[newhope]

Well I have sort of had a very bad few years.

Currently I am 24 years old. When i was 18 I, like an idiot did not study as hard as I should have and only passed the first year. I was doing Electrical Eng. I did not enjoy the course which did not help.

After this I decided to do PPL. (private pilot license). Now I am going to start aeronautical eng.

Considering that i am gong to work hard which I will and if i get a say 2.1 in my course at a very avg uni would it be k to get a job or would i find it difficult. My interview skills are k as well.

[Clez]

its hardly "future destroyed" is it? Thats a bit melodramatic, I thought you'd been caught class A drug smuggling or your whole family had been eaten by killer chickens or something.

People get their courses wrong all the time, but it doesnt really matter what it is so long as you get out with a degree in something, you dont necessarily have to go into it.

If you do get this degree you're going for, of course you'll be able to find work - people are always desperate for graduates whatever you're doing.

Cheer up, theres another 8 months before the end of the world...

[LeeC]

(Original post by newhope)
Well I have sort of had a very bad few years.

Currently I am 24 years old. When i was 18 I, like an idiot did not study as hard as I should have and only passed the first year. I was doing Electrical Eng. I did not enjoy the course which did not help.

After this I decided to do PPL. (private pilot license). Now I am going to start aeronautical eng.

Considering that i am gong to work hard which I will and if i get a say 2.1 in my course at a very avg uni would it be k to get a job or would i find it difficult. My interview skills are k as well.

Try and prop your CV up with internships...you'll be fine with some experience.

[vangtrangbac_vt]

I think you should try more!
I believe you can do it!

[Barden]

what is 'k'?

isn't that a constant?

[Tokyoround]

(Original post by Barden)
what is 'k'?

isn't that a constant?

Boltzmann constant, 8.617 385(73) x 10-5 eV/K. OPs interview skills are related to temperature and energy.

[Alex_K123]

You should be fine, just manage your expectations as uni grad rather than a mature student. If you can demonstrate your level of maturity above your peers, that you have better life experience and probably work experience too you should actually be ahead of the pack.
Most people when they leave uni will have only worked in bars/restaurants etc with maybe a little internship in there and not thought of much else. If you can demonstrate you have experience, have realised earlier mistakes and rectified them you'll come across very well

[newhope]

thanks guys

[Smack]

I am honestly not sure why you think your future might be destroyed.

[newhope]

(Original post by Smack)
I am honestly not sure why you think your future might be destroyed.

because of 2 reasons

1) my history
2) my age. I will be 28 or so when i get a BEng and the rest of my friends will be 22 max.

the future employers i think would prefer to take the younger people than me since my history is not great

[Barden]

(Original post by Tokyoround)
Boltzmann constant, 8.617 385(73) x 10-5 eV/K. OPs interview skills are related to temperature and energy.

I thought lower-case 'k' was just an arbitrary constant? like when one learns about proportionality at GCSE or something or other

[Tokyoround]

(Original post by Barden)
I thought lower-case 'k' was just an arbitrary constant? like when one learns about proportionality at GCSE or something or other

Ah yes that's to do with differentiation

[Nitebot]

(Original post by newhope)
because of 2 reasons

1) my history
2) my age. I will be 28 or so when i get a BEng and the rest of my friends will be 22 max.

the future employers i think would prefer to take the younger people than me since my history is not great

You're worrying over nothing. There's thousands of Open University students, many of which will be much, much older than you, all working towards a BEng/MEng and hoping for a career boost or switch!!

[Crimmy]

(Original post by Tokyoround)
Ah yes that's to do with differentiation

and extension of a wire, E=kx or something like that :P

[Smack]

(Original post by Crimmy)
and extension of a wire, E=kx or something like that :P

I think you're thinking of Hooke's law where F = -kx, where k is the spring stiffness measured in N/m and x is the displacement.

[Crimmy]

(Original post by Smack)
I think you're thinking of Hooke's law where F = -kx, where k is the spring stiffness measured in N/m and x is the displacement.

thats it :P