Graduate CV

[jiggles01]

My DS has just graduated and got 68%.
Do you think he should mention this figure when he puts down his 2-1 degree info. 70% is a 1-1 (first ) .
I thought it would be a good idea to show how close he was to a first .He thinks he should just leave it as a 2-1.
He is applying for a graduate software engineer . I was naively thinking this may make him at least get an interview as it would make his application stand out .
Any thoughts gratefully received

Any chance he could ask for a re-mark? That is so close!

I know he was very put out !! but he did work hard
He did mention to his tutor but she said unless you think it has been marked wrongly (?) to be aware it could go down and basically said he had no grounds for it .
I wanted to phone up and speak to her but you have to remember they are 21 not 12 !! and it was down to him .
I did a lot of googling and believe this to be the case .

In most universities it is far too late to ask for a re-mark now, and if they had seen grounds for a first would have looked closely at the scripts already.

It wouldn't do any harm to put the percentage in, but I doubt it would make him stand out either. Relevant experience, communication skills and thorough research on the particular jobs/companies he applies to are likely to be most important, combined with specific technical skills. A well-written cover letter showing why he would be a good hire for the company would also help.

Your DS should by now have a transcript from the university showing the individual mark for each paper. He could easily attach a copy of that to his CV without making any particular comment in the covering letter. I'd tend to advise that approach since a high 2.1 will be the norm for the best firms and drawing specific attention to the 68% might be overdoing it - but proving you have the high 2.1 may be necessary. That said, his tutor is no doubt going to be a referee and would say where he scored within the 2.1 bracket in any event. That assumes the employer gets beyond the applicant's letter and requests then reads the references of course.

Found the transcript yellowtip wasnt sure what you meant at first !
He has done fabulously well with 9 firsts and 8 at 69% out of 21 modules .
so very proud !!
Thanks for your replies

You could put high 2.1 in his cv.
But sounds like he was lower in 4 modules.So if he is going to put high 2.1,he may also need to be ready to say why he thinks he got lower in the other modules,particularly if those particular aspects are especialy relevant for the particular job he is applying for.
Well done to jiggles01 DS

Just put 2:1, it is the final grade. Puting the % would be like putting the unit grades for an A Level.

Also not all unis use a %, if the person looking at the CV went to a uni where they were graded A B C it might mean nothing.

Maybe what you can mention are the modules where he got a first in. It might demonstrate that he's v good in particular types of tasks (eg math ones or visuals or whatever). Or mention that his final year project got a first and that involved a whole year independent study etc.

And get references from the tutors of the modules where he got the firsts from!!!