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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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leia24 · 08/10/2024 20:48

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 2 friends who did 2x BAs. Not really clear about exactly why they did that but the second was to qualify in our profession...but there is an MA. Maybe it was grade related actually

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.

CheshireCats · 08/10/2024 20:48

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

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?

user2848502016 · 08/10/2024 20:45

I have a 1st and a PhD , I think I will need to set up my own board so I don't have to slum
it with people who only have answers undergraduate degree

Tel12 · 08/10/2024 20:42

Sorry, Oxbridge only

NinetyNineOrangeBalloons · 08/10/2024 20:40

Flapearedknave · 08/10/2024 20:40

Do cats count?

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Only if they’re called Phil

Flapearedknave · 08/10/2024 20:40

Laszlomydarling · 08/10/2024 20:28

How about a board for those of us with only the most beautiful children ?

Do cats count?

thisiswheretheseagullfliesaway · 08/10/2024 20:38

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

MechanicalDancingDoll · 08/10/2024 20:38

Melroses · 08/10/2024 20:17

Do you have to produce a certificate, or is it self-id?

Full transcripts to be provided, obviously, before the magic velvet rope is pulled aside for you.

Scottishday · 08/10/2024 20:36

It's a shame the other thread got deleted😂

MeowCatPleaseMeowBack · 08/10/2024 20:35

Westfacing · 08/10/2024 20:01

Russell Group only.

Um those of us who went to Oxbridge don't want to mix with the proles, thanks.

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:35

Puffalicious · 08/10/2024 20:33

Me! Me! And they're sporty & VERY clever (eldest on track for a first of his very own, by jove). But do I just not mention the youngest with ASN or I'll be chucked our?🫢

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

TheWhalrus · 08/10/2024 20:34

Sounds like we need one for the modest as well.

Bjorkdidit · 08/10/2024 20:34

I bet I've no chance as, whilst I got a First in a STEM subject in the days when hardly anyone got one, it's from an ex Poly and I only have one degree so I'm obviously a thicko by MN standards.

Puffalicious · 08/10/2024 20:33

Laszlomydarling · 08/10/2024 20:28

How about a board for those of us with only the most beautiful children ?

Me! Me! And they're sporty & VERY clever (eldest on track for a first of his very own, by jove). But do I just not mention the youngest with ASN or I'll be chucked our?🫢

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 08/10/2024 20:32

...and a series of boards based on the number of 'O' levels achieved ( but not the grades - that would be silly).

Puffalicious · 08/10/2024 20:29

NinetyNineOrangeBalloons · 08/10/2024 20:10

But what if posters got their First from a shudder ex-polytechnic?

It really needs to be Oxbridge firsts only, Imperial by exception.

Clearly those are not ACTUAL firsts- ex-poly firsts are about the equivalent of a C grade at A Level surely?

Laszlomydarling · 08/10/2024 20:28

How about a board for those of us with only the most beautiful children ?

healthybychristmas · 08/10/2024 20:27

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:07

This cannot be real 🤮

(And yes I have a First so my reaction isn’t pique)

Of course it's not real!

TickingAlongNicely · 08/10/2024 20:24

And one for people who put their right sock on first?

Lemonadeand · 08/10/2024 20:23

Westfacing · 08/10/2024 20:01

Russell Group only.

What if you went to a uni that was 1994 group at the time but has since joined the Russell Group? Hypothetically, obvs.

Melroses · 08/10/2024 20:17

Do you have to produce a certificate, or is it self-id?

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:16

Slothfully · 08/10/2024 20:10

And yes I have a First so my reaction isn’t pique

Everyone on Mumsnet has a First. And a stunning daughter and a son who is at least 6ft tall.

Oh and don’t forget the MIL whom they have TRIED to be lovely to, but she is just a one-off nightmare.

italianlondongirl · 08/10/2024 20:15

Are First class degrees so elusive now?
In my day maybe one or two people per cohort got one !

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