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If an MSc requires a 2.1 degree, is a 2.2 ever accepted?

  • 19-08-2010 4:57pm
    #1
    sadie9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭


    There is a course I'm interested in for next year in University of Ulster.
    The MSc in Health Psychology.
    I have a 2.2 (Hons) degree in Psychology from UCD, but the course states applicants have 'normally a 2.1 degree or higher'. I am a Grad member of PSI.
    I have not worked in Psychology in the past few years so am trying to find a way back in.
    If I spent this year trying to do voluntary work in a related field would that help my application?
    Would I be wasting my time applying, or what's anyone else's experience?


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  • #2
    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    Yes, 2.2 degree holders are considered for research postgraduate positions, generally, even though they always say 2.1s preferred/required. Yes, having done relevant work would help your application. In some contexts, this work would be more relevant than your degree.


  • #3
    Odysseus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Applying wouldn't be a waste of time imo, you always learn something or gain some experience with each application. Even if you don't get accepted, I would imagine that you would still gain something from the experience.

    I don't know about that particular course, but I have a tendency to follow guideline to the letter, and with certain things in life I missed out, because I didn't take the chance. Same questions as yourself, i.e. am I wasting my time? So I would say go for it, if you don't get in at least you know that's not the course for you and you can adapt you plan to suit.


  • #4
    JuliusCaesar
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    Odysseus wrote: »
    I have a tendency to follow guideline to the letter, and with certain things in life I missed out, because I didn't take the chance.

    ditto :(


  • #5
    Valmont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭Valmont


    Odysseus wrote: »
    I don't know about that particular course, but I have a tendency to follow guideline to the letter, and with certain things in life I missed out, because I didn't take the chance. Same questions as yourself, i.e. am I wasting my time? So I would say go for it, if you don't get in at least you know that's not the course for you and you can adapt you plan to suit.
    I was just inspired to send off my undergraduate thesis to the editors at Psychological Review:pac:


  • #6
    Odysseus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Valmont wrote: »
    I was just inspired to send off my undergraduate thesis to the editors at Psychological Review:pac:

    I just had something published in a minor journal/newsletter. A lot of work went into the article and they did not publish my name:(


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  • #7
    Valmont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,857 ✭✭✭Valmont


    Odysseus wrote: »
    I just had something published in a minor journal/newsletter. A lot of work went into the article and they did not publish my name:(
    That seems really odd, perhaps it was a mistake?


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