Chances of getting a training contract or vac scheme?

What are those ECs? At interview I often found myself nodding along as people said they did X reasonably academic degree at Y RG uni but then thought '**** that's impressive' when they mentioned ECs. But yeah you're a good candidate.

how long is a piece of string?

will also come down to your module results - what are they?

lots of firms won't like that you haven't done a vac scheme at a city firm.

i think low chance of tc at this stage. as above poster said, what ecs?

i agree with liarpoker - you're not bad, this isn't a reflection on you. You're a very intelligent person, you've achieved. You just don't stand out and i think your chances whilst they exist, are slim.

hr have 1000 applications. it's a lottery. just getting to interview stage...will be impossible if you don't have something really to differentiate you. The way you write your answers is also important. This is just application stage stuff.

My bad. ABB at A-level not AAB. Will this be a massive difference?

What sort of firm? American basically out the window, MC/SC you'd need to be very persuasive/orally pleasure a HR bod, smaller City and large regional vary both in whether it's ABB and if AAB how strictly they enforce it. Plenty of West End firms and smaller regional ones won't have any, though they may be more inclined to look for paralegals rather tham fresh off of campus kids.

Hopefully a London firm. Medium to large sized. Such as DLA PIPER, Eversheds, Reed Smith, Addleshaw.

Would you consider my academics to be good enough for those firms>

Thanks for the reply