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Request for a board for those gaining a First class degree

93 replies

TheSoloPenalty · 08/10/2024 19:56

Hi Mumsnet

Following on from the high earner's board request...

I’d like to propose a new message board dedicated to those of us who have achieved the elusive first-class degree. We need a place to gather and share our tales of academic glory and partake in intelligent conversation without having to wade through threads created by the undereducated.

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LegoTherapy · 08/10/2024 22:47

Never mind education, what about a board for the Massive Salad Eaters? That could be taken two ways though. Are the salads massive, or the eaters? Tricky.

BeverlyFeldman · 08/10/2024 22:45

thisiswheretheseagullfliesaway · 08/10/2024 20:38

Bit of deja vu there. Thought I'd went back in time to the moldies 😂 simpler days 😆

You are naughty! 😁😁
Moldies / Mouldies…
Those were the days eh?

vodkaredbullgirl · 08/10/2024 22:38

Iamacatslave · 08/10/2024 22:25

I’ve got a City and Guilds certificate 😐

I've got a few of those too, 6 I think.

Calmontheoutsider · 08/10/2024 22:35

Westfacing · 08/10/2024 20:01

Russell Group only.

Surely St Andrews is allowed too?

(I have my Cycling Proficiency Certificate too if that helps at all..)

Iamacatslave · 08/10/2024 22:25

I’ve got a City and Guilds certificate 😐

Andoutcomethewolves · 08/10/2024 22:23

Does a two week postgrad certificate at Oxford count? Actually I'm not sure I want to join the Oxbridge gang, most of them I've worked with have been a bit dickish or a bit dull/odd.

I think maybe separate boards for Oxbridge, RG and the rest? I suppose the likes of Bath can join RG (begrudgingly)

wheretoyougonow · 08/10/2024 22:21

I have a 25 meter swimming certificate and have been to Oxford city. Please can I be accepted?

itsginoclocksomewhere · 08/10/2024 22:17

Can I identify as having a first from Oxford? Does it have to be in any particular subject?

Incakewetrust · 08/10/2024 22:16

Can I join? I'm dead clever me! I went to school once. It was a good day

Andoutcomethewolves · 08/10/2024 22:14

CheshireCats · 08/10/2024 20:48

Also need a thread for Southerners (no great unwashed people from further North)

So long as it excludes Wales. Imagine having to converse with someone from Merthyr 😱

Tootsurly · 08/10/2024 22:11

Flapearedknave · 08/10/2024 20:05

I got a 2:1 at undergraduate and a first at post-grad, where do I go 😥

Do you mean a Distinction? Or was it a four-year course leading to a Master's?

Puffalicious · 08/10/2024 22:09

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:35

And they all go to the same competitive schools on scholarship - which means we must all know each other!!

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Oh, how ARE you? Not seen you at the gate in ages! No doubt see you at the Michaelmas fundraiser (remember Boden only for us ladies).

Andoutcomethewolves · 08/10/2024 22:08

SnowFrogJelly · 08/10/2024 21:56

What about a 2:1 and an MA?!

Did you get a distinction in the MA?

Andoutcomethewolves · 08/10/2024 22:07

Hold on. Only 5% of us got a first at my (RG) university (obvs including me).I dont want to mix with the plebs who got firsts along with half their intake at some ex poly.

OnTheBoardwalk · 08/10/2024 22:02

Do I need evidence? I've still got my GCSE certificates from 30 odd years ago. Do they count as evidence on my qualifications?

gamerchick · 08/10/2024 22:02

Stop bugging the bosses man, there's be a naughty corner at this rate.Grin

SnowFrogJelly · 08/10/2024 21:56

What about a 2:1 and an MA?!

landbeforegrime · 08/10/2024 21:17

i am willing to slum it with the non Oxbridge RG universities, but do draw the line at ex-polys. as if you can compare a 1st from Nottingham Trent with one from Cambridge.

Craftycorvid · 08/10/2024 20:55

😂. Member of the ‘Geoff’ club, Russell Group, and obtained my degree a respectable 30 years ago - before they were handing them out for just turning up to freshers’ week.

Redplenty · 08/10/2024 20:55

Flapearedknave · 08/10/2024 20:05

I got a 2:1 at undergraduate and a first at post-grad, where do I go 😥

Out with the bins 😂

70s · 08/10/2024 20:52

TheSoloPenalty · 08/10/2024 19:56

Hi Mumsnet

Following on from the high earner's board request...

I’d like to propose a new message board dedicated to those of us who have achieved the elusive first-class degree. We need a place to gather and share our tales of academic glory and partake in intelligent conversation without having to wade through threads created by the undereducated.

Oxbridge only

mitogoshigg · 08/10/2024 20:52

But some courses give away so many 1sts these days, 1/3 or more, whereas most people got 2:2 or below when I was at university. Grade inflation Grin

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 08/10/2024 20:52

TizerorFizz · 08/10/2024 20:48

@MeowCatPleaseMeowBack Oxbridge ARE RG. Obviously your brains are now frazzled.

Elusive first? Yes when around 1% got one. Now some courses are 40%! Not very elusive now.

Yes but I don't want to mix with people who went to a non-Oxbridge RG university. They wouldn't be able to contribute anything that would stimulate me intellectually.

(For avoidance of doubt l, I am not serious and didn't go to Oxbridge)

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 08/10/2024 20:50

Bjorkdidit · 08/10/2024 20:47

As a thicko, can I ask a question if I promise to go away quietly?

When people say they have 3 degrees, do they mean a normal degree, a masters and a PhD or something else?

Why wouldn't they just say they have a PhD as it goes without saying they also have the others, surely?

I have a BSc and two MScs. I would only ever say I have three degrees if someone specifically asked... they're all in different subjects so I'd usually just mention the most relevant one. If I were talking about a master's I wouldn't feel the need to mention the undergrad.

Bjorkdidit · 08/10/2024 20:50

There probably also needs to be a board for people with boiling water taps to give them a safe space away from those of us who don't see the point of paying £1000 to avoid having a kettle.

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