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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.

OP posts:
vodkaredbullgirl · 08/10/2024 19:58

😮undereducated

AllTheWatersTurnedToClouds · 08/10/2024 19:59

naughty Grin

Babbadoobabbadock · 08/10/2024 20:00

Need one for the stunningly beautiful too 👍🏻

BananaNirvana · 08/10/2024 20:00

😂

Original poster
TheSoloPenalty · 08/10/2024 20:01

make a request @Babbadoobabbadock :-)

OP posts:
Westfacing · 08/10/2024 20:01

Russell Group only.

narns · 08/10/2024 20:04

Only undergrad? Not sure about that

Flapearedknave · 08/10/2024 20:05

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

MechanicalDancingDoll · 08/10/2024 20:06

You could call it ‘Geoff Hursts Only’ or ‘Not for the Trevor Nunns’?

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:07

This cannot be real 🤮

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

Craftyroom · 08/10/2024 20:09

I bought one, does that count?

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.

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.

MotherofPearl · 08/10/2024 20:10

Good one OP!

I know you're joking but all the millions of micro-focused sub-boards kind of depress me. Surely the point of a chat forum like MN is that you get to chat with people who are different from you.

Mumteedum · 08/10/2024 20:10

Westfacing · 08/10/2024 20:01

Russell Group only.

😂

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:13

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.

And don’t forget they tend to be hit on by men all the time.

KnottedTwine · 08/10/2024 20:14

Flapearedknave · 08/10/2024 20:05

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

Wondering the same - 2:1 undergrad but MSc with distinction.

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:14

Calliopespa · 08/10/2024 20:13

And don’t forget they tend to be hit on by men all the time.

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… as do I btw, so that reaction is not pique either provided we can cast back twenty years or so

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 !

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.

Melroses · 08/10/2024 20:17

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

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.

TickingAlongNicely · 08/10/2024 20:24

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

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!

Laszlomydarling · 08/10/2024 20:28

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

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