Just graduated with first class honours!

gord · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:22

Oxy said:
Well done, but a degree in taking a photo?

Anyone can take a photo.

But it takes patience and skill to take that perfect photo.

TheCenturion · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:25

Congratulations, a first must be difficult to obtain. I was at the Oxford open day today, and they said that their papers were so hard that 70% was a first

apatia77 · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:28

Congrats m8

Maccy · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:29

Great news, well done and congratulations

DAnDan · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:34

anant_shah94 said:
they said that their papers were so hard that 70% was a first

Isn't that the standard everywhere?

Congrats on the grade!

Gadge · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:38

Well done!!

gord · 30 Jun 2010 at 20:46

Darg said:
Congrats man! It's always a great relief when hard work pays off. The evening after my last exam I had for my MSc. this year I actually came home to my gf, was fine for a couple of hours then just broke down. Just so many bottled up emotions I really couldn't tell whether I was relieved, upset or what. I just cried for 5 minutes straight and couldn't stop.

Gay

When I got my first I did the Joey thing to my mum.. <sad face> "Never mind.. you did your best" GOT A FIRST!!!!

Energize · 30 Jun 2010 at 21:41

anant_shah94 said:
Congratulations, a first must be difficult to obtain. I was at the Oxford open day today, and they said that their papers were so hard that 70% was a first

68% is a first here, it's the standard grade among all the uni's

Lethal` · 30 Jun 2010 at 21:42

Well done! That vid was very interesting from when you posted it in Motors, hadn't realised it was part of a uni project

TheCenturion · 30 Jun 2010 at 21:44

Energize said:
68% is a first here, it's the standard grade among all the uni's

Oh, I'm still in GCSE mode

TS7 · 30 Jun 2010 at 21:48

Energize said:
68% is a first here, it's the standard grade among all the uni's

No it's not. 70% is a first at mine.

Tikkabhuna · 30 Jun 2010 at 21:57

Your friend better be a lot older than you. ~22 years old with an R8? /Jealous

Congrats!

w11tho · 30 Jun 2010 at 21:57

TS7 said:
No it's not. 70% is a first at mine.

It varies from University to University, year to year and course to course. The percentage is a little artificial - what matters is how hard the examiners have deemed your exams to be in comparison to previous years, and the number of people who did better than you.

And congratulations to the OP.

Energize · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:05

TS7 said:
No it's not. 70% is a first at mine.

I meant roughly, not to the exact percentage point...

Amp34 · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:10

Energize said:
68% is a first here, it's the standard grade among all the uni's

What uni? Must be a doss uni tbh with only 68%.

In actual fact I found out (after talking to my lecturers about my very high 2:1) that when you get to 68ish they look at your module grades and see if they can bump you up to one.

I guess that sort of means it's both 68 and 70% at my old uni.

Dunks · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:12

You guys use %'ages? It's all about the mark out of 20

17/20 and over is a 1st here iirc.

TaKeN · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:19

Congrats

gord · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:26

I got 70.9% for my first.. I still see it as a highly efficient grading!

Energize · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:44

Amp34 said:
What uni? Must be a doss uni tbh with only 68%.

Lancaster actually, which is rated in the top 20 by most league tables.

Pawnless Endgame · 30 Jun 2010 at 22:45

Congrats Mr Six! I'm not sure if %ages is used most, but at my uni (Staffs Uni), year 2 accounted for 30% of the final grade and year 3 was 70%, then I think you had 10 credits (or 'CAT' points) per module. I can't remember fully off the top of my head though.