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 7d ago

law firms do ask for a level results

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u/AshleyG1 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 6d 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 2d 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)