I fucked up my second year of University and have just about scrapped through with a 2:2 (53%) result. On top of that I was not able to secure an internship over the summer. Can I still fix this and has anyone here managed to succeed in turning it all around in the third year?
How have you lads managed to get on anyway?
I could have sworn we had a thread on this but it looks like it dropped off page 8
Copying my reply from when you deleted your earlier thread:
I made a spreadsheet which showed me what I'd need to score in each module/exam or assignment in each module to get a 2:2, 2:1 or a First. I was already on a 2:1 and the end result was that I decided I couldn't be arsed to put the effort in for a First when I saw how much I could coast and still get my 2:1.
Regarding internships and the like, what career do you have in mind?
>>5356 Cheers for the advice, do you know what you did differently in your third to claw the grades back?
>>5357 Yeah I worked this out yesterday as well. I would need to get roughly 73% on all my modules next year for a first which might be feasible as I've pulled off not doing any exams next year (which is where I really fail) and have hit that target before on assessment when I wasn't doing it the night before. Its feasible anyway.
I'm looking at becoming a Barrister which means I need to leave with a 2:1 to even be in with a chance but I might take on a Masters because as it stands I'm sitting on a 53% with limited experience and a promise to do better.
>>5358 >do you know what you did differently in your third to claw the grades back?
Since you're studying Law this may be more difficult to do, but I really took ownership of my studies. I made my coursework about my own interests (in my programme you could set your own assignment topics, in consultation with your tutor), which made working on stuff much more stimulating.
I structured my life a lot more, using a day-planner to schedule what I was going to be doing for each hour of the day. I also met regularly with a tutor to discuss what I'd be doing once a week, for 15 minutes or less, just to keep me ticking over.
I can't really go into everything I did to get going, because that'd be a >7,000 word post, but the long and short of it is that I stopped being 'passive' with my studies and really switched on and went for it.
>>5359 >I made my coursework about my own interests (in my programme you could set your own assignment topics, in consultation with your tutor), which made working on stuff much more stimulating.
This made all the difference for me. I went from scraping a pass in the first year to getting 79 on my final project and it was all down to being allowed to pick something I was actually interested in.
