Uni worries

Wardie said:
I'd agree totally. I have a friend who isn't at what's ranked as a top uni who swears by some of his lecturers and is on his placement year working for Microsoft in Ireland.

Can't be all bad.

I had the option to go to a fairly decent uni and i've changed it for a one where the course suits my more, even though it may not be respected. I'm not going to force myself through three years of something I don't like.
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exactly. I had a placement interview for IBM, i arrived and everyone there was doing computer science at cambridge and stuff. People were there with their brief cases and I arrived from Leeds met doing a business computing course. Apparently I did quite well in the interviews and team building exercise but I know i did terrible on the maths test. (It was solid and im quite poor at maths)

You have to take the rough with the smooth with every course i think though. There were parts of my business computing course i hated like project management and parts that i really enjoyed, like multimedia system, internet technology and business computing infrastructure (hardware)

Anyway I ended up doing a placement for a medium sized company main roles were 1st and 2nd line support but I did more networking and admin roles like using active directory and sorting out backups. Great experience, and i got 72% for it (classed as a module i think)

Choose Internet Information Systems as my award and got 67% in practical and 68% in theory. Pleased. Hopefully my final year marks should boost some of the 2nd year modules i didnt like and didnt do well in, like project man where I got 40% :rolleyes:
 
You got a D in AS Law which is what I got. It's a very bad grade, it just shows you have (or had) no passion at all for the subject and left the revision for the last minute (as I did). Go for something that really interests you, even if that means not choosing a subject that will lead to a super prestigious job. Do something that you're enthusiastic about, something that will guarantee you seeing the degree to the end and getting a good grade.
 
212 said:
Well what can I do?

I took the Stamford test and it brought up Law, Economics, Polictics and History.

I dont know how I can find my "interests".
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You don't know what you're interested in?
 
212 said:
Well what can I do?
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Get a job.

I took the Stamford test and it brought up Law, Economics, Polictics and History.

I dont know how I can find my "interests".
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You don't even know what you want to do, Uni is not the right place for you. You want a free ride for the next 3 years spending student loan on beer. You don't give a stuff about an educuation becuase you don't even know what you want to study.

Go and start a career.
 
Jesus Christ. Fox, shut up. Not everyone knows what they want to do by the age of 20 let alone 18 etc. The dude needs help from someone qualified and who understand the situation he is in*. This is opposed to someone like you who has the attitude of:

”OMG you don’t know what you want…I have it all planned: 5.31212 2.1 litre BMW, 5 kids (1 girl, 4 boys), a degree in Gooness, taking modules in life and social abilities.”

Uni maybe the EXACT thing for him. He just doesn't know. He needs to have a good sit down with his teachers/advisor.


Give him a damn break.

*Connexions & teachers etc.
 
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Robert said:
Jesus Christ. Fox, shut up. Not everyone knows what they want to do by the age of 20 let alone 18 etc.
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I never said they did. I certainly don't yet. But it is generally a good idea to at least have SOME idea what COURSE you want at Uni less than 4 months before the term starts, do you not think?

Or what, pick a course out of a hat?
 
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Originally Posted by Noble-Kebab
u picked 2 bad subjects to go with law. Looks like your going through clearing.

Also learn to spell its here not hear


Ahem.

This is exactly why I stopped correcting anyone's mistakes years ago, I make just as many myself :p

Back on track...

Pick something you enjoy doing, find a commercial\way of making money aspect to it and do what it takes to get there. If that means you need to study at uni then do it e.g. I liked playing around with my PCs (hence why I'm here), did an IT course at uni, got a job playing with servers (essentially PCs with much more redundancy).

Law is very demanding and imho not worth the effort, you won't make much until you hit partner 15 years down the line.

Good luck, we've all been there.
 
Robert said:
Jesus Christ. Fox, shut up. Not everyone knows what they want to do by the age of 20 let alone 18 etc. The dude needs help from someone qualified and who understand the situation he is in*. This is opposed to someone like you who has the attitude of:

”OMG you don’t know what you want…I have it all planned: 5.31212 2.1 litre BMW, 5 kids (1 girl, 4 boys), a degree in Gooness, taking modules in life and social abilities.”

Uni maybe the EXACT thing for him. He just doesn't know. He needs to have a good sit down with his teachers/advisor.


Give him a damn break.

*Connexions & teachers etc.
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So surely speaking with people that deal with this sort of thing would be better than posting on a computer hardware forum. So calm down.

Yes, he needs help, but basing your future life choices on a poxy test is preposterous.
 
mcast123 said:
Law is very demanding and imho not worth the effort, you won't make much until you hit partner 15 years down the line.
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A couple of friends have gone straight from King's to training contracts with firms on £26k. This will rise to £36k once qualified... and scale from there.

Quite a bit higher than the average graduate starting salary, if you get a good degree from a well respected university. I would say that in general though, law is incredibly oversubscribed (far too many people studying for the amount of jobs available...) and there are far too many people studying law at mediocre universities getting a 2:2 or lower.

If you are going to study at a university further down the rankings, you really should make sure you get yourself a 2:1 minimum and get in some vocational work placements or internships if possible.
 
Well as for future jobs, I think out of the courses Law and Business is what really appeals to me, I see myself doing a job in a suit, white collar job I think it is?

Ive had a talk with cousins who are at Uni and they have helped me with my application and stuff. I talked to my Assistant head of year today who deals with all the Uni stuff and is my Uni "expert" and he said to me -

- I should go to uni "for the sake of it" and pick a course I enjoy and will commit myself to. He knows people who have gotten a degree in Biology but end up being a Manager in Marks and Spencer.

Obviously I should be careful of what course I do pick because of the money side to it.

He also said to meet him on Thursday and he will go through the financial side of living out and things.

There are some open days on the 22nd and 30th of June at some Unis so I will go and have a look at them. The deadline for Ucas Extra is the 6th of July so am I right to make a decison later on now?

Thanks.
 
a degree means nothing anymore. saying ' i have a degree' means sweet FA. if could be a 1st in something scientific/mathy at oxford or cambridge, but most of the time its someone doing a silly course at a poly oops i mean uni thats rubbish. I.E. my friend doing networking at derby (i checked the telegraph its the 2nd worst uni in the uk according to their league tables lol). its full time yet he did 2 days a week, and he had 6weeks xmas and easter and he finished for the summer 3 weeks ago. not a proper course at all.

To back up my point for those of you in the burton/stoke area, burton college is to become a university soon. all i can say is oh dear
 
mglover070588 said:
a degree means nothing anymore. saying ' i have a degree' means sweet FA. if could be a 1st in something scientific/mathy at oxford or cambridge, but most of the time its someone doing a silly course at a poly oops i mean uni thats rubbish. I.E. my friend doing networking at derby (i checked the telegraph its the 2nd worst uni in the uk according to their league tables lol). its full time yet he did 2 days a week, and he had 6weeks xmas and easter and he finished for the summer 3 weeks ago. not a proper course at all.

To back up my point for those of you in the burton/stoke area, burton college is to become a university soon. all i can say is oh dear
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I take it you didnt do a degree then (especially not maths at cambridge!) and no, your wrong, my housemate works in IT recruitment consultancy and yes, he said they bin all the CVs where people got a 3rd but look at the experience of the poeple with a 1st or 2:1 before looking at the people with no degree.
Also people with no degree get no look in if people have a degree with a few years of experience

Maybe your right about the crap unis
 
mglover070588 said:
To back up my point for those of you in the burton/stoke area, burton college is to become a university soon. all i can say is oh dear
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Oh dear indeed! :D

When was this announced?
 
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