u/Accomplished_Gur4426

Hello,
I managed to speak to the head of recruitment at one of the Big 4 Accounting firms (won’t disclose which). I’m kind of stuck as I was initially predicted A’s but due to not doing well in exams, I have no choice but to apply to aston (my initial plan was to resit but I just don’t have the mental capacity). I’m quite surprised as they told me that they do get a lot of graduates from aston and that the business school is really good, which quite surprised me as many redditors often label aston as a bad uni and advise to not go there if wanting to get into the Big 4 so when I heard this from the recruiter I was quite surprised. I have an offer from Aston, should I go there? Is there anyone who has been to aston and is working with a respectable accounting firm? Someone please advise me as I am genuinely stuck.

Hello,
I managed to speak to the head of recruitment at one of the Big 4 Accounting firms (won’t disclose which). I’m kind of stuck as I was initially predicted A’s but due to not doing well in exams, I have no choice but to apply to aston (my initial plan was to resit but I just don’t have the mental capacity). I’m quite surprised as they told me that they do get a lot of graduates from aston and that the business school is really good, which quite surprised me as many redditors often label aston as a bad uni and advise to not go there if wanting to get into the Big 4 so when I heard this from the recruiter I was quite surprised. I have an offer from Aston, should I go there? Is there anyone who has been to aston and is working with a respectable accounting firm? Someone please advise me as I am genuinely stuck.

Hello,

I didn't know where to post this but here goes nothing. My brother didn't sit his A levels during the covid years, did a foundation year degree at SOAS, a summer internship during uni and and now works at PwC and is getting paid very well and is satisfied - the point is he didn't do that well in his A levels (BCC) and still managed to get into the big4 or maybe he got lucky because it was covid. Now here I am, my grandad xx last year just before my year 12 mocks and idk what that did to me, I mourned that least in my family but silently lost everything in me. Despite my parents spending over £2k on overpriced tutoring, I have been failing ever since, U's in every test, mock. I'm hoping to just get into a foundation year law degree at SOAS with possibly A level grades of DDD in sciences, I don't want to resit because I'm soo done with A levels and cannot imagine resitting and just want a new start tbh. Also, I don't qualify for any extenuating circumstances as my school said that I never brought my situation up or spoke to anyone about it so they can't really do anything about it, also it has been almost a year since the passing away. Now my question is, do I still stand a chance of getting into the Big4 (eg EY, PwC) if I get 2:2 degree in law but with disgusting A levels (DDD,DDE)? I know many accounting/ law firms have scraped UCAS points but idk do they still use it to rank applicants, so am I disadvantaged? Do I really have to resit? Is my degree a waste of time if I have bad a levels but with a 2:2 in law?

Hello,

I didn't know where to post this but here goes nothing. My brother didn't sit his A levels during the covid years, did a foundation year degree at SOAS, a summer internship during uni and and now works at PwC and is getting paid very well and is satisfied - the point is he didn't do that well in his A levels (BCC) and still managed to get into the big4 or maybe he got lucky because it was covid. Now here I am, my grandad xx last year just before my year 12 mocks and idk what that did to me, I mourned that least in my family but silently lost everything in me. Despite my parents spending over £2k on overpriced tutoring, I have been failing ever since, U's in every test, mock. I'm hoping to just get into a foundation year law degree at SOAS with possibly A level grades of DDD in sciences, I don't want to resit because I'm soo done with A levels and cannot imagine resitting and just want a new start tbh. Also, I don't qualify for any extenuating circumstances as my school said that I never brought my situation up or spoke to anyone about it so they can't really do anything about it, also it has been almost a year since the passing away. Now my question is, do I still stand a chance of getting into the Big4 (eg EY, PwC) if I get 2:2 degree in law but with disgusting A levels (DDD,DDE)? I know many accounting/ law firms have scraped UCAS points but idk do they still use it to rank applicants, so am I disadvantaged? Do I really have to resit? Is my degree a waste of time if I have bad a levels but with a 2:2 in law?

Hello,

I didn't know where to post this but here goes nothing. My brother didn't sit his A levels during the covid years, did a foundation year degree at SOAS, a summer internship during uni and and now works at PwC and is getting paid very well and is satisfied - the point is he didn't do that well in his A levels (BCC) and still managed to get into the big4 or maybe he got lucky because it was covid. Now here I am, my grandad xx last year just before my year 12 mocks and idk what that did to me, I mourned that least in my family but silently lost everything in me. Despite my parents spending over £2k on overpriced tutoring, I have been failing ever since, U's in every test, mock. I'm hoping to just get into a foundation year law degree at SOAS with possibly A level grades of DDD in sciences, I don't want to resit because I'm soo done with A levels and cannot imagine resitting and just want a new start tbh. Also, I don't qualify for any extenuating circumstances as my school said that I never brought my situation up or spoke to anyone about it so they can't really do anything about it, also it has been almost a year since the passing away. Now my question is, do I still stand a chance of getting into the Big4 (eg EY, PwC) if I get 2:2 degree in law but with disgusting A levels (DDD,DDE)? I know many accounting/ law firms have scraped UCAS points but idk do they still use it to rank applicants, so am I disadvantaged? Do I really have to resit? Is my degree a waste of time if I have bad a levels but with a 2:2 in law?

Hello,

I didn't know where to post this but here goes nothing. My brother didn't sit his A levels during the covid years, did a foundation year degree at SOAS, a summer internship during uni and and now works at PwC and is getting paid very well and is satisfied - the point is he didn't do that well in his A levels (BCC) and still managed to get into the big4 or maybe he got lucky because it was covid. Now here I am, my grandad xx last year just before my year 12 mocks and idk what that did to me, I mourned that least in my family but silently lost everything in me. Despite my parents spending over £2k on overpriced tutoring, I have been failing ever since, U's in every test, mock. I'm hoping to just get into a foundation year law degree at SOAS with possibly A level grades of DDD in sciences, I don't want to resit because I'm soo done with A levels and cannot imagine resitting and just want a new start tbh. Also, I don't qualify for any extenuating circumstances as my school said that I never brought my situation up or spoke to anyone about it so they can't really do anything about it, also it has been almost a year since the passing away. Now my question is, do I still stand a chance of getting into the Big4 (eg EY, PwC) if I get 2:2 degree in law but with disgusting A levels (DDD,DDE)? I know many accounting/ law firms have scraped UCAS points but idk do they still use it to rank applicants, so am I disadvantaged? Do I really have to resit? Is my degree a waste of time if I have bad a levels but with a 2:2 in law?

Hello,

I didn't know where to post this but here goes nothing. My brother didn't sit his A levels during the covid years, did a foundation year degree at SOAS, a summer internship during uni and and now works at PwC and is getting paid very well and is satisfied - the point is he didn't do that well in his A levels (BCC) and still managed to get into the big4 or maybe he got lucky because it was covid. Now here I am, my grandad xx last year just before my year 12 mocks and idk what that did to me, I mourned that least in my family but silently lost everything in me. Despite my parents spending over £2k on overpriced tutoring, I have been failing ever since, U's in every test, mock. I'm hoping to just get into a foundation year law degree at SOAS with possibly A level grades of DDD in sciences, I don't want to resit because I'm soo done with A levels and cannot imagine resitting and just want a new start tbh. Also, I don't qualify for any extenuating circumstances as my school said that I never brought my situation up or spoke to anyone about it so they can't really do anything about it, also it has been almost a year since the passing away. Now my question is, do I still stand a chance of getting into the Big4 (eg EY, PwC) if I get 2:2 degree in law but with disgusting A levels (DDD,DDE)? I know many accounting/ law firms have scraped UCAS points but idk do they still use it to rank applicants, so am I disadvantaged? Do I really have to resit? Is my degree a waste of time if I have bad a levels but with a 2:2 in law?

Hello,

I didn't know where to post this but here goes nothing. My brother didn't sit his A levels during the covid years, did a foundation year degree at SOAS, a summer internship during uni and and now works at PwC and is getting paid very well and is satisfied - the point is he didn't do that well in his A levels (BCC) and still managed to get into the big4 or maybe he got lucky because it was covid. Now here I am, my grandad xx last year just before my year 12 mocks and idk what that did to me, I mourned that least in my family but silently lost everything in me. Despite my parents spending over £2k on overpriced tutoring, I have been failing ever since, U's in every test, mock. I'm hoping to just get into a foundation year law degree at SOAS with possibly A level grades of DDD in sciences, I don't want to resit because I'm soo done with A levels and cannot imagine resitting and just want a new start tbh. Also, I don't qualify for any extenuating circumstances as my school said that I never brought my situation up or spoke to anyone about it so they can't really do anything about it, also it has been almost a year since the passing away. Now my question is, do I still stand a chance of getting into the Big4 (eg EY, PwC) if I get 2:2 degree in law but with disgusting A levels (DDD,DDE)? I know many accounting/ law firms have scraped UCAS points but idk do they still use it to rank applicants, so am I disadvantaged? Do I really have to resit? Is my degree a waste of time if I have bad a levels but with a 2:2 in law?

Hello,

I didn't know where to post this but here goes nothing. My brother didn't sit his A levels during the covid years, did a foundation year degree at SOAS, a summer internship during uni and and now works at PwC and is getting paid very well and is satisfied - the point is he didn't do that well in his A levels (BCC) and still managed to get into the big4 or maybe he got lucky because it was covid. Now here I am, my grandad died last year just before my year 12 mocks and idk what that did to me, I cried the least in my family but silently lost everything in me. Despite my parents spending over £2k on overpriced tutoring, I have been failing ever since, U's in every test, mock. I'm hoping to just get into a foundation year law degree at SOAS with possibly A level grades of DDD in sciences, I don't want to resit because I'm soo done with A levels and cannot imagine resitting and just want a new start tbh. Also, I don't qualify for any extenuating circumstances as my school said that I never brought my situation up or spoke to anyone about it so they can't really do anything about it, also it has been almost a year since the passing away. Now my question is, do I still stand a chance of getting into the Big4 (eg EY, PwC) if I get 2:2 degree in law but with disgusting A levels (DDD,DDE)? I know many accounting/ law firms have scraped UCAS points but idk do they still use it to rank applicants, so am I disadvantaged? Do I really have to resit? Is my degree a waste of time if I have bad a levels but with a 2:2 in law?