• Question: Did you find that your secondary school grades in science really had an influence on your opportunities of employment when you left school to find a job?

    Asked by C.A.Jones to Clare, Glafkos, Paul on 18 Mar 2015.
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      anon answered on 18 Mar 2015:

      I know a girl who got a C in her GCSE in physics and is currently working in physics! Sometimes we will get a grade we don’t expect – but your high school grades wont decide if you get a job or not! Employers will look at your university degree and whether you are suitable for the job!

      I know plenty of people who got a 2:2 honours degree (kinda like getting a C) and managed to complete a PhD. As long as you will work hard and prove you are good at science I wouldn’t worry about it!

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      Glafkos Havariyoun answered on 18 Mar 2015:

      Now a times there are large amounts of opportunities out there!

      There are jobs for university graduates and there are jobs for high school graduates. There are also apprenticeships !

      There are a lot of ways of getting a job and entering a career path you like. Some take longer than others.

      When you apply to a university you get asked for certain grades in A-levels. When you apply for jobs they look at your university grades, your personality, achievements and many other things.

      I think that secondary school grades will play a role into which university you will go to but not what job you will get at the end of the day or how successful you will be !

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      Paul Booker answered on 19 Mar 2015:

      Good question! I used to worry about that quite a bit, but GCSE grades only really matter for getting on to A-levels, which then only really matter for getting on to a degree etc etc. People generally put most weight on your most recent accomplishments (whether or not that’s a good idea I’m not sure) so I think if you left school at 16 then grades would be really important, but if you stay on to uni then nobody will look at your GCSEs afterwards!

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