We both agree then that access doesn't hinder you from getting a job. But if you reread the op's original comments, you can clearly see that here is someone who has to drastically do some serious 'educational learning input' in order to get up to a degree standard. I'm sorry but 'nearly getting in to trials' at football won't help you with uni work. Also for you, being in your second year at law, you understand how difficult university life is. You also understand the requirements for self dedicated learning, and hopefully what employers and the job market is like today. Ergo it is competitive. This being said, you should not understand both the difficulty and excellence of an access qualification. I took mine before they were graded, it was pass or fail in my day. And i just scraped a pass. So yes i did find it difficult. Also now that i am coming to the end of my fifth and final year at uni, i don't think most people would have stuck it out this long. I am at derby, which is seen as a relative light weight in some respects, but also ranks highly for graduate employment, which is also important. And also bearing in mind that the op hasn't said another single word since his opening salvo, do you really think this is someone who could hack a four year access degree combo, where the work starts hard, and gets harder each year? Plus there is no one to hold your hand, like at school? Finally what university are you going to if you mind my asking, and what do you want to do when you finish education? Thanks, Callum.