A*BC A-Levels. Worried.

At A-Level I got A*BC (maths, physics, further maths) and ended up (thankfully) studying physics at uni.

But I'm worried these grades are going to really hinder my future job prospects as employers seem to be looking more and more at A-Levels, and practically everyone in my future field(s) will have better if not fantastic grades.

I plan on hopefully doing a Masters and PhD. Will I be disadvantaged? What can I do to rectify the situation? Is there a way?

Thank you.

At A-Level I got A*BC (maths, physics, further maths) and ended up (thankfully) studying physics at uni.

But I'm worried these grades are going to really hinder my future job prospects as employers seem to be looking more and more at A-Levels, and practically everyone in my future field(s) will have better if not fantastic grades.

I plan on hopefully doing a Masters and PhD. Will I be disadvantaged? What can I do to rectify the situation? Is there a way?

Thank you.

My Dad's a physicist and he got ACE at A level and a 3rd class degree...then he got a good masters and won an award for his PhD and he's now got an excellent job at Oxford Uni. He's got lots of other scientist mates in the same situation. I know it's only one example, but A levels really, really, really don't matter if you do well higher up. Keep on moving up. Forget about the A levels - they're for kids. Do well in your degree - that will 'rectify' the situation.

Agree.
Education means little. Who is teaching you? Academics? Pfftt, most of them apart from the top tier ones like the ones from Oxbridge are not worth listening to. If you really want to learn in life, you will do anything and everything to learn as best as possible.

Example of someone in my generation of the family. Went to Sunderland University and got a diploma. If at 18-21 she came here on tsr and asked for advice she would get laughed at and most likely be told she will amount to nothing. Well, these days she owns a restaurant/fast food franchise with multiple properties both here and abroad. She didn't need anyone to hire her and tell her she is clever, she grafted away and hired people herself instead.

I got a 2.1 from a Russell Group University in Law, so you would think I would be biased towards the more academic people, but no. I was struggling at first in trying to get the grad schemes I wanted, i finally got 2 offers in fact from two of the big four i had been preparing for, for weeks. I remember getting a lot of stick on here for my admittedly light cv. But, I said **** it and i was determined to prove to myself it was all a lot of b.s.. I passed everything and then i realised that going there is my idea of hell, i declined their offer because i know i would not be happy in that environment. I just cannot pretend to like working in such a corporate structure for however many years they wanted me there. I don't know how to 'learn my place'. I now have my own startup business and I love working, I plan to own a second business eventually.

I think that people in Europe are heavily reliant on just doing what others are doing (e.g. settling for a 9 to 5 in a corporate enclosure). I think it is probably the most anti-entrepreneurial place i've been to. Everyone seems keen to hide behind a big brand company and earn their average salary.
It's like if you did not go to a certain uni, get certain grades and work for a certain company you've failed. It is such robotic bull****. Essentially, I speculate that it is like people are being put through a production line and programmed to all think in the same generic way. I know for a fact that your Dad would never have got where he is if he listened to the foolish advice bandied around these places. Thing is, he had the balls to actually do what he was destined to do.

Anyway, it takes a tough skin to come back when people are doubting you and saying how you won't amount to much. But, how you respond to it is the real mark of the man or woman in question.

My Dad's a physicist and he got ACE at A level and a 3rd class degree...then he got a good masters and won an award for his PhD and he's now got an excellent job at Oxford Uni. He's got lots of other scientist mates in the same situation. I know it's only one example, but A levels really, really, really don't matter if you do well higher up. Keep on moving up. Forget about the A levels - they're for kids. Do well in your degree - that will 'rectify' the situation.

You really think this is common? One personal anecdote does not negate the worth of A Levels. This sounds like something someone would say to themselves because they performed poorly at A Levels to feel better about themselves.