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What would you do if I got a 2.2

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Most of us are considering the best case scenario, in that once we leave uni we will look for, and eventually, get a job.

However, I have it stuck in my head that I will get a 2.2 - put it down to fear of exam results and I don't even know when those are out. I won't be happy with this as most jobs ask for a 2.1 and above.

If I did get a 2.2, would it really be the end of the world? I'd feel I can't live with myself if I got such a grade, partly because everyone sees me as clever and a straight A student, and I don't associate a 2.2 with straight As (only a 1:1 with that).

If I got a 2.2 and I did an MSc and got a 2.1/1.1 or A (don't know how the grading works for an MSc), would this compensate the 2.2 in a BSc? So employers would overlook the 2.2?

P.S. this thread is not meant to be degrading to anyone who got a 2.2. Effort and grades don't always work out to be the same.

Reply 1

Fluent in Lies

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I wouldn't base my decisions one way or another on your getting a 2.2 or not.

Reply 2

-Blade-

OP

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Fluent in Lies

I wouldn't base my decisions one way or another on your getting a 2.2 or not.

lol sorry I don't mean what would you do if I got a 2.2, but what would you do if you got a 2.2 and jobs require a 2.1 or above.

Reply 3

Fluent in Lies

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Probably look at doing a further degree or jobs with lower needs I guess :dontknow:

Reply 4

mangomaz

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I think I would initially cry a lot if I got a 2:2. Just because the front doors of the industries I'd like to enter would be immediately closed. But I'd get over it and find new ways to succeed. After a few years of experience your degree doesnt matter so much anyway. So just use your years immediately after uni as best you can :smile:

Reply 5

Alan Smithee

I'd shoot myself.

Reply 6

Psyk

16

If you got a 2:2 I don't think I'd care to be honest :biggrin:

If I got a 2:2, I would be a little dissapointed, but I'd get on with my life.

Reply 7

Né Stig

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Pernell Whitaker

I'd shoot myself.

Great support there!

I'd just accept it and move on. Not much you can do - and not everyone has got a 2:1 or higher. Bear in mind you're asking this on a board where everyone has got a bazillion A* GCSE and quadruple A grades at A2 in all traditional subjects.

I know quite a few intelligent people who have got lower grades (and I'm talking a 3rd from Leeds and a 'Pass' from Magdalen). They just chose socialising above work.

You're still better than someone who has no degree (according to my HM course - by about 17% for a male and 28% for female) :wink:

Reply 8

kellywood_5

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I'd be disappointed because I really want at least a 2.1 and I think I'm working hard enough and getting good enough marks for that at the moment, although I'm only in my first year, but it wouldn't really matter to me in the long run because I want to be a secondary school languages teacher and it's a shortage subject, so I doubt my degree classification will be an issue. If you need a 2.1 for the job you want to do, it would be worth contacting some employers and asking if, for example, doing a Masters or getting some work experience would make up for the 2.2.

Reply 9

The Boosh

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A 2.2. can open plenty of doors, so don't worry about it.

Reply 10

puppy

I'd be pretty happy with a 2.ii, I'm about to fail an exam tomorrow and another on Friday so I'd be pretty chuffed to come out with a 2.ii in the end.

Reply 11

blissy

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I would have never forgiven myself if I'd got a 2.ii which is why I worked my arse off during my final year to get the result I wanted.

Reply 12

hobnob

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blissy

I would have never forgiven myself if I'd got a 2.ii which is why I worked my arse off during my final year to get the result I wanted.

That's pretty much how I feel about it... On my course, a 2.ii would place me at the very bottom of my year and, well, I doubt I'd be very happy about that - despite the fact that it's not actually a *bad* grade. :s-smilie:

Reply 13

CoolSocks

I would be extremely upset, so I am going to do everything I can to avoid it happening.

However, if it did happen. After i'd recovered from the shock, I think I would do another bachelor's degree in a different subject, when I had the time. (Part-time or later on in life some time). As, a degree is an achievement which you have for the rest of your life and it would be a horrible thing to have for the rest of your life.

Reply 14

cutandpasteandtwisty

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CoolSocks

As a degree which you have for the rest of your life and it would be a horrible thing to have for the rest of your life.

WTF?! Your priorities are seriously wrong. Sure a 2.2 might not be ideal, but it's hardly 'horrible'. Losing a limb would be horrible. Contracting HIV-AIDS would be horrible. Getting a 2.2 isn't that bad. No-one is defined by their degree mark. If you get a 2.2, chin up and get on with your life ffs.

Reply 15

L i b

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Take a gentleman's third.

Reply 16

CoolSocks

cutandpasteandtwisty

WTF?! Your priorities are seriously wrong. Sure a 2.2 might not be ideal, but it's hardly 'horrible'. Losing a limb would be horrible. Contracting HIV-AIDS would be horrible. Getting a 2.2 isn't that bad. No-one is defined by their degree mark. If you get a 2.2, chin up and get on with your life ffs.

I am entitled to my opinions. I didn't say getting a 2:2 was worse than contacting HIV-AIDS or losing a limb. I also didn't say that if you get a 2:2 you'll never get a job and your life is over, I simply said that for me it would be horrible and I would wish to rectify it some time later when I had time by doing another bachelor's degree, perhaps part-time in a different subject in the hope of getting a better grade. I didn't say I wouldn't "get on with my life".

Reply 17

Wise One

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charlihedge

20 years ago a 2:2 was what over 50% (of far fewer and arguably higher quality) graduates got, and it opened all the doors for them.

Now if you can get 5 GCSe A*-Cs (about 50% of the population), you can take debased A levels which are almost impossible to fail (unlike to 1986 when 30% of entrants were failed automatically no matter what their score) and 25% of which are grade A , and you can go to university (target, the same 50% of the population). A minority of graduates get 2:2s.

That's grade inflation for you. Makes lower graded qualifications worth less and employers complain about graduate quality.

Hmm, that's all very well, but do you have any proper statistics to back up your claims?

Reply 18

penwa

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walshie

Great support there!

I'd just accept it and move on. Not much you can do - and not everyone has got a 2:1 or higher. Bear in mind you're asking this on a board where everyone has got a bazillion A* GCSE and quadruple A grades at A2 in all traditional subjects.

also bear in mind that this is the internet and lying knows no bounds, just because people post a signature stating they have a million A*, does not mean they have them. look at it with a cautious eye before you start believing what everyone says on an internet forum.

Reply 19

CoolSocks

charlihedge

you can take debased A levels which are almost impossible to fail

Yes, but the ability for people to be awarded a D or E grade is a good idea for those of low ability who study A levels. They should have their achievement recognised, otherwise many of them would come away with nothing.

In my view they shouldn't be studying A levels, but if they are, their achievement should be recognised.

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