What degree class did you graduate with?
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That's what happened with me too - firsts for every piece of work all the way through, bar one exam which just missed a first, and the diss which got a low 2.1. God I was fucked off. More than that, I was crushed.Ms T said:
It matters to me. I worked my arse off, and took great pride in my work, mainly cos I never thought I'd ever be a stoodent, let alone a post grad with a real actual live degree. Not one piece of work was ever late, was all handed in in plenty of time. I never missed a lecture through hangovers, I attended and took an active part in every seminar, was a library junkie - I was like a sponge, absorbing everything I could, and spewing out ideas as fast as they came in. Can you tell I miss it?
sleaterkinney
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2:1 Hons Computing, only 9 of us graduated as well, a lot of dropouts. I didn't take it seriously in the first year which dragged it down overall.
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sojourner: was that the john moores university in Liverpool? I know some people who did that.
I got a 2:1 in History with Afro Asian studies about a thousand years ago.
I worked reasonably hard but didn't totally knock myself out.
Unsurprisingly I did better in the subjects I a) enjoyed and b) had fewer of us on the course and more books.
I got a 2:1 in History with Afro Asian studies about a thousand years ago.
I worked reasonably hard but didn't totally knock myself out.
Unsurprisingly I did better in the subjects I a) enjoyed and b) had fewer of us on the course and more books.
han
love is the answer
got a 2:2 *sob* in music from Brizzle University....was a bit dissapointed cos I worked quite hard in the last year!
But still managed to get on me MA so that was good, I don't think they seem to care about that these days (they used to only let you onto an MA if you had a 2:1)...
But still managed to get on me MA so that was good, I don't think they seem to care about that these days (they used to only let you onto an MA if you had a 2:1)...
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hiraethified
I got a first class hons degree but am mighty disappointed to learn that my lofty achievement only puts me in the top 18% in this poll! Outrageous!
I was hoping it would be a more exclusive club, but it looks like standards must be dropping and they're letting riff raff in now.
;D
(actually, fuck knows how I got a first in graphic design: I didn't go to a single lecture in the last year, I was barely ever in college because I was already in a job, my dissertation was about football and my entire work was on CD - websites - which half the tutors couldnt make sense of.
Mind you, I had really, really worked my fucking arse off, so maybe the press I'd gor helped too).
I was hoping it would be a more exclusive club, but it looks like standards must be dropping and they're letting riff raff in now.
;D
(actually, fuck knows how I got a first in graphic design: I didn't go to a single lecture in the last year, I was barely ever in college because I was already in a job, my dissertation was about football and my entire work was on CD - websites - which half the tutors couldnt make sense of.
Mind you, I had really, really worked my fucking arse off, so maybe the press I'd gor helped too).
2:2 in Chemistry & Biochemistry (full time) - but spent most of my spare time for the last 18 months working as a Special so that was a bit of a result really.
2:1 in Law (distance learning) - fucking hard work whilst simultaneously trying to catch armed robbers.
2:1 in Law (distance learning) - fucking hard work whilst simultaneously trying to catch armed robbers.
dolly's gal
killing things
a 2:1 in politics. which was a fairly massive surprise given the amount of coke i consumed in my final year.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
dolly's gal said:
Back in my day students couldn't afford coke.
dolly's gal
killing things
kyser_soze said:Back in my day students couldn't afford coke.
who said i paid for it
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
A very Oxbridge attitude. An Oxbridge third would be just enough to show daddy that you did enough work at college to get a pass, and - as it's from Oxbridge - it shouldn't harm your career prospects too much. In fact, probably better to get a third from there than a first from somewhere like South Bank, hey?two sheds said:a thirdI always felt that a third showed skill. Any fool can get a first by working hard. A second was clearly someone going for a first but not quite good enough. A third shows you only just worked enough to get by, but with the tight-rope walking ability not to lose that one extra mark that would fail you.
EDIT: I got a 2:1 (hons) literature and philosophy
Didn't realise that politics degrees included a vocational element ...dolly's gal said:
Desmond for me as well. 
Was (and still am) disappointed, was always a straight-A student 'til uni, and I didn't even enjoy myself enough to make it a worthwhile trade-off.
I was tottering along for a 2:1 until the final year. Had to change my dissertation topic at the last minute, and then had a major heartbreak and a falling out with my best friend in the final year. Spent most of the year depressed as hell.
Still, managed to land a graduate job before I got my results when I still had a predicted 2:1 (lucky, as so many grad employers demand 2:1 as minimum). Since then it has never been an issue - the 2:2 is down on the bottom of my CV but experience counts for much more.
I'd like to have done better for myself though
Was (and still am) disappointed, was always a straight-A student 'til uni, and I didn't even enjoy myself enough to make it a worthwhile trade-off.
I was tottering along for a 2:1 until the final year. Had to change my dissertation topic at the last minute, and then had a major heartbreak and a falling out with my best friend in the final year. Spent most of the year depressed as hell.
Still, managed to land a graduate job before I got my results when I still had a predicted 2:1 (lucky, as so many grad employers demand 2:1 as minimum). Since then it has never been an issue - the 2:2 is down on the bottom of my CV but experience counts for much more.
I'd like to have done better for myself though
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
2:1 in Comp Sci & A.I.
Course, that was back in the days when degrees were actually a bit hard, and universities were real universities not ex-polys, and you could buy a house for 20p, only there weren't any houses cos it was all fields as far as the eye could see.....
Course, that was back in the days when degrees were actually a bit hard, and universities were real universities not ex-polys, and you could buy a house for 20p, only there weren't any houses cos it was all fields as far as the eye could see.....
feyr
evil evil monkey!
2:2 in ancient history , with american studies and psychology as minor choices . would have like to get a 1st but i was working 2 part time jobs, and suporting a family by the end of it did a 3rd of my MA this year with the open university,realised i wasnt going to do well because i wasnt intrested in it enough anymore, so i'm not carrying on with that. i am however starting a ba in health and social care this september,agin with the open university, and i plan on working my butt off to get a 1st
did a 3rd of my MA this year with the open university,realised i wasnt going to do well because i wasnt intrested in it enough anymore, so i'm not carrying on with that. i am however starting a ba in health and social care this september,agin with the open university, and i plan on working my butt off to get a 1st 
I got a first - of course!!!
That really is the key to a good degree I think.wiskey said:
I could never have done a business degree, would have died of boredom within a week. I toyed with Women's Studies, Philosophy, and straight Lit, but ended up with a fantastic degree which combined all 3 and more!
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