Is a 2.2 degree the end of the world??

Nitefly said:
If I'm working ~14 hours a day (no breaks) to ensure a decent degree, theres absolutely no reason why you couldn't either.

Put some mental back bone into it :)
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how the hell can you manage that!?

my first year on a foundation course has gone to the birds, i've given up on it now, mainly cus its boring me stupid and due to that i just dont have the motivation to do the work even though i know i can and when i bothered on one assignment i got one of the best marks.
a change of course is in order for me, and a way to find the motivation to not just sleep, drink and do nothing
 
i got a 3rd in comp sci, graduated just under 2 years ago and in a decent job on a decent salary now, i started lower than i would have done, but mostly because i took one of the first jobs i could, now on 8k more than i started that job on though
 
I was avergining 66% after my second year, there's no way I'll get that this year. One exam over Christmas was appauling, literally couldn't do it. 100% exam, in no way reflected the effort i'd put into the module. Dissertation was in Wednesday, put in an obscene amount of work and had another cwk due today, feel mentally drained. Have 3 exams starting on the 7th, finish the 16th and then looking for a job I guess.
 
When I did my degree, I was on a 2:2 after the first and second years. However during the third year i managed to pull the mark up to about 2% off a 1st by working damn hard (Plenty of 16 hour days). However if you don't get the 2:1 you are after, then its far from the end of the world. Still apply to graduate programs even if they specify a 2:1 (They might need to fill places etc) but also look at other projects and courses you can do to make your CV more attractive. An employer is more likely to emply someone with a 2:2, experience and evidence that that person really wants to be in the industry than someone with a 2:1 and nothing else.
 
Freefaller said:
It's not the end of the world. Once you get your foot in the door of a job degrees and so on are quickly forgotten. I did an engineering degree, now I'm in a completely different industry within which I'm a senior manager. Believe in yourself you can do it.
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Which industry?
 
Degree is a degree in my opinion. I have a better job than some people who have a 1st whereas I have a 2:1. Still proves that you are capable of studying for a degree and know how to research effectively. As you are so close, maybe you could mention this in the interview and explain how you would have done things differently and what you have learnt from your experiance.
 
I was hoping this was some amazing mathematical proof on how geometry had been found to be the end of us all, still.

No, a 2:2 is not the end of the world. Experience is far, far more important.
 
platypus said:
No, a 2:2 is not the end of the world. Experience is far, far more important.
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^^agree

a degree is just a means to an end imho I wouldn't take your foot of the gas though in anticipation of a 2.2, last year I was demotivationalised (I'm a mature student) but put in a big push and was proud of the result I received, even though it was the worst result ive had in my 6 years of OU study. If you dont give it your best shot you will never know if a 2:1 was on the cards.
 
I'm on about 60.5% at the moment, been on a 2:2 the past three years. My dissertation and other two modules due in next few weeks will decide it, although I'll have to wait until the end of June to find out :(
 
platypus said:
Which industry?
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Security Industry believe it or not. Though initially I started off my career working for a small firm setting up telecommunication & IT systems on luxuy superyachts around the world - you may remember me posting from all around the world before.

I grew sick of IT/Telecomms and more so of the travel (in my last year I spent nearly 7 months of year away from home).

I'm now part of multi million pound business (actually I think we turned over over 4bn last year - we're on the FTSE100) in a good management position. I did spent 6/7 years in the first company. However my time at uni was useful, certainly from self management, time keeping and working under my own steam. And hey if I can blag a 58.4% average and get a 2:2 without doing any work and have a good life then surely I'm doing something right! lol (well apart from being a bit lazy at times :o).

Seriously though I just wanted to be part of a bigger organisation to enable me some progress. But IT/Electronics are an interest not something I care to be or actually am an expert on. Not enough to be an engineer or innovator. I'm a people person, I deal with people well, certainly better than electronics! If I'm honest I don't know what degree I would have done. A BEng in Electronic engineering is quite hardcore so I'm actually really pleased with how well I did do.

Degree level education counts as a guage of how self motivated you are and how disciplined you can be - it does help broaden your outlook on how to see things too IMO. It gives you the chance of gaining lots of experiences. Even with a 2:2 you tend to do a broad range of subjects and achieve an acceptable level of competency. It's a maturity progress too.

Just because you do a degree in one thing doesn't mean you're stuck in it.
 
Definitely nothing wrong with a 2:2. I got a 2:2 and although I was disappointed at the thought of it to start with as a lot of graduate schemes seemed to want a 2:1, I managed to get a good job with it.

Ended up working in the field I was after, doing pretty much the exact job that I was after, and have what I consider to be good career prospects.
 
You should have taken a language option in your final year. I managed to substitute level 1 german for something like 3 regular physics modules. I scraped a 1st by a fraction of a %, and nobody is any the wiser =).
 
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it is never the end of the world (until it really is the end of the world).

I'm sure it has been mentioned that a degree helps you get your foot on the ladder but once you have the necessary experience, your degree becomes obsolete (until you decide you want to start in another industry!).

Experience > degree.

It's never the end of the world!
 
When applying just say that you are expecting a 2:1 or better, that will get you into the interview, after which point it will be about your personality and experience and they probably wont care if you actually get a 2:2

My job offer said I needed to get a 2:1, I emailed them just to ask "what if I get a 2:2", to which they said they nothing, the job offer would still stand.

If you do get a 2:2 THEN apply for jobs, it may hinder you where the application process is online and if you don't put 2:1 or better it just stops the application right there. For the normal CV->interview process I don't think it will hold you back.
 
ive got a 2:2 degree, dont seem to have a problem.
I took a year out as placement and now done a year in a job after uni aswell, seems to be going ok, just i could do with a bit more cash.
 
I also have a desmond.

I have a job with a salary in the city and I'm earning more than any of my friends who got firsts. I'm not working in finance either.

Degree classifications mean less these days, it's experience that counts.
 
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