Hello everyone! I just wanted ask if anyone had any advice for the route I should take or things I should apply for?
As the title states, I did really badly in my first semester - at least in part due to undiagnosed ADHD, I was stressed and overwhelmed for a majority of the term, so much so that I struggled to get out of bed or leave my room for weeks at a time, and my sleep schedule was nonexistent. I also struggled to give in my coursework on time to the point where it tanked my grades even when I did do well (5% decrease per day late, week late on average). At the start of the term I was maintaining a 93% average and by the end I had failed 3 modules!
However, I was able to pull myself together for the spring term and have been consistently doing really well thus far. I wanted to make a career switch to law, and therefore went to multiple career events, open days, etc, but am too scared to apply to insight schemes because of my university performance (and the fact that my a levels were BBC due to many different factors). Should I try to apply to these first year schemes knowing they'd most likely not accept me? I do have a history of doing extremely well academically and was predicted A*A*A* so it's not like I'm incapable of getting the grades, but for a variety of reasons (that don't count as extenuating circumstances I think) these past few years have been an absolute trainwreck for me academics wise.
If I keep up the academics until my final year, would I still have a chance to apply for schemes or even potentially get a TC? I'm a non law student, but should I wait until then to try and step into law in some way? I feel like I've permanently ruined my chances and it's actually paining me so much. Should I just apply to things anyway despite not meeting academy standards without a valid excuse?
To anyone who is still reading, thank you so much for your time and help
As the title states, I did really badly in my first semester - at least in part due to undiagnosed ADHD, I was stressed and overwhelmed for a majority of the term, so much so that I struggled to get out of bed or leave my room for weeks at a time, and my sleep schedule was nonexistent. I also struggled to give in my coursework on time to the point where it tanked my grades even when I did do well (5% decrease per day late, week late on average). At the start of the term I was maintaining a 93% average and by the end I had failed 3 modules!
However, I was able to pull myself together for the spring term and have been consistently doing really well thus far. I wanted to make a career switch to law, and therefore went to multiple career events, open days, etc, but am too scared to apply to insight schemes because of my university performance (and the fact that my a levels were BBC due to many different factors). Should I try to apply to these first year schemes knowing they'd most likely not accept me? I do have a history of doing extremely well academically and was predicted A*A*A* so it's not like I'm incapable of getting the grades, but for a variety of reasons (that don't count as extenuating circumstances I think) these past few years have been an absolute trainwreck for me academics wise.
If I keep up the academics until my final year, would I still have a chance to apply for schemes or even potentially get a TC? I'm a non law student, but should I wait until then to try and step into law in some way? I feel like I've permanently ruined my chances and it's actually paining me so much. Should I just apply to things anyway despite not meeting academy standards without a valid excuse?
To anyone who is still reading, thank you so much for your time and help
