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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abstruser" data-source="post: 13557" data-attributes="member: 260">I think [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] would be in a better position to answer this than I am, but I'll add my two cents anyway!I'm studying the LPC now and I will agree that there are a lot of future trainees in my cohort who attended private school. I would say maybe 2/5 people I meet on a daily basis attended private school (there are also a fair amount of international trainees where public/private doesn't really mean as much as it does in the UK).That said, I don't think the process was any easier for them than it was for candidates who attended state school. If you have good uni grades, experience and demonstrated motivation, I genuinely do not think that you will be filtered out on the basis of where you completed your GCSEs/A levels. For example, if you got straight A*s from a state school, I don't think you would be filtered out simply because you went to a state school rather than a private school. Applications might be more difficult if you got less than stellar grades - but the same would be true for a candidate from a private school. Almost every firm I applied to used contextualisation systems that would take your school and other circumstances into account so I really wouldn't worry too much about your grades or school holding you back at the application stage. It's not a helpful mindset to have!I don't know why privately educated individuals are highly represented in City law. I have some theories, but I think [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] probably has greater insight into this than I do.Its quite early days to be worrying about fitting in with your fellow trainees on a TC, but for what it's worth, people seem to get along just fine on my LPC. Obviously, you won't get along with everyone you meet, but there isn't a glaring 'public/private' divide if that's what you're worried about. People seem to gel more on the basis of their personalities and interests, much like in real life haha. It isn't really based on where you went to uni either. In my experience, the mindset really seems to be that no matter where you went to school/uni, we're all on the same TC now. So while obviously where you went to school/uni might continue to be relevant re: networking with your former school/uni mates, it doesn't affect (IMO) how well you perform on the LPC/TC going forward, and certainly doesn't affect the friendships you make within your cohort.I hope this helps. Good luck with it all.</blockquote>

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