Commercial Property Solicitor | LLS’ Trainee/Paralegal of the Year 2023 💫 | The Times’ Lawyer in Conversation | LLB LLM LPC
It was A Level results day this week; a day that I remember vividly. Facebook memories helps - despite the vaguely positive air of this post, I was feeling anything but happy. I was always an A grade student. Until I wasn’t. I didn’t get the A Level grades I wanted. I opened my results portal, and saw Bs and a C. I was gutted. I spent the day applying to various ‘good’ (read: red brick, or Russell Group) universities through clearing, misguidedly thinking that if I wanted to be a lawyer, I simply HAD to get a good degree from a ‘good’ university. A year later, having left that ‘good,’ university, I applied to DMU for a spot on the LLB. A brilliant university, with a brilliant Law course. I then made it my mission to ensure that those A Level grades didn’t define my prospects. Instead of focusing on what I couldn’t change, I decided to:- 💜 Prove (mainly to myself!) that those results were merely a blip in my academic record. I worked hard - and now have a first class degree and a masters with distinction. 💜 Work on my employability. I’ve posted lots about the decision to apply for a placement year at Wilson Browne Solicitors (the best decision I’ve ever made!), but I also worked various part time jobs whilst at university - which helped to develop many of the transferable ‘soft’ skills I use to this day. 💜 Look at the bigger picture - there was more to me than just my grades and work experience! I did lots of voluntary work, travelled, fundraised. Again, all these experiences made me, ‘me,’ and I use insights gained from each of them daily. 💜 Not quit. Things not going to plan in life is inevitable. It’s how we deal with the aftermath that matters. I decided I wasn’t going to let those grades stop me from getting to where I wanted to be. I stuck to that decision. 8 years on, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else, anywhere else. For those of you that woke up to A Level grades that weren’t what you were hoping for this week, I’m not going to tell you that it’s not heartbreaking. Because at the time, I felt like it was too. And those feelings are more than valid! But what I am here to do is demonstrate that once you’ve had time to process, rally, and move forward, those results really don’t have to stop you from getting to where you want to be, in the end. 💪🏻 #ResultsDay #ALevelResults #Mindset
Barnet and Southgate College student and upcoming apprentice at HSBC global private banking and strives to make an impact to the world as an autistic individual
5moThat is so awesome glad to see that you got there in the end and you are awesome and always a legend as well always keep going okay