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Which firms should I apply to for a vac scheme?
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<blockquote data-quote="r14n" data-source="post: 12679" data-attributes="member: 1649"><p>I would say do not worry about your grades for the moment. I was in the same position as you with not the best A Levels but my degree results were quite good. A low 2:1 is respectable and as long as you can portray you are working hard to get that up to an upper 2:1 or first you will be fine. </p><p></p><p>In terms of the firms from your list, from personal experience apart from Hogan Lovells and Simmons&Simmons, all the others are quite 'picky' but remember the application form has many parts and as long as you can satisfy the other parts you will be in a great position. Ultimately, it is all upon the person looking at the application and from personal experience I can tell you a little story:-</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine and I were doing the same applications for the same firms in our first year after we carefully picked the 20 that we liked and with strong explanations as to why we chose these firms. The results were quite mixed due to the fact that there were firms that only offered an AC to him, firms that offered AC only to me and firms that offered us both an AC. At the end, he was more successful than myself in terms of applications and AC, albeit, me having the better academic and activities record (he had a respectable CV too). We were both successful within our choice but it shows that by not having the best records it does not necessarily mean you are at a disadvantage because you may well make that up with other skills/traits you may have which will impress recruiters. At the end of the day, they see thousands of these and they pick out the wants that stand out from the rest. </p><p></p><p>Hope this little anecdote was to some use and good luck for your applications <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="r14n, post: 12679, member: 1649"] I would say do not worry about your grades for the moment. I was in the same position as you with not the best A Levels but my degree results were quite good. A low 2:1 is respectable and as long as you can portray you are working hard to get that up to an upper 2:1 or first you will be fine. In terms of the firms from your list, from personal experience apart from Hogan Lovells and Simmons&Simmons, all the others are quite 'picky' but remember the application form has many parts and as long as you can satisfy the other parts you will be in a great position. Ultimately, it is all upon the person looking at the application and from personal experience I can tell you a little story:- A friend of mine and I were doing the same applications for the same firms in our first year after we carefully picked the 20 that we liked and with strong explanations as to why we chose these firms. The results were quite mixed due to the fact that there were firms that only offered an AC to him, firms that offered AC only to me and firms that offered us both an AC. At the end, he was more successful than myself in terms of applications and AC, albeit, me having the better academic and activities record (he had a respectable CV too). We were both successful within our choice but it shows that by not having the best records it does not necessarily mean you are at a disadvantage because you may well make that up with other skills/traits you may have which will impress recruiters. At the end of the day, they see thousands of these and they pick out the wants that stand out from the rest. Hope this little anecdote was to some use and good luck for your applications :) [/QUOTE]
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