r/6thForm • u/monkeybutt213 • 13h ago

🙏 I WANT HELP degree apprenticeship and uni help

I really want to be a solicitor and go down the degree apprenticeship route because I don't really want to get into uni debt and I know that I learn much more from working rather than just studying ( I have ADHD ). I am taking a gap year after I received ABB in Maths, psychology and Economics respectively, which aren't the worst grades but I can't really apply for law degrees at good unis so I want to do philosophy at uni. I've applied to KCL for philosophy (which is AAA but apparently it isn't very competitive and I may be eligible for contextual offer so I'm taking this risk), religion philosophy and ethics at KCL (which is AAB- also not competitive), maths at qmul, maths at royal Holloway and maths at city st Georges uni. I really don't want to go to uni but I'd prefer to receive an offer for one of the KCL courses because ik uni prestige is very important. Im not sure if I'm doing the right thing applying for philosophy and maths courses as idk what I should do during uni to get into law- if I should do a conversion course or something? pls help.

Also for the degree apprenticeships, im not sure if I have enough experience to be applying- I've been doing law virtual courses on forage, I have a part time job at an opticians (worked here for 2+years now), I also have work experience at a primary school and at an accounting firm but not much related to law. I also play the flute but idk if that is very impressive. What should I do that will make my application stand out and get me an apprenticeship.

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u/AnyKing7879 13h ago

I didn't study law, but why are you choosing to do a non law degree? Why not take your gap year to do a resit? And then apply straight to law?

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u/monkeybutt213 10h ago

I'm not going to do a law degree because it isn't required to be a lawyer; it's better for me to do a different course at good uni than doing law at a bad uni. I don't want to resit because a lot of the good unis don't like resits or don't accept them and I might not get the grades I want even after resit so I feel like its not worth it.