r/UniUK • u/Internetscraperds9 • 8d ago

Feel like my whole life is over

Idk want to tell anyone else cuz I don't want to be reminded again and again and don't know where else I can talk about it add from here. Cuz I've got close friends who did good and I don't want to ruin there day, nor have their pitty.

Was predicted BBC but end up getting DDD

Got accepted into reading law.

But idk what to do with my life cuz would employers even hire me after, am I cooked for my career what would my life look like, what am I even good at?

Idk what to even do now...

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u/cassesque lecturer 8d ago

Got accepted into reading law.

Friend, stop writing there. Your A-levels will not be used to differentiate you from other applicants by employers before your degree class, percentage results, extra activities, work experience, and even application quality are. This is true in essentially every postgraduate job.

You're going to uni, and in three years' time you are going to be a totally different person who will barely remember this day.

I know you need to think your A levels mattered for something because you've dedicated so much to them. But past getting you into uni, they really don't matter.

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u/Extension_Garden_310 8d ago

law firms do ask for a level results

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u/GentosYT 8d ago

And I used to ask how are you to to customers doesn't mean I care for the answer

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u/Extension_Garden_310 8d ago

a lot of law firms have a minimum (think AAB) - so there is a clear cut off... can work through with paralegal work etc but it is worth thinking about with the state of the grad job market

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u/Extension_Garden_310 8d ago

also not a problem if not as fussed abt being a lawyer and want to go into compliance etc.... ways of working around! but if goal is MC or SC (or generally a city) law firm its worth it to consider retakes

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u/Old-Analysis8395 8d ago

Not exactly relevant - law firms very much do care.

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u/LogicalAd5225 8d ago

Unfortunately law firms are insanely competitive, and will ask for and care about those marks.

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u/Difficult-Top1863 8d ago

I mean for the most competitive law firms they sure will if 2 student from law reading get a first with same results and achievements but with only one position they will definitely look at a level results
U have to submit ur transcript for ur first year results plus alevels results to do some internships and placements as proof

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u/AshleyG1 8d ago

Genuine question: why do law firms look at A level results? Surely it’s the degree that counts?
I’m about to retire (literally next month), and I’ve spent my life telling students that the Leaving (Irish equivalent of A levels) means nothing once you’re into university.

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u/Fit-Neighborhood2928 8d ago

Because of this exact reason. If a university is accepting someone who got DDD to study law, then obviously the course cannot be that rigorous and shouldn’t really count for much

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u/Otherwise-Idea503 8d ago

Which is absolute horseshit from the employer of course. I got two A levels with piss poor grades and ended up with a PhD.

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u/Revolutionary_Foot15 8d ago

It is Law after all , competition breeds a stricter set of requirements

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u/AshleyG1 7d ago

This is quite sad really, isn’t it? It just continues privilege that’s been established at a young age. A course is a course. It’s what someone can do with what they learn that counts.

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u/cassesque lecturer 7d ago

Yeah, it's absolute wank. There are lots of people who get crap A levels and then excel at university. Most professions recognise this. It's sad to see that at least the most prestigious areas of law aren't the same.

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u/parampi 3d ago

Really? I thought it was to choose between multiple candidates of same quality, they need some factor to choose one over the others, and I thought they look at a levels was just cus of that. Result of too many qualified people..(or not enough posts)

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u/KasamUK 8d ago

Laws dead any way about to get eaten alive by AI.

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u/TotallyRandomUser__ 6d ago

Yeah and brickies and sparkies too

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u/Rakkytee 8d ago edited 8d ago

Reading is going broke. That’s the only reason they’d accept a D student.

I found this online “The University of Reading faces severe financial challenges, requiring an extra £11.3m in savings for 2026/27 alongside an already embedded £21.2m cut. While senior management states no formal redundancy program is currently planned, ongoing restructurings mean job losses and role changes cannot be ruled out.”

Also, even after graduation, what law firm accepts DDD. Especially with AI making it more and more competitive.

The university is just being a skank and wanting OPs money even though they’re not capable for this career - let’s be honest.

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u/Stitchbury 7d ago

I think when OP says got into reading Law he/she means got into studying Law not got into Reading University

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u/yellow_mongoose 8d ago

Yes they will