Chances of Getting a Pupillage (mid tier Uni)

The academics looks good so far. The business placements are not entirely relevant, but equally you could make some use of them in the context of pursuing a commercial practice. The Commercial Bar in particular is extremely competitive compared to other areas, so you do need to bear that in mind, but at this stage there is nothing fundamentally about what you've written that makes me think it's not realistic for you. But you're at a very early stage of this, and it is important that you do your research at this stage and then focus on strengthening your CV and developing your skills in a way that will be conducive to pupillage applications.

Academics are promising, especially the prizes and scholarships. It is probably right that the Commercial Bar is more snobby about which university you went to, but that is on such a set by set basis that it's hard to give any real advice about it. The main thing is you will very likely need a First to get through the paper sift, but that isn't an issue at the moment. When you are able to, it would be good to do some kind of mooting or debating, but as Jamie says you are still at an early stage so plenty of time for that later.

Thanks Blayze! I know there is a debate society at my uni which I could attend, not sure where you would do mooting though?