ahint
Bluelighter
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- Dec 18, 2009
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I know there's a tonne of these kinds of threads, but I don't really know what to do.
I picked a useless degree I'm struggling in and I can't financially afford to switch degrees (trust me, I've called student finance, been to several university advisors, done all I can - there is no way I can switch, and if I drop out to do another degree I have to find £9,000 to pay upfront for that year and support myself with no access to benefits or family help, it's just not financially doable). I study Biology and I'm not sure I'm actually capable of coming out with a good grade. The plan was it didn't matter that Biology is useless as I wanted to go into graduate entry medicine, which required a 2.1 in any BSc, which Biology is. Now I'm not sure I can get the grade, and reflecting critically on myself there's no way I could get into medicine (there's about sixty applicants to one place in graduate entry and I'm not being able to get work experience - I've been turned down by over twenty hospitals, it's insanely competitive to get it and most spaces that there are go to high school schemes or people who's friends and family work there). My degree is either causing persistent depression or making it worse. I could probably get into an allied health profession with a 2.1, but again trying for the 2.1 is the issue along with the work experience problem. I was half considering a conversion course to computer science, but I don't know if the job prospects will be anywhere near as good as people who have a BSc in it.
I'm applying for part time work to get experience in anything at all (I have a tonne of voluntary work and have tried playing up the transferable skills from that, but everywhere seems to value paid experience) but without experience everywhere is rejecting me and it's become a vicious cycle. I've asked careers advisor for cover letter and CV help and they've said mine is great, they wouldn't know what to recommend to improve it and it's just luck.
Just... What do I do? An enjoyable career would be great, but all I'm wanting is something that's stable and that I can get into, seeing all my friends try and fail to find jobs along with my own unsuccessful job hunt has made me so terrified of the job market. Has anyone succeeded getting a good grade in a degree they loathed? Are there any careers in demand that I could train in? What can I do to make myself more employable?
I picked a useless degree I'm struggling in and I can't financially afford to switch degrees (trust me, I've called student finance, been to several university advisors, done all I can - there is no way I can switch, and if I drop out to do another degree I have to find £9,000 to pay upfront for that year and support myself with no access to benefits or family help, it's just not financially doable). I study Biology and I'm not sure I'm actually capable of coming out with a good grade. The plan was it didn't matter that Biology is useless as I wanted to go into graduate entry medicine, which required a 2.1 in any BSc, which Biology is. Now I'm not sure I can get the grade, and reflecting critically on myself there's no way I could get into medicine (there's about sixty applicants to one place in graduate entry and I'm not being able to get work experience - I've been turned down by over twenty hospitals, it's insanely competitive to get it and most spaces that there are go to high school schemes or people who's friends and family work there). My degree is either causing persistent depression or making it worse. I could probably get into an allied health profession with a 2.1, but again trying for the 2.1 is the issue along with the work experience problem. I was half considering a conversion course to computer science, but I don't know if the job prospects will be anywhere near as good as people who have a BSc in it.
I'm applying for part time work to get experience in anything at all (I have a tonne of voluntary work and have tried playing up the transferable skills from that, but everywhere seems to value paid experience) but without experience everywhere is rejecting me and it's become a vicious cycle. I've asked careers advisor for cover letter and CV help and they've said mine is great, they wouldn't know what to recommend to improve it and it's just luck.
Just... What do I do? An enjoyable career would be great, but all I'm wanting is something that's stable and that I can get into, seeing all my friends try and fail to find jobs along with my own unsuccessful job hunt has made me so terrified of the job market. Has anyone succeeded getting a good grade in a degree they loathed? Are there any careers in demand that I could train in? What can I do to make myself more employable?
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