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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Miller" data-source="post: 78787" data-attributes="member: 5063"><p>In terms of your A-level grades, don't panic too much: firms <strong>will </strong>give heed to mitigating circumstances for grades. Similarly, with university, if you have any mitigating circumstances there, these are worth mentioning too so that firms can take these into account. </p><p></p><p>In Scotland, you're also at an advantage because your 1st and 2nd year subjects almost certainly won't count towards your degree classification - depending on your uni, it'll be either some of your third year and some or all of your fourth year subjects, or just fourth year subjects, that count towards your classification. In your second year in Scotland, you'd also still be applying for first-year events for English firms - you won't be applying for vac schemes until your penultimate or final year, depending on the firm. </p><p></p><p>My grades from first year were a low 2:1 and slipped a bit in second year to a mix of 2:1s and 2:2s due to mitigating circumstances and I never really felt it held me back hugely. Obviously, there will always be some firms who appear more grade-focussed where you might find it a bit harder, but, generally, grades aren't the biggest piece in the puzzle for firms. Generally, they're looking for well-rounded candidates who have different things going on in their lives rather than those who are just focussed on uni with nothing else to offer. <strong>The bottom line here is that City law is absolutely not impossible for you. Don't give up at this stage! </strong></p><p></p><p>In terms of how you utilise your summer, getting some work experience is great if you can -the specialism doesn't matter a huge amount here, so long as you're nevertheless able to justify "why commercial law?" when asked. My first work experience was with an immigration team in a law centre in Glasgow! You can also use the time to get ahead on applications for next cycle, improve your commercial awareness, etc, to come back into the next app cycle even stronger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacob Miller, post: 78787, member: 5063"] In terms of your A-level grades, don't panic too much: firms [B]will [/B]give heed to mitigating circumstances for grades. Similarly, with university, if you have any mitigating circumstances there, these are worth mentioning too so that firms can take these into account. In Scotland, you're also at an advantage because your 1st and 2nd year subjects almost certainly won't count towards your degree classification - depending on your uni, it'll be either some of your third year and some or all of your fourth year subjects, or just fourth year subjects, that count towards your classification. In your second year in Scotland, you'd also still be applying for first-year events for English firms - you won't be applying for vac schemes until your penultimate or final year, depending on the firm. My grades from first year were a low 2:1 and slipped a bit in second year to a mix of 2:1s and 2:2s due to mitigating circumstances and I never really felt it held me back hugely. Obviously, there will always be some firms who appear more grade-focussed where you might find it a bit harder, but, generally, grades aren't the biggest piece in the puzzle for firms. Generally, they're looking for well-rounded candidates who have different things going on in their lives rather than those who are just focussed on uni with nothing else to offer. [B]The bottom line here is that City law is absolutely not impossible for you. Don't give up at this stage! [/B] In terms of how you utilise your summer, getting some work experience is great if you can -the specialism doesn't matter a huge amount here, so long as you're nevertheless able to justify "why commercial law?" when asked. My first work experience was with an immigration team in a law centre in Glasgow! You can also use the time to get ahead on applications for next cycle, improve your commercial awareness, etc, to come back into the next app cycle even stronger. [/QUOTE]
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