2.2 in the employment market.

melancholly

Jersy wrote:

i need to worry about the 2.2 scenerio now

have been getting mid 2.1s to low 1sts in all coursework

but had a stinker of an exam this morning

you'll only remember the bad bits, so don't panic yet!
and if it was awful, and you're scoring highly compared to the rest of the year, you may get the same grade as the entire distribution of performance will just be shifted down.

Jersy

fingers crossed!

ive one on friday which im dreading as well,

going to bed soon so that i can hit is hard tomorrow

Blacksheep1979

A lot of top tier firms do say 2:1 min but I've just been offered a job with one that is supposedly a 2:1 min and all the offer states is that I have to graduate - not queried this incase its a mistake though

cupid_s

I took an exam which was all MCQ. We had a separate exam with essay questions for the same module.
The questions were negatively marked and I answered less than half of the questions (I think I answered 30 out of 70). I came out and cried!
I got 69 in it! So obviously almost everyone else had done even worse than me and it had been massively scaled so everyone didn't fail.

studentphil

I know these firms do say 2.1's and then some people drop to 2.2 and still get a job if they have had an offer.

It does seem rather stupid chasing these graduate schemes as so many 100's apply that your chances of getting one is so low. You must have to be God's gift to the corporrate world to get one.

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or know people in HR at large city firms... (smug chuckle)

apoorstudent

I think that a lot of the time, the institution is more important than the level of the degree.

That said, I would like a 2.i or 1st this year Simply because a lot of people do the same degree as me so jobs are competitive!

Jersy

i thinkalso that while it may be important right now to do well,

in a few years.. you will have a degree and experiance

not a 2.2 and no experiance.. if you know what i mean

apoorstudent

Jersy wrote:

i thinkalso that while it may be important right now to do well,

in a few years.. you will have a degree and experiance

not a 2.2 and no experiance.. if you know what i mean

do you mean by doing ECs and working whilst doing the degree?

Blacksheep1979

studentphil wrote:

I know these firms do say 2.1's and then some people drop to 2.2 and still get a job if they have had an offer.

It does seem rather stupid chasing these graduate schemes as so many 100's apply that your chances of getting one is so low. You must have to be God's gift to the corporrate world to get one.

Cheers

There's always a point in going for them as it gives you experience of interviews if nothing else.