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Extremely bad A-level results and non RG university
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<blockquote data-quote="TCLA Community Assistant" data-source="post: 147617" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>Your route to law is very possible - I have seen people do it from non RG unis and with similar A-level grades to yourself.</p><p></p><p>I would advise against doing A-levels and your degree at the same time though - realistically to do well in either you really need to focus on one or the other and there is a high risk of not doing either as well as you want to, and that is a wasted year and a lot of money.</p><p></p><p>So my general advice is if you are going to resit your A-levels, take a gap year and then go to uni.</p><p></p><p>But resitting A-levels is not always going to solve issues. Many firms will want you to either declare these were resits or will only consider your first attempt grades. It is slightly different if you sit all of your A-levels again in the same year, but generally trying to improve one subject will not be seen as being as complex/difficult as sitting three or more A-levels together. Lots of firms these days do not have minimum A-level criteria too though - you may initially want to focus your efforts with them and also with local firms with offices near Keele uni.</p><p></p><p>Whatever your decision though, your route to law may just take a little longer than some others - but given the average age of a trainee solicitor as 28, that is not uncommon anyway. You may find you have to go on to postgraduate qualifications (like you have suggested) or may need to self fund the PGDL/SQE to put yourself in a stronger position. Alternatively, you may find you have to paralegal for a few years before converting to a training contract. But it’s all possible if you are persistent and determined for the career.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCLA Community Assistant, post: 147617, member: 2672"] Your route to law is very possible - I have seen people do it from non RG unis and with similar A-level grades to yourself. I would advise against doing A-levels and your degree at the same time though - realistically to do well in either you really need to focus on one or the other and there is a high risk of not doing either as well as you want to, and that is a wasted year and a lot of money. So my general advice is if you are going to resit your A-levels, take a gap year and then go to uni. But resitting A-levels is not always going to solve issues. Many firms will want you to either declare these were resits or will only consider your first attempt grades. It is slightly different if you sit all of your A-levels again in the same year, but generally trying to improve one subject will not be seen as being as complex/difficult as sitting three or more A-levels together. Lots of firms these days do not have minimum A-level criteria too though - you may initially want to focus your efforts with them and also with local firms with offices near Keele uni. Whatever your decision though, your route to law may just take a little longer than some others - but given the average age of a trainee solicitor as 28, that is not uncommon anyway. You may find you have to go on to postgraduate qualifications (like you have suggested) or may need to self fund the PGDL/SQE to put yourself in a stronger position. Alternatively, you may find you have to paralegal for a few years before converting to a training contract. But it’s all possible if you are persistent and determined for the career. [/QUOTE]
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