Were you incredibly bright at school?

[Pruni]

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ditto misdee... got to exams and i just couldn't be arsed
i got a's for german and english

I was top but didn't want to be, I had the option in 3rd yr of secondary to go into a different class and do 2 languages (ie the top class)and I turned it down.

I ended up leaving that school (to go into 6th form)ok, but higher- middling, rather than top.

It was My choice though - and my parents allowed me to make it.
(wow - I have found something good to say about them!)

i sat maths a year early, got a D, all teachers expected me to get a-b i nmost exams. i just couldnt be bothered. regret it now tho, as i have nothing to fall back on. want to get some qualifications, but still feel that at 16-18 you are too young to make a choice for a career. heck i'm 25 and still dont have a clue what i want to do.

i did get one B, think it was for english lit. i got 9 gcse's at b-c and one d.

i got a b for french. which was not bad seeing as i sucked at it

i dropped french to do german. but then german teacher left and we have 5 different supply ones in the last 2 terms. only 1 person got a grade c. everyone else got lower.

If I remember correctly a handful of people who did 4 year courses did dissertations (engineering and some sciences) but no-one else did.

I have never come across a university course where there was no dissertation or practical project to be written up as a dissertation, how strange. I don't know about arts courses other than when I was a student, but have quite a lot of experience of science degrees.

It's been the same since the 80s in all the universities I've had dealings with! I handle loads of applications from prospective PhD students too and have never come across anyone who hadn't done a dissertation of some sort.

is it cos it was Oxford? they like to be differnt

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I guess it must be, but we have quite a lot of applicants from Oxford too, and they've all done projects. Maybe biology is different?

I peaked at about 10½.

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just checked - they still do mostly all exams, though some subjects you can do dissertations on.