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Firms will not only select people from a specific pathway if they have self-funded in the same way they wouldn't stop people from applying who had done an SQE prep course with another provider. Therefore, I would choose the pathway that works best for you in terms of your interests/career aspirations.I don't think you need to contact GR teams about this as 99% of the time their response is going to be the same as mine above.
Firms will not only select people from a specific pathway if they have self-funded in the same way they wouldn't stop people from applying who had done an SQE prep course with another provider. Therefore, I would choose the pathway that works best for you in terms of your interests/career aspirations.
I don't think you need to contact GR teams about this as 99% of the time their response is going to be the same as mine above.