUOTE]

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