2:2 Degree :(

I was in exactly the same boat, mainly due to too much focus on my final year project at the expense of properly revising the coursework. Got 98% for my project, but missed the 2.1 by a trivial amount. Was absolutely gutted at the time but in all honesty it has never held me back. I'd actually applied for jobs before I got my result and so had 7 job offers on the table before I found out. That was 20 years ago though!

It's typically the most recent thing you've done that most employers look for so in a year or two it will be significantly less relevant. As others have said, the degree is merely something to get you through the door into the interview stage. If you're good then the interview is the place to demonstrate that, not just the piece of paper.
 
j00ni said:
If it's feasible, then I'd say go for it - regardless whether it ends up making any difference to your career prospects, judging by this thread you may well regret not doing so if you have the opportunity
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Agreed.

Most companies now ask for "degree level" education to broaden the net. Or other wording they use is "degree calibre"... It's not the end of the world, and frankly it's a good mark, but if you have the possibility of pushing it up to a 2:1 then go for it. As long as you know you've worked hard and achieved a mark 0.5% off then that's all that counts.
 
Bad luck, mate, you got a dosser degree like me. Now go get a job. In 5 years no one will care that you got a 2:2.
 
Hayley-K said:
So my degree was 0.5% off a 2:1, i'm really annoyed because it means that on paper I look as smart as some of the people on my course who would have just scraped the 2:2. It's basically down to poor module choice in the second year, this year I made better choices and the modules avaliable interested me more and I have been consistently in the 2:1 even first for one module.

When I actually worked out the weighting of my degree I need another 4%, is it worth getting my dissertation remarked as its a double module just 2% would get me what I need. Has anyone done this and what route do I need to go down, is it too late if it doesn't get sorted before graduation a week away?

Im also worried about my employment prospects will my application just get tossed to one side because its got a 2:2 when in reality I may be a better candidate than someone else?

Please Help :confused:
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Be careful with remarks, you might end up with a lower grade than before (and you can't choose which marking!)
 
[DOD]Asprilla;12060389 said:
I don't understand the obsession with Graduate Schemes.

I've got a 2.2, I graduated 6 years ago and I went straight into a job with a small company.

I'm now very successful, rich and incredibly good looking.
2.2 is the new 2.1.
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Well buy a damn 5090 :p

I went the grad scheme route as I did not want to make a bad choice in choosing a job, plus wanted structured learning in a wide variety of areas on the underground, and structured help towards chartership.

I also got a 2:2 and they accepted me fine as i did well in the assessment centre and proved my worth. Also if I was such a retarded 2:2 engineering grad then how did i get passed the maths and english tests? It's not all about that piece of paper from the uni, but in my case a Masters helpd no end, especially in engineering.

Don't worry OP, it'l jsut mean you are more limited in grad scheme choices, but can now choose the company you want to work for carefull, get some experience then move up the ladder.
 
Deiwos said:
Does your university do Vivas? I know that when my results were announced if you were within 1-2% of a grade you could go for a viva and state your case for being bumped up. For my uni, it involved getting your project tutor to state your case. This usually ended up being 'He's worth a 2.1, give it him' and the review people saying ok.
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At my university, it was compulsory. If you were on the borderline then you had to sit a viva. They looked at your attendance, attitude, coursework and quizzed you to see how much you remembered from your last three/four years. Pretty scary stuff but it helped a friend of mine.

The downside was they they could knock you down to a 2:2 if you got 61%.
 
I just received a 2:2 in graphic design where even the tutors freely admitted that my talents were far above that, fact is that I was useless at documenting my process. I would actually go through all the right processes but just didnt see the need to write it all down. Thus all my final pieces were worth a first but without the process work I was given the same grade as some of the worst students on the course.

Didn't matter in the slightest though, I was told I have a very employable portfolio and was capable of producing work to a quality that the other students couldn't achieve. So although I felt hard done by with the grade, I also knew its my portfolio and talent that matters. In fact, i've just been accepted for my first job which came from my first application :) The CV that I sent to these employers didn't have my grade on at all due to me not knowing it at the time of application, however in the interview and subsequent second interview they told me I was better than most of the senior graphic designers that they had seen.

At the end of the day, the grade is largely irrelevant, the only people that got firsts on my course were the ones who sucked up the most - that is genuinely not me being bitter, there was a huge amount of politics which for me ruined the experience of my 3rd year.

As long as you know you can do the job and can convince a potential employer of that fact then a 2:2 shouldn't hold you back at all.
 
I received a 2:2 in Env Sciences this year and am not entirely disappointed, in fact I am proud I didn't fail as it was a tough course to do well in. I am glad however that I took a placement year as I now have that years experience as well as the knowledge that I can work as part of a team and all the trappings involved in that.

I just have to now show that I would be a suitable candidate in any upcoming interviews etc.
 
I also picked up a 2:2, just missing out on a 2:1, but that's what you get when you do a years work in 2 weeks.

Out of Uni i went straight into an I.T job starting on 23k, so if you've got what it takes you will make it, no matter your 2:2.

Tucks
 
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