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A recent government report in the UK has judged that it is becoming increasingly hard for students to get accepted into courses which lead to a professional career unless they are from a more affluent background. This goes against previous consensus that getting into careers in fields such as medicine and law was becoming easier for those from not-so-privileged backgrounds.

So, just how hard is it to become a lawyer or doctor these days? While I was at university, I certainly remember a great deal of the students undertaking degrees in medicine and law were what you would refer to as the ‘privileged’ classes. However, this wasn’t a given.

In essence, the government wants opportunities to be opened up for those from less affluent backgrounds so that they may go into more financially demanding education. Some commentators say this won’t fix the problem as it isn’t the poorer families which are being hit, or the richer ones for that matter – it is the traditional ‘middle class’ family who’s income means they do not get assistance from the government to send their children to private schools or university, but also can find it hard to afford all these additional costs as they are not as wealthy as those from the richer families.

So how hard is it – are you a student in a professional field right now? Do you have relatives in this situation, and how are they finding it?

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