Degree Help

preciousb

There has been some really good advice so far so thank you very much all

The problem with masters is funding but i guess i could afford it if i did it part time and paid in installments.

my brother is studying CIMA and has told me to do it, but i read that its pointless doing something like that or ACA etc if you dont have any accounting experience.

I wish i did computing at degree level lol. What a mistake in terms of what i want to do in the future.

I guess the worry is that my masters study may have to be in a business related field. Not something i am keen on.

With a masters, would it look really good even though say on my cv it would still show i got a 2:2 degree. Sorry know this sounds like a stupid question

vaporate

I hardly see a 2:2 as something to lose sleep over. Unless you wanted to apply for a certain graduate scheme which required a 2:1?

Just be glad it wasn't a 3rd or pass degree.

I see it as:
3rd: poor, 2:2 average, 2:1 above average, 1st class: Excellent.

The_One_Who

That depends on what you want to do with after your masters. Some places (usually things like large graduate schemes) won't accept someone with a 2.2, no matter how well they have done on a masters course. They don't accept 'top ups'. You may also struggle to get on to some masters with a 2.2 if it is a competitive course.

vaporate

By the way, 2:2 is seen as minimum for some masters degree courses. Other unis may prefer 2:1 PLUS work experience

Piece of advice, i wouldn't do a masters until you have chosen carefully what career you wish to be in as the time and money is 'huge'.

preciousb

I did a degree but never gave thought to my career after it. I never was sure throughout my life as in what i wanted to do until now. I wanted to go into a field of either computing or accounting/finance.

lcharm

I got a 2.2 and did a masters afterwards and it's useful to have as it shows drive whatever career path you choose. You going to be doing the extra year anyway to get the points tranferred so you might as well get a postgrad!

The_One_Who

Have a think of which you want to enter, perhaps try and get some work experience of some kind in each and then decide.

MrsManda

preciousb wrote: »

I did a degree but never gave thought to my career after it. I never was sure throughout my life as in what i wanted to do until now. I wanted to go into a field of either computing or accounting/finance.

There's a huge difference between accounting/finance and computing. As individual fields of work they're also wide ranging so you probably want to narrow it a bit further.

I know very few people who actually use their degree directly in their job and as other people have said, having a 2.2 is only a possible barrier if you want to do something specific. My husband has a 2.2 in Computing and Geography and works as an analyst for the NHS. In the 5 years since he graduated he's gone from a 6mths contract administering a survey on a band 2, to developing a career and becoming a band 8a which is a rough pay rise of 20k, during his time he has also done a Masters in Public Health partly funded through the NHS and partly self-funded.

Experience is often much more important than specific grades so you may be better off trying to get any job and working out what you want from there. It's a lot easier to get a job when you already have one

preciousb

I agree about getting a job but i am applying many times with no success as of yet. Sometimes i think if i am not going to find a job anytime soon, is iteasier to study for the year and would that improve my chances of landing a job.

Although i have been also thinking if i study part time and by chance i do find a job pretty soon. I can balance it out by doing both.

The_One_Who

Getting a masters degree is no guarantee to getting a job, at all. It also doesn't really improve your chances.