2.2 Screwed or not

Hello everyone, not sure if this is in the right forum , its my first time posting.  I graduated from a top 10 uk univ with a 2.2 in economics and politics and currently doing a masters degree in finance and on track to get a 2.1 from a top 10 univ also. I am currently a risk manager for a forex company in Cyprus and have some experience in the field of risk. I would really like to get into IB or consulting and my question would be do I stand a chance , I am asking in regards to Europe and not America. Any advice would be appreciated. 

 

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Very, very difficult unfortunately. UK recruiting has a pretty arbitrary cut off at 2:1s; the only ways around it are diversity recruiting (SEO, Rare) where they can push any mitigating circumstances you have, or cutting out the middle man and really heavy networking (you need to get time with someone senior to get a referral, basically, which are rare and for some banks non existent in London). 
 

This is the really unfortunate truth. With the exception of a few professional services which do actually consider mitigating circumstances actively (I think a couple of Big 4 do), the 2:1 cut off is very difficult to overcome. I know several people from Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE, etc. even in rigorous subjects with 2:2s and they haven’t been able to get a job via formal graduate schemes. It’s gonna be a tough road ahead unfortunately.

 

I'd say you’re screwed if you're applying to the competitive graduate schemes in the UK with a 2:2 without a highly highly believe mitigating circumstance story, however, that does not mean you are fully fucked. If I was you I would actively be reaching out to boutiques and employers on LinkedIn and just get your name out there and prove to them you are a grinder and a hardworker so that by the time they see your CV and your grade, they would've already made up their mind about wanting to employ you

 
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I'd say your screwed 

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

For those of you confused, as I was reading the title. (Yes, you're screwed with a 2.2GPA wherever you went and whatever you studied.  Isn't that borderline flunking out?)  This post fails to mention that wherever the OP is going uses the UK style grading system, which is very different from ours.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

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