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#SSP taking a long time to finish a degree
More of a Student Room type thread but everyone's pessimistic on there...
I was supposed to finish my degree this month but my dissertation deadline has now been extended (because of extenuating circumstances, which means I'm not penalised for it) and I've got until August to do it (planning to finish it before then because). But it means I won't officially graduate until 5 months after most people in my course/year will.
The thing is I already had a year out after my first year (also due to extenuating circumstances), so essentially I've been studying a 3 year course for 4 years and now that my graduation date is even longer than originally planned, it will say I started uni in Sept 2012 and finished in Dec 2016 (even though I can start applying for stuff in September), so that's 4 and a bit years...
Has anyone else been in this situation, and will the fact I've taken a bit longer to finish uni (a year and a bit), even though it's justified by medical evidence, put me at a disadvantage when applying for jobs and stuff, even if I do alright in the degree? (I'm on track for a low 2:1, hardly anyone cares about the exact mark, right?). Or is it only specific careers which might be a bit sniffy about this sort of thing?
Sorry if this a beef (or whatever). I'm probably overreacting, I'm just worried employers are going to be all 'why did it take you this long to finish your degree?'