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Benefits of doing Masters?

  • 03-02-2013 4:41pm
    #1
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭


    I will most graduate with a 2.2 degree and seen as alot of companies ask for candidates with a 2.1, I was wondering if I was to do a masters would that make employers look past the fact that I dont have the 2.1?


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  • #2
    ucd.1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭ucd.1985


    Yes but it's highly unlikely that a company will pay for your masters.


  • #3
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    ucd.1985 wrote: »
    Yes but it's highly unlikely that a company will pay for your masters.
    I know that will probably be the case but I just wanted to find out that having a masters would make up for not having the 2.1 degree.


  • #4
    Alan Shore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Alan Shore


    ryanf1 wrote: »
    I will most graduate with a 2.2 degree and seen as alot of companies ask for candidates with a 2.1,

    I presume that you are referring to the big 4 there. I'm not sure if doing a masters will get you an interview with them. They do the rounds to select candidates during degrees and then send the candidates on to do a masters.

    If you are looking a smaller practices I think that more rounded experience rather than a masters would be better.


  • #5
    Pandoras Twist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Pandoras Twist


    Alan Shore wrote: »
    I presume that you are referring to the big 4 there. I'm not sure if doing a masters will get you an interview with them. They do the rounds to select candidates during degrees and then send the candidates on to do a masters.

    Not sure where you're pulling this from. The milkround is applied to by masters graduates as well as undergraduates. A few of my friends didn't want the hassle of applying during the final year of their degree so they started their masters, paid for it themselves and applied in the october/november milkround (and got hired). They also got about 2.5k from the big4 firm that hired them towards the masters.

    The masters has many benefits including valuable CAP2 exemptions, far more study time and not having to deal with the stress of juggling work and study.

    As for your grades, if you did well in the masters it would certainly benefit your application. The masters is a step up from undergrad and proving you could handle that content well would stand to you well. Plus the hiring firm wouldnt have to pay for your exams.


  • #6
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Pandoras Twist wrote: »
    Not sure where you're pulling this from. The milkround is applied to by masters graduates as well as undergraduates. A few of my friends didn't want the hassle of applying during the final year of their degree so they started their masters, paid for it themselves and applied in the october/november milkround (and got hired). They also got about 2.5k from the big4 firm that hired them towards the masters.

    The masters has many benefits including valuable CAP2 exemptions, far more study time and not having to deal with the stress of juggling work and study.

    As for your grades, if you did well in the masters it would certainly benefit your application. The masters is a step up from undergrad and proving you could handle that content well would stand to you well. Plus the hiring firm wouldnt have to pay for your exams.
    Thats about what I was thinking. Its alot of money but I might be willing to pay for it myself if I thought it would help in the milkround. I wouldn't speciically only want the big4 but quite a few training firms want a 2.1 which is a big ask for me at this stage so am beginning to think a masters could be a good thing to do.


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