My degree is a toxic asset.

No but you can do the 3rd/4th year elsewhere.

I missed the MChem mark after year two so moved into year three at another uni where the arbitrary cut off was lower.

You can transfer between any year really. Unless like me and Robbie, you are tied to one place by your course.

Hmm, it just doesn't quite add up though.

Universities have different weightings for second/third/fourth years. For instance, Nottingham's MMath is 2: 4: 4 for years 2, 3 and 4 respectively, but Durham's is 2: 3: 4... So someone moving from Nottingham to Durham would essentially devalue their second and third year marks - from being 3/5 of their degree to just 5/9 (which is useful if someone wanted to dilute the effect of bad marks say)...

Very odd.

I'm not kidding

The weightings were out by 5% for the second year 30% as opposed to 25% but that was a big deal. Some courses count the first year, it doesn't mean you cant transfer from them after the 1st year.

Meh, the system is flawed. If I were in the OP's position and found out that someone with a 2:1 in Business Management from Liverpool had gotten the job whose offer I missed by 1% in an MSc NatSci from Durham, I would want to kill the other graduate (and the employers...and everyone else ).

Ah more scientists spending 3 years of irrelevant stuff to become an accountant.

Have you thought about the NHS graduate scheme - they accept graduates with 2:2 degrees and have opportunities in finance, hr, general management.

I am academically pretty strong. I received 6 A2 level A grades and an A at AS level, with strong GCSEs. I went to Durham University and did an MSci in Natural Sciences (Chemistry and Physics) and was officially awarded a 2:2 for my troubles (though the grade is under review due to the University failing to account for a doctors letter excusing me from one of my assignments).

Nonetheless, in my current situation having a 2:2, despite my superb A-level grades and the fact that I am actually a smart and personable guy, I am finding it exceptionally difficult to even find interesting jobs where I can use my skills that do not simply say... "minimum 2:1 honours degree in numerate subject". I cannot tell you how sick I am of hearing that. I mean it fails to take into account the quality of said degree or institution... It all seems really quite ridiculous... but I know if I applied, most of them would not even give my application a second glance, however well I wrote it.

Am I missing something, is there a way to get onto the career ladder in financial work with a 2:2 degree... or was the last 4 years a rather serious waste of time.

It just feels terrible.

Well a 2:1 is still a 2:1, and a 2:2 is still a 2:2, regardless of where its from. And anyway all good graduate recruitment schemes are institution blind, which does of course mean that there are a heck of a lot of bad ones out there as they will only accept applications from university careers fairs that they've actually visited, etc...

Why does your course tie you?

Hmm, it just doesn't quite add up though. Universities have different weightings for second/third/fourth years. For instance, Nottingham's MMath is 2: 4: 4 for years 2, 3 and 4 respectively, but Durham's is 2: 3: 4... So someone moving from Nottingham to Durham would essentially devalue their second and third year marks (from being 3/5 of their degree to just 5/9) which, although useful if someone wanted to dilute the effect of bad marks, doesn't seem like something that would be allowed to happen.

Very odd.

Don't think that is true. or even whether it should be true...

Wrong

Well that's odd, as 2:2 still says "I went out and drank too much, or I'm actually rather thick" to me regardless of where you get it from...


As to getting a 3rd, well what was the point exactly in getting into that much debt? If you're going to cock up like that, at least do the decent thing and crash off after your first year. Just like I did the first time around as it happens