2:2 degree... where now?

crystaltipps

Someone close to me got a 2:2 in Microbiology and was pretty gutted as they didn't get onto the post grad stuff they wanted to do. However, fast forward 2 years - he is working in a lab doing specialised stuff with training paid for by the company. When he got offered another job and told the people at work about it, they offered him more money and a couple of extra holiday days to keep him. He also had an absolute ball at Uni, rather than just studying and it all panned out in the end. With his experience he is getting now, if he feels like doing post grad in the future, he has been told he could get a place.

No its not strictly comparable to economics but wanted to offer a bit of hope!

jam2002

You can forget about graduate jobs with a 2.2, you can maybe do a masters or another degree or start at the bottom of a company doing a job which doesnt need a degree and work your way up. or do voluntary work to build up your CV, sorry its not good but everyone has degree nowadays.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

Come on, the answer's obvious: become a teacher. That's what'll probably happen if you go on to do a masters and all that.

GothicStirling

fiddlesticks wrote: »

UHI wasn't even a university 6 months ago so that's hardly a good sign.

Every University has to start somewhere. The reason I'm chosing them is because they have links with the Scottish government's Gaelic initiatives. They also have strong links with The University of Aberdeen where I intend to study for my PhD.

Iain Banks was one of Stirling University's first graduates never harmed him.

GothicStirling

I also have a friend who graduated from St Andrews three years ago with a first class in Economics [private education to boot].

Guess what he's doing now? He's a barman.

Lesson: it's not the degree, it's what you do with it.

Lokolo

Signup to Monster, you upload your CV etc.

3 of my friends did that on Monday and 2 of them have interviews already! Crazy.

bendix

A 2:2 today is probably equivalent to around 4 grade E A' Levels twenty years ago. I'd give McDonalds a call.

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bendix wrote: »

A 2:2 today is probably equivalent to around 4 grade E A' Levels twenty years ago. I'd give McDonalds a call.

As the owner of a Desmond degree, i must disagree - it doesn't put you on the financial scrapheap and with determination you can still get a decent job with a 2:2

telboyo

A 2.2 in economics could just as easily be a first as all economists have a different opinion so who is to say what is correct.
The point of an economist is to postulate the reasons for activity in the market place. If it was an exact science we would not be in this financial mess.
Sub prime and CDOs were invented by people who did not have a grasp of the fact that you can only create wealth out of activity, not by just saying something is now worth more.

Strider590

GothicStirling wrote: »

I also have a friend who graduated from St Andrews three years ago with a first class in Economics [private education to boot].

Guess what he's doing now? He's a barman.

Lesson: it's not the degree, it's what you do with it.

It's actually about who you know, or more to the point... Who your daddy know's