How much does relevant work experience actually matter to university's

I am currently looking at applying for cyber security at the uni of Warwick. My grades are D*D*D in a level 3 extended diploma in computing. In my days off so about 20 hours a week, i work in a computer repair company, as a junior technician, the company is small with about 7 employees but we have a good reputation and we run our own antivirus that we sell to clients and we run cyber security for small businesses. i've been working there for about a year. Currently my grades are below a typical offer, the typically offer being D*D*D*, do you think my relevant work experience would allow me to get a lower offer. But in general would unis allow lower grades for tons of work experience?

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CamembertPaws

Original post by Fudge_1253

Having looked at their entry requirements they state that they are looking for BTEC
"We welcome applications from students taking BTECs and/or CTECs and combinations with A levels.
We would require the overall load to be equivalent to 3 A levels and for combinations of qualifications to have no significant subject overlap. STEM related subjects are preferred: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, General Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics. A typical offer would be DDD* in the BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma", but each application is considered on an individual basis. Consider how you prepare your personal statement to support your application and utilise our personal statement tools - don't rule it out as a possibility but always worth have a range of different universities with varying grade requirements 🙂 I think the positive language to take away from this is that they say a 'typical offer' rather than 'we only offer' or something along those lines.