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<blockquote data-quote="Lisa Lowe" data-source="post: 127027" data-attributes="member: 3919"><p>I can only answer the above with my personal experiences.</p><p></p><p>But I think it’s important not to spread yourself too thin, spend time dwelling on the negatives or comparing yourself to others.</p><p></p><p>If you’re in your first year - you have plenty of time to get a solid grade in your degree if that’s what you want.</p><p></p><p>Regarding your university, I bet there are loads of solicitors that studied at your uni. There are plenty of TC places and they are not all filled with the top 5 unis.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The fact that you speak another language is an advantage and something you should be proud of, instead of worrying about English not being your first language. Also, I didn’t guage from your post that English wasn’t your first language. So I wouldn’t worry about getting through those books you bought!</p><p></p><p>While some firms do operate with strict a’level requirements, as you’ve mentioned, a lot don’t. It sounds like you’ve already done your research. I would concentrate of these firms and try and get involved with them as much as you can I.e open days, Legal Cheeck events, law fairs, vacation schemes. You can’t apply to all the firms anyway so looking at those without a’level requirements may just be a good way to narrow down the firms you apply to. Quality over quantity.</p><p></p><p>linkedin is a great tool for helping you build your network and researching firms but people only but their achievements on there. So if people have amazing grades they’ll naturally put them up. I know loads of people with average a’level grades who went on to get a TC but don’t necessarily put their grades on their LinkedIn profile. Try not to spend too much time comparing yourself to others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lisa Lowe, post: 127027, member: 3919"] I can only answer the above with my personal experiences. But I think it’s important not to spread yourself too thin, spend time dwelling on the negatives or comparing yourself to others. If you’re in your first year - you have plenty of time to get a solid grade in your degree if that’s what you want. Regarding your university, I bet there are loads of solicitors that studied at your uni. There are plenty of TC places and they are not all filled with the top 5 unis. The fact that you speak another language is an advantage and something you should be proud of, instead of worrying about English not being your first language. Also, I didn’t guage from your post that English wasn’t your first language. So I wouldn’t worry about getting through those books you bought! While some firms do operate with strict a’level requirements, as you’ve mentioned, a lot don’t. It sounds like you’ve already done your research. I would concentrate of these firms and try and get involved with them as much as you can I.e open days, Legal Cheeck events, law fairs, vacation schemes. You can’t apply to all the firms anyway so looking at those without a’level requirements may just be a good way to narrow down the firms you apply to. Quality over quantity. linkedin is a great tool for helping you build your network and researching firms but people only but their achievements on there. So if people have amazing grades they’ll naturally put them up. I know loads of people with average a’level grades who went on to get a TC but don’t necessarily put their grades on their LinkedIn profile. Try not to spend too much time comparing yourself to others. [/QUOTE]
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