Is a 2.2 really that bad :(

byb3

BigBouncyBall wrote: »

yey!!

I've just been offered a place on a masters course for next year!!

during the interview they never once asked about my 2.2 degree classification. Although they were a bit miffed about a maths graduate applying for an Art and Design masters!!

Congratulations! I agree it is a rather strange change in direction, but if you enjoy doing it and know what you want to do in life then I wish you all the best.

greyster

Poor A Levels will bite you hard. I got a CDE and they haunted me while i was hunting for my first job after uni. I got a lot of rejections (inc Accenture/HSBC etc) but three jobs in now it makes no difference at all.

I did do a MSc (and got a 2:1 for my BSc Hons) though and was a reservist (which employers love) - the paper didn't help me, the knowledge it gave did.

Nenen

dancingqueen_tr wrote: »

Yea obviously I didnt think you could just come out of a psychology degree and decide to subscribe people with anti depressants!! I just gave it as an example of one of the many routes you can go down.

This is probably pedantic but I can't see the point of saying that one of the routes you can go down from a psychology degree is to become a psychiatrist, when to do so you would have to go back and do a degree in medicine first. You'd have been a lot better off studying medicine in the first place! I know that it is not unknown to do a first degree and then go back and study medicine but, in that case, any first BSc degree would do... it is not especially advantageous to do psychology.

dancingqueen_tr

Nenen wrote: »

This is probably pedantic but I can't see the point of saying that one of the routes you can go down from a psychology degree is to become a psychiatrist, when to do so you would have to go back and do a degree in medicine first. You'd have been a lot better off studying medicine in the first place! I know that it is not unknown to do a first degree and then go back and study medicine but, in that case, any first BSc degree would do... it is not especially advantageous to do psychology.

yes it is extremely pedantic as this discussion is from a previous post where I listed (from friends doing psychology) a couple of paths that psychology can take you down. I would not encourage anyone who wants to become a psychiatrist that doing psychology would be the best option as an undergrad.

From 2 weeks ago "So yea..anyone can do "many" things with psychology. and many graduate schemes do not care what degree you have, as covered in this tread earlier. You can do psychology and go into marketing, looking into consumer behaviour. You can do psychology and do occupational psychology, you can do psychology and qualify to be a psychiatrist."

BigBouncyBall

been offered a another place on a masters course at another uni as well today! Both courses "required" a 2.1.

if you've got a 2.2 don't be put off when applying for masters courses that might be "above you" - they're looking for an enthusiastic and suitable candidate. Oh and your money of course

bandraoi

dancingqueen_tr wrote: »

yes it is extremely pedantic as this discussion is from a previous post where I listed (from friends doing psychology) a couple of paths that psychology can take you down. I would not encourage anyone who wants to become a psychiatrist that doing psychology would be the best option as an undergrad.

From 2 weeks ago "So yea..anyone can do "many" things with psychology. and many graduate schemes do not care what degree you have, as covered in this tread earlier. You can do psychology and go into marketing, looking into consumer behaviour. You can do psychology and do occupational psychology, you can do psychology and qualify to be a psychiatrist."

It's not pedantic in the slightest. psychology and psychiatry are completely unrelated disciplines. What you said is as valid as saying you can do engineering and go on to do psychiatry.

You can only do psychiatry from psychology by essentially going back to the beginning and starting all over again on the very long slog that is a medical degree followed by specialisation in the field of psychiatry. It gives you no leg up on the field of psychiatry beyond making it easier to pass one or two exams towards the very end of your study.

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BigBouncyBall wrote: »

been offered a another place on a masters course at another uni as well today! Both courses "required" a 2.1.

if you've got a 2.2 don't be put off when applying for masters courses that might be "above you" - they're looking for an enthusiastic and suitable candidate. Oh and your money of course

The money part is very important. I was once involved with organising and running a masters course - trying to get one off the ground is hard. I have no doubt we'd lower the entry requirements for a willing student who could afford to pay

Voyager2002

ringo_24601 wrote: »

The money part is very important. I was once involved with organising and running a masters course - trying to get one off the ground is hard. I have no doubt we'd lower the entry requirements for a willing student who could afford to pay

True. I was accepted on to a prestigious masters course at a good university, despite the fact that I had only got a Third in my BSc. Perhaps the fact that I was paying all the costs for myself provided evidence of motivation.

Anyway, I graduated with distinction and later completed a PhD in the same subject, so I'm not sure quite what a degree class proves about a person and what they will do next.

vicky_kidder

bandraoi wrote: »

It's not pedantic in the slightest. psychology and psychiatry are completely unrelated disciplines. What you said is as valid as saying you can do engineering and go on to do psychiatry.

Erm, don't think it's really fair to say say that they are completely unrelated disciplines. THey involve quite a lot of the same concepts depending on which school of psychological thought. To do a degree in psychology may spark an interest in applying it in a different setting. It's true that you need to do a different degree to become a psychiatrist and to do a psychology degree first as well is hardly idealistic, but i think the point the other poster was making is that it can deal with similiar issues and may make people intersted in it as a career.

(btw, I'm currently doing a Bsc in Psychology)!

bandraoi

In terms of career paths they're completely unrelated.