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I am in the final year of my degree
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I study at a top Russell Group uni
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I have a good degree relating to Economics/Business/Management (trying to be ambiguous here)
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For the last two years I have averaged a first class
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I have loads of extra curricular activities such as treasurer to a society
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I have one summer of professional work experience
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I am a care leaver so when I graduate I have nowhere to go, and this is the real world not Tracy Beaker. There is no support for you once you are 18 unless you are a criminal
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I hold down a part time job whilst I study to give me extra money and brother who is still in care (well, a halfway house but I don’t think most of you will know what that is)
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I have applied to a lot of graduate schemes and spent many hours of my time doing it
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I took care with each application, did a lot of research and tailored my CV to each application
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Everyone from my university's careers department said my applications and CV were perfect
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Because I haven't had time to study I expected my grade average to drop to a 2.1 but that is OK
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Every graduate scheme I applied for I have been rejected from. I have no idea why, and the only thing I can think of that would have led to my rejection was my online test, but none of the graduate schemes I applied for was willing to give me feedback
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I spend Christmas alone as I have done for my other two years of uni because everyone goes home. I am used to it but I fell into depression. All the other girls I grew up with have an easy life. They got themselves pregnant and now don't have to work and have flat screen TV's in their living rooms. I, on the other hand, wasted the last 2.5 years chasing a job that I will never get, wasting my money and putting my life on hold. Further, people from my degree from privileged backgrounds who have failed lots of modules, have no extra-curricular activities or work experience, and are averaging a 2.2 have found graduate schemes. I have made so many sacrifices to get this degree and it was all for nothing. I couldn't study. Is the problem me or society? Surly if I am not getting a job offer from any number of rational individual, I am the problem. I have lots of friends (.: my personality is OK) and my academics seem OK. I don't know what I did wrong.
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After a long period of depression I have moved on. Unfortunately I will only get a 2.2 or 3 for this semester now, but I can average my grade to a 2.1 if I work hard next semester. It's a shame that I got 80% in my first year which counts for nothing, 75% in my second which counts for a small part of my degree and this year, the most important, is the one I will do bad in.
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Where can I go from this? I really do need advice to keep me up. I want to do a graduate scheme but they won't accept me. Because of exams then work, I won't be able to reapply for mid February for grad schemes, and most will be closed then... No one ever talks about finding non-grad scheme jobs at uni or online. I don't even know when you should start applying to these.
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I am in the final year of my degree
•
I study at a top Russell Group uni
•
I have a good degree relating to Economics/Business/Management (trying to be ambiguous here)
•
For the last two years I have averaged a first class
•
I have loads of extra curricular activities such as treasurer to a society
•
I have one summer of professional work experience
•
I am a care leaver so when I graduate I have nowhere to go, and this is the real world not Tracy Beaker. There is no support for you once you are 18 unless you are a criminal
•
I hold down a part time job whilst I study to give me extra money and brother who is still in care (well, a halfway house but I don’t think most of you will know what that is)
•
I have applied to a lot of graduate schemes and spent many hours of my time doing it
•
I took care with each application, did a lot of research and tailored my CV to each application
•
Everyone from my university's careers department said my applications and CV were perfect
•
Because I haven't had time to study I expected my grade average to drop to a 2.1 but that is OK
•
Every graduate scheme I applied for I have been rejected from. I have no idea why, and the only thing I can think of that would have led to my rejection was my online test, but none of the graduate schemes I applied for was willing to give me feedback
•
I spend Christmas alone as I have done for my other two years of uni because everyone goes home. I am used to it but I fell into depression. All the other girls I grew up with have an easy life. They got themselves pregnant and now don't have to work and have flat screen TV's in their living rooms. I, on the other hand, wasted the last 2.5 years chasing a job that I will never get, wasting my money and putting my life on hold. Further, people from my degree from privileged backgrounds who have failed lots of modules, have no extra-curricular activities or work experience, and are averaging a 2.2 have found graduate schemes. I have made so many sacrifices to get this degree and it was all for nothing. I couldn't study. Is the problem me or society? Surly if I am not getting a job offer from any number of rational individual, I am the problem. I have lots of friends (.: my personality is OK) and my academics seem OK. I don't know what I did wrong.
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After a long period of depression I have moved on. Unfortunately I will only get a 2.2 or 3 for this semester now, but I can average my grade to a 2.1 if I work hard next semester. It's a shame that I got 80% in my first year which counts for nothing, 75% in my second which counts for a small part of my degree and this year, the most important, is the one I will do bad in.
•
Where can I go from this? I really do need advice to keep me up. I want to do a graduate scheme but they won't accept me. Because of exams then work, I won't be able to reapply for mid February for grad schemes, and most will be closed then... No one ever talks about finding non-grad scheme jobs at uni or online. I don't even know when you should start applying to these.
•
I am in the final year of my degree
•
I study at a top Russell Group uni
•
I have a good degree relating to Economics/Business/Management (trying to be ambiguous here)
•
For the last two years I have averaged a first class
•
I have loads of extra curricular activities such as treasurer to a society
•
I have one summer of professional work experience
•
I am a care leaver so when I graduate I have nowhere to go, and this is the real world not Tracy Beaker. There is no support for you once you are 18 unless you are a criminal
•
I hold down a part time job whilst I study to give me extra money and brother who is still in care (well, a halfway house but I don’t think most of you will know what that is)
•
I have applied to a lot of graduate schemes and spent many hours of my time doing it
•
I took care with each application, did a lot of research and tailored my CV to each application
•
Everyone from my university's careers department said my applications and CV were perfect
•
Because I haven't had time to study I expected my grade average to drop to a 2.1 but that is OK
•
Every graduate scheme I applied for I have been rejected from. I have no idea why, and the only thing I can think of that would have led to my rejection was my online test, but none of the graduate schemes I applied for was willing to give me feedback
•
I spend Christmas alone as I have done for my other two years of uni because everyone goes home. I am used to it but I fell into depression. All the other girls I grew up with have an easy life. They got themselves pregnant and now don't have to work and have flat screen TV's in their living rooms. I, on the other hand, wasted the last 2.5 years chasing a job that I will never get, wasting my money and putting my life on hold. Further, people from my degree from privileged backgrounds who have failed lots of modules, have no extra-curricular activities or work experience, and are averaging a 2.2 have found graduate schemes. I have made so many sacrifices to get this degree and it was all for nothing. I couldn't study. Is the problem me or society? Surly if I am not getting a job offer from any number of rational individual, I am the problem. I have lots of friends (.: my personality is OK) and my academics seem OK. I don't know what I did wrong.
•
After a long period of depression I have moved on. Unfortunately I will only get a 2.2 or 3 for this semester now, but I can average my grade to a 2.1 if I work hard next semester. It's a shame that I got 80% in my first year which counts for nothing, 75% in my second which counts for a small part of my degree and this year, the most important, is the one I will do bad in.
•
Where can I go from this? I really do need advice to keep me up. I want to do a graduate scheme but they won't accept me. Because of exams then work, I won't be able to reapply for mid February for grad schemes, and most will be closed then... No one ever talks about finding non-grad scheme jobs at uni or online. I don't even know when you should start applying to these.
•
I am in the final year of my degree
•
I study at a top Russell Group uni
•
I have a good degree relating to Economics/Business/Management (trying to be ambiguous here)
•
For the last two years I have averaged a first class
•
I have loads of extra curricular activities such as treasurer to a society
•
I have one summer of professional work experience
•
I am a care leaver so when I graduate I have nowhere to go, and this is the real world not Tracy Beaker. There is no support for you once you are 18 unless you are a criminal
•
I hold down a part time job whilst I study to give me extra money and brother who is still in care (well, a halfway house but I don’t think most of you will know what that is)
•
I have applied to a lot of graduate schemes and spent many hours of my time doing it
•
I took care with each application, did a lot of research and tailored my CV to each application
•
Everyone from my university's careers department said my applications and CV were perfect
•
Because I haven't had time to study I expected my grade average to drop to a 2.1 but that is OK
•
Every graduate scheme I applied for I have been rejected from. I have no idea why, and the only thing I can think of that would have led to my rejection was my online test, but none of the graduate schemes I applied for was willing to give me feedback
•
I spend Christmas alone as I have done for my other two years of uni because everyone goes home. I am used to it but I fell into depression. All the other girls I grew up with have an easy life. They got themselves pregnant and now don't have to work and have flat screen TV's in their living rooms. I, on the other hand, wasted the last 2.5 years chasing a job that I will never get, wasting my money and putting my life on hold. Further, people from my degree from privileged backgrounds who have failed lots of modules, have no extra-curricular activities or work experience, and are averaging a 2.2 have found graduate schemes. I have made so many sacrifices to get this degree and it was all for nothing. I couldn't study. Is the problem me or society? Surly if I am not getting a job offer from any number of rational individual, I am the problem. I have lots of friends (.: my personality is OK) and my academics seem OK. I don't know what I did wrong.
•
After a long period of depression I have moved on. Unfortunately I will only get a 2.2 or 3 for this semester now, but I can average my grade to a 2.1 if I work hard next semester. It's a shame that I got 80% in my first year which counts for nothing, 75% in my second which counts for a small part of my degree and this year, the most important, is the one I will do bad in.
•
Where can I go from this? I really do need advice to keep me up. I want to do a graduate scheme but they won't accept me. Because of exams then work, I won't be able to reapply for mid February for grad schemes, and most will be closed then... No one ever talks about finding non-grad scheme jobs at uni or online. I don't even know when you should start applying to these.
•
Everyone from my university's careers department said my applications and CV were perfect
•
Every graduate scheme I applied for I have been rejected from. I have no idea why, and the only thing I can think of that would have led to my rejection was my online test, but none of the graduate schemes I applied for was willing to give me feedback