why does it matter where you do a degree?

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me again (sorry)

I've been learning all about the degree process here and its been an eye opener for me

but something I keep reading confuses me

posters have said its important to do the right degree at the right uni

and that's what's confusing me

I've looked up a certain degree at the 4 uni's local to us

the entry requirements are as follows

first uni; AAAAB

second uni;AAAA/AAABB

third uni;AABBB/ABBBB

fourth uni;BBBC

now they all state the same qualification at the end of the course, so why are the entry requirements so different? is it just not worth doing the degree at the fourth uni even though you will have a qualification at the end of it? will employers poo poo the fourth uni degree?

honest answers please!

Those are the sorts of questions you need to have your DC ask at Open Days. We always give likely applicants an outline of the structure of the course, the modules they have to do, and how we teach them.

Get your DC to listen to that and take notice. I'm always amazed at the number f first years who say to me "Oh, I didn't know we had to do that" when I now that we've given them quite a lot of detail at the Open Day, and that it's available on our website, in broad terms.

OP we could help you a bit more if you said something about the broad area of interest your DS is looking at for a degree, and the geographical area he's interested in.

Congratulations on his Higher results!

He would be wise to check that a course does genuinely lead to employment opportunities. Is Forensic Science not the most current example of a course that looks like it would lead to a particular job but doesn't?

Knowledge of how recruitment works in different areas is useful. Ask everyone you know who is in work how they recruit graduates. That's what I've been doing, with the aim of finding out about different possibilities. My DS wants to do what his dad did - I worry that it's lack of knowledge of anything else so I'm offering alternatives!

Could you suggest to him to look at industries, roles and organisations he might be interested in working in and then find out what they look for in recruits and where they look.

I think a Law or Medicine degree from a good university matters. One of the first things a Dr will ask another Dr upon meeting for the first time is "where did you train?" in my experience. Medicine and law are all about who you know, not necessarily what you know.

I disagree with you Libitina With medicine medics only ask each other where they trained in order to see if they have friends in common. It's not for snob value or judging the worth of the degree. It sometimes is about whether they worked with a particularly impressive professor in a particular speciality - but you can get good professors in any medical school.