Leaving University Early (PGCert worth it?)
si20
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I currently work full time in a digital security role. I embarked on a distance-learning digital security & forensics MSc. Around 4-5 months in, the distance-learning students have been told that we need to be spending 25 hours per week on the course. (Course had been incorrectly advertised as a 'go at your own pace' course.)
Needless to say, 25 hours + a 37 hour a week job + a 6 hour travel per week to/from work equates to a 68 hour week. As a result of the course being very poorly taught and me doing 68 hours per week, my grades are average. If I do one more module and leave early, I get a PGCert (postgraduate certificate). Do you think I should soldier on and get an MSc with poor grades, or just quit after Christmas and get the PGCert?
Is the PGCert worth anything? I see lots of people on LinkedIn have it.
Needless to say, 25 hours + a 37 hour a week job + a 6 hour travel per week to/from work equates to a 68 hour week. As a result of the course being very poorly taught and me doing 68 hours per week, my grades are average. If I do one more module and leave early, I get a PGCert (postgraduate certificate). Do you think I should soldier on and get an MSc with poor grades, or just quit after Christmas and get the PGCert?
Is the PGCert worth anything? I see lots of people on LinkedIn have it.
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LeBroke
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I don't think grad school grades are really worth anything, only the piece of paper that says you have an MSc, but others are free to correct me if I'm wrong.