Should I resit my A levels?

[Aspiringlawyer_]

Hello,

I’m a career changer who started my law conversion course last year. I sat my A levels in my home country over 10 years ago, but didn’t get any of my grades due to administrative failures at the school. I was still able to go to uni in my home country and finished with a first class hons. I also have a masters from a RG uni. I have outlined in more detail the mitigating circumstances in my applications, but I was wondering if I should just sit them again. I’m really not inclined to, as I put so much time and effort into studying for them the first time and it’s just frustrating that I didn’t get my results, and now have to contend with that in my applications. Do you think this will disadvantage me?

 

[Aspiringlawyer_]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your kind and thorough response. I hope my other qualifications and career history to date works in my favour. @Jessica Booker and @Andrei Radu keen to hear your thoughts as well.

 

[Jessica Booker]

No - I don’t think there would be any value in sitting your A-levels now. You have mitigating circumstances to why you haven’t got A-levels and enough years of further education to show your academic intellect.

It would be better to focus on getting the best grades you can in your GDL.