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  1. Hannah.00

    Should I do a gap year?

    I have just received my alevel results and I have gotten ABC. I am very disappointed with myself as I was predicted A*A*A. I went through clearing to university of Leicester but now Im rethinking my choice. Would I be able to do a gap year even though I have been confirmed at Leicester? How...
  2. J

    Worried about academics

    Hi all, I just graduated from a RG University with a low 2.1 overall in history and politics. I worked as an estate agent during the second half of my second year and the first half of my third year. Since this February, I have been working at a top 35 firm as an admin in the commercial real...
  3. OB

    Lockdown LLM - yay or nay?

    I was due to start an LLM course at home in September but due to Student Finance issues I managed to defer my place until January 2021. However, now with lockdown 3.0 announced and any hope of on-campus teaching being diminished, should I save my money and not do the masters? Especially if I...
  4. B

    Winter vac schemes clashing with university commitments?

    I am wondering whether many finalists are applying for winter vac schemes even if they clash with the last few weeks of the autumn university term. My term finishes on the 13th December and a lot of the vac schemes begin on the 9th Oct, and during that week I have a lot of tutorials and seminars...
  5. Hazal

    Opinion on the word "postgraduate"

    I've always taken it for granted that law firms recruit from students and graduates alike and most generally do. However, as I look into other, maybe smaller firms, I've realised that whether or not they take graduates isn't as obvious anymore. For example, see Sullivan & Cromwell's wording...

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