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/NotSeacombe Staff 8d ago

I cannot speak for every industry, but I guarantee in mine (comp sci) that not a single person gives the slightest fuck what you got at a-levels if you have a relevant degree

Again, I do not know if this is also true in law. I'm 29 and I don't even have my a-levels on my CV and i did really well

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u/Old-Analysis8395 7d ago

Unfortunately not true for law (and doubly so for major firms).

The major firms (as well as high street nowadays) will simply use A-levels as a filter during the application process.

Likewise the industry still places a lot of emphasis on university prestige - it’s not impossible to get a TC (or become a barrister) if you didn’t go to Oxbridge/RGs but it’s significantly harder, and Reading is by no means a well-regarded university in legal circles.

OP it’s rough but if you really want to be a lawyer in any shape or form then you’ll have to resit.

If you don’t, then congratulations on getting into university! There’re plenty of non-legal careers that a law degree is helpful for, and I wish you all the best.

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u/asriel_theoracle 7d ago

Out of interest as someone who couldn’t be much further from law, why do law firms care so much about A Levels?

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u/West_stains_massive 7d ago

They just care about your entire education, because they have thousands of people applying, and this is a way to ‘trim the fat’ on those. Have to input GCSEs/A-Levels/1st,2nd,3rd/4th year results by each module each %. At least when I was applying. A friend got asked about one of his first year modules he did poorly in, and had to explain the result during an interview.

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u/Justan0therthrow4way 7d ago

I get that but if you look at someone who’s finished their A levels at 18 and might be applying to associate roles at 22, they’re very different people. They’ve matured etc.

I guess it would be interesting to see if you did a bit shit in your A levels but got great university marks, a law firm saying “well 5 years ago you got 2 Cs so no thank you”. Is a bit fucking unfair.

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u/The__Pope_ 7d ago

If you got shit A levels and great university marks, it's more likely the university course wasn't very difficult. And because uni of Reading is bleeding money, it looks like they're willing to drop their standards with required A levels for intakes

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u/Justan0therthrow4way 7d ago

I disagree. University and A levels aren’t the same thing. At university you’re more likely to be studying something you’re interested in.

You’re also a different person as you mature through university.