They will be higher.
You will know if you were entered into a lower scoring gcse. Highers mean that the grades will go up to a 9 or A* so I would assume they are the ones you entered.
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You will know if you were entered into a lower scoring gcse. Highers mean that the grades will go up to a 9 or A* so I would assume they are the ones you entered.
nah cos respectfully why would people take a 40k salary in the north over 100k for the job at the exact same firm in London (obviously I get that ppl may want to stay in the north but as a northerner myself I want GTFO and move to London esp cos it's busy and wayyyy more diverse - and the money is not bad either lol)
Just to clarify:
- in the past some GCSEs had a choice between foundation, intermediate and higher, but intermediate has been eliminated
- now some subjects require teachers to choose between foundation or higher, where it is impossible to get respectively the highest and lowest grades when sitting that paper, while others are classed as untiered, meaning the same paper is sat by all candidates, and all outcomes (1-9) are possible.
- an untiered paper is neither foundation nor higher. In this scenario it's an error by the form designers, who have failed to keep track with reforms from 10 years ago. If the form is provided by a third party, I'd send them an email asking them to correct their form, but I'd ultimately just choose 'higher'
Thank you for the reply guys -- ill change it to higher
I have one more question about the work experience section. There’s an option to add “other” work experience in a separate box. Should I include my insight schemes there, or would it be better to list them alongside my main work experience entries?
I have one more question about the work experience section. There’s an option to add “other” work experience in a separate box. Should I include my insight schemes there, or would it be better to list them alongside my main work experience entries?
If anyone has SPB insights please let me know! I can share Norton Rose, Goodwin, Eversheds, Jones Day, Macfarlanes, Vinson & Elkins
Ignoring other factors like diversity and business etc, i'm really debating over this for my next cycle.
I'm from near the peak district and could easily work in Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds. If it's 40k vs 100k then it's London no brainer. But for the higher paying firms like DLA piper, I'm not sure which to apply to. I'm keen to experience London, but if I can live at home and commute to Sheffield, earning 75k NQ (mind, DLA is an outlier), I would be RAKING IT IN. Could be putting 40k a year into savings/investments/house deposit. Vs earning 110k in London, and just about being comfortable.
Hi, has anyone heard back from Sidley Austin or K&L Gates about their summer vac schemes? Heard nothing since applying. Also anyone heard anything from Hogan Lovells since completing the WG for direct TC?
London is very broken, and standards of living in this country have been declining for decades due to the idiots we have governing us.
£75k is £54k take-home, whereas £110k is £72k.
If you're renting that's still a better lifestyle in London, but hours likely to be longer, and in the long term, the price of more substantial property in London is quite insane - it's over £1m for a 3-bed house that was historically for working-class people, and the sort of house that my grandfather would have considered a middle-class property is around £4m, and you're still likely to be mugged for your iphone on the way to work.
Are you a student in the UK, or are you already on a Skilled Worker visa? I know many international students who have completed vacation schemes. If you're on a student visa, you can work up to 40 hours per week outside of your university term time. So, if the vacation scheme falls during your holiday period, you wouldn’t need sponsorship.
Mishcon got back to everyone for VIs for Summer VS in mid Feb and will get back to everyone who did their VIs sometime this month, if that's helpful to you.
When I sat it they told us they're holding 8 ACs and that we will hear back by the first week of March, latest second week!
More law dreams happening to me. This time I'm doing a VS. At the firm 'Vantage & Watkins'. Too much time spent on Vantage.io?
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Salaries are not £40k in the North West if a firm is paying £100k in London.
For instance, DLA is £110k in London and £75k outside of London for an NQ role
CMS is £110k in London and £62k in the North West
Eversheds is £100k in London and £65,500 outside of London
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