|
|
|
|
|
|
by maryrosecook
5782 days ago
|
|
|
Your Masters will appear first on your resume, so the recipient will see you are capable of getting good marks before they see your bad marks for your undergraduate degree. When you state the marks of the latter, perhaps include a sentence along the lines of, "I was seriously ill in hospital during this period, and so got uncharacteristically low marks." Any further explanation (which should not be necessary) can be left for the interview. |
|
|
So what if you got bad grades as an undergraduate? If you did ok on the masters, everybody will think that you was a lazy guy who's grown up since then. Also, if your grades where remarkably bad, don't put those in. People will assume they were average bad, now awful.
On the other hand, if you disclose you have had serious health problems, you raise a yellow flag. Does not matter if you have no long term sequels, if there is a suitable candidate with no yellow flag, H.R. is going to take the safe bet. You will not even get a chance to explain yourself.