1st from Birmingham City University

The firm who offered me a training contract obviously don't seem to take as much issue with music as you do.

chill out, i just thought it was a bit mean having a go at the OP about grammar when that wasn't really the question they were asking. it's kind of obvious that you don't write 'proper hard' on an application.

Well they're all top 20ish firms but they were all on a borderline 2.1, so they were on a 58 from either Birmingham or Warwick. You'd be surprised at how much weight a good law school 2.2 holds!!!

I see it like this, and please don't shoot me for my opinion.

People get into Top university, mid rank, low rank university according to their alevel grades. Therefore you are among the top if you are in a top university and you are among the bottom of those who goes to university if you went to a low ranking university.

Then a proportion of you in that high rank/low rank university get first, 2.1, 2.2 etc.

So if you get a first in a top university, you are top of the top of those who went to university. If you got a first in a low ran university, you are the top of the bottom in a sense in comparison to the rest of the country. So the top of the bottom is around the bottom of the high rank university. So saying a first from BCU is around the middle/bottom of a russel group university.

(I study at UCL so obviously i will feel biased to think that my degree if i get a first worth maybe a little bit more than if i was at BCU with the hard work I put in a levels but ya my view of what you wrote)

I understand what you are trying to say. But for someone that goes to UCL, I'd expect writing that was a bit more coherent.

I see it like this, and please don't shoot me for my opinion.

People get into Top university, mid rank, low rank university according to their alevel grades. Therefore you are among the top if you are in a top university and you are among the bottom of those who goes to university if you went to a low ranking university.

Then a proportion of you in that high rank/low rank university get first, 2.1, 2.2 etc.

So if you get a first in a top university, you are top of the top of those who went to university. If you got a first in a low ran university, you are the top of the bottom in a sense in comparison to the rest of the country. So the top of the bottom is around the bottom of the high rank university. So saying a first from BCU is around the middle/bottom of a russel group university.
(I study at UCL so obviously i will feel biased to think that my degree if i get a first worth maybe a little bit more than if i was at BCU with the hard work I put in a levels but ya my view of what you wrote)

A first is a first no matter where it's obtained from.. it shows the commitment and the seriousness of the student.. The courses taught and textbooks used are same in all universities , the only difference is the calibre of tutors, the facilities and the bias created by government through the provision of adequate funding to the top universities while negelecting the lowly ranked unis..

Students in top universities like oxbridge, warwick, imp, ucl ech have access the the best lecturers and facilities compared to their peers in the lowly ranked uni. So, if a students achieved a 2.2 from top uni, it only shows his/her level of seriousness. A student who made a first from a lowly ranked university despite the unavailability of quality lecturers and facilities is better off than someone who has all the necessary ingredients to obtain a first class but failed to achieve it.

And most employers are only being irrational in their shortlisting exercises by concluding that a top grade from top uni is better than that obtained from a lowly ranked uni..why not ensure equal opportunities and select based on recruitment tests rather than being stereotypical and asking unecessary questions at interviews where minds are easily made up to favour the graduands from top unis