Multiple Universities and Transcripts

I wont get into the circumstances that made me do this but it is likely ( unless I change course now ) that I will end up graduating with 3 universities on my transcript.

I wanted to ask how people think this will look to potential employers?

The transcript will have 1.5 years at a local university, half a year at a larger, better university, and then the final 2 at the University of Calgary.

My dad has told me that this is going to hurt my chances of getting a top level job as it will make me look flighty and unable to commit.

How much truth is there to this?

I’m quite a high achiever and will be looking to land something competitive in banking/finance/R.E following graduation. Will big firms asks for a transcript or just a copy of my degree?

My grades will be near perfect.

This is really worrying me and any advice is much appreciated. I still have the choice now to just attend 2 universities as opposed to 3.

Thanks.

You know what hurts your chances of getting a job? No job experience. Get your degree. What is done is done, no point in worrying over how your past decisions may or may not affect you.

Read some books on successful interviewing :wink:

I wouldn’t think that someone would look into something like that that much.
I imagine that a question might be made in passing where you can provide an adequate response would be all you’d hear about it.

I think you will be fine. Just give the right spin in interviews. It looks like you progressed through better schools instead of fucking up and regressing. Who can fault you for improvement?

Tell them the first schools were cheaper and you were being smart with your budget but wanted to learn your core curriculum at the top and did so.

You will look like a fiscally responsible, goal achieving dude with great educational credentials.

If your grades are “near perfect” then noone will care.

Take this with a grain of salt, because I have never worked in banking/finance/R.E.

But, I strongly suspect it will depend on two things:

  1. How good a reason (from the point of view of potential employers) did you have for transferring to the University of Calgary.

  2. How much self confidence will you project when you respond to an interviewer who asks why you changed universities so often, perhaps with a disapproving edge in his voice and a frown on his face. With frowning silence following your best attempt at a response.

Thanks everyone for the responses so far.

[quote]NealRaymond2 wrote:
Take this with a grain of salt, because I have never worked in banking/finance/R.E.

But, I strongly suspect it will depend on two things:

  1. How good a reason (from the point of view of potential employers) did you have for transferring to the University of Calgary.

  2. How much self confidence will you project when you respond to an interviewer who asks why you changed universities so often, perhaps with a disapproving edge in his voice and a frown on his face. With frowning silence following your best attempt at a response.

[/quote]

Thanks. This is a very good point.

I do have good reason to move to Calgary so I don’t see there being a problem with me answering confidently.

[quote]tmay11 wrote:
I wont get into the circumstances that made me do this but it is likely ( unless I change course now ) that I will end up graduating with 3 universities on my transcript.

I wanted to ask how people think this will look to potential employers?

The transcript will have 1.5 years at a local university, half a year at a larger, better university, and then the final 2 at the University of Calgary.

My dad has told me that this is going to hurt my chances of getting a top level job as it will make me look flighty and unable to commit.

How much truth is there to this?

I’m quite a high achiever and will be looking to land something competitive in banking/finance/R.E following graduation. Will big firms asks for a transcript or just a copy of my degree?

My grades will be near perfect.

This is really worrying me and any advice is much appreciated. I still have the choice now to just attend 2 universities as opposed to 3.

Thanks. [/quote]

All you need to do is put where you degree is from, nothing else matters.

[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
You know what hurts your chances of getting a job? No job experience. Get your degree. What is done is done, no point in worrying over how your past decisions may or may not affect you.

Read some books on successful interviewing ;)[/quote]

Yup. Job experience is key. My experience, education isn’t a huge topic so long as you have your degree. If that’s verifiable then the rest really doesn’t matter.
The only places it would matter are universities are other academically based careers…