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I agree with you. That’s kind of the point that I was making. A firm shouldn’t claim to have no minimum entry requirements, or that they assess applications holistically, or that they adopt university or CV-blind recruitment, when in reality, they are after a particular kind of future trainee. I don’t think it’s unusual or unreasonable at all for a firm like Ropes & Gray to want to hire from certain elite RG universities, but for the firm to make it seem like they don’t adopt this policy (when it very clearly does), is highly misleading. 🤷🏾♂️I’m not sure what you mean here: “universities are not a private school - they are a symbol of high academic performance and commitments to extra curriculars from a young age. People of all backgrounds have worked hard for a place at a top university, not handed it based on socio-economic factors.” Some people come from backgrounds where they don’t have access to certain resources due to financial constraints. That’s the reality for the majority of the UK population. As a result, these top RG universities make contextual offers. To imply someone who comes from this background (like myself) had their university place handed to them because of their background is crazy lmao. I had 3 RG uni offers based on the fact I had the grades. 🙂
I agree with you. That’s kind of the point that I was making. A firm shouldn’t claim to have no minimum entry requirements, or that they assess applications holistically, or that they adopt university or CV-blind recruitment, when in reality, they are after a particular kind of future trainee. I don’t think it’s unusual or unreasonable at all for a firm like Ropes & Gray to want to hire from certain elite RG universities, but for the firm to make it seem like they don’t adopt this policy (when it very clearly does), is highly misleading. 🤷🏾♂️
I’m not sure what you mean here: “universities are not a private school - they are a symbol of high academic performance and commitments to extra curriculars from a young age. People of all backgrounds have worked hard for a place at a top university, not handed it based on socio-economic factors.” Some people come from backgrounds where they don’t have access to certain resources due to financial constraints. That’s the reality for the majority of the UK population. As a result, these top RG universities make contextual offers. To imply someone who comes from this background (like myself) had their university place handed to them because of their background is crazy lmao. I had 3 RG uni offers based on the fact I had the grades. 🙂
