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TSR trend of academics in sig?

Why do people put their academic achievements (and some in great detail) in their sig? I understand with having UCAS in their to meet other prospective applicants, but it just seems odd why so many of you do it. Care to shed light?

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Reply 1

didgeridoo12uk

lots of reasons.
i used to have them all in my sig, got lots of PMs off people asking how hard i thought certain subjects were, if i could help them out with stuff. if my (relatively low GCSE) grades were an issue getting into the university i'm at.
people asked me what interviews were like, if i could them prepare for interview etc.

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Reply 2

thecityscape

tsr is an academic forum, if people's grades make you feel bad gtfo

Reply 3

Renal

It's not a recent trent, been like that for the last three or four years.

Reply 4

illusionz

Because they want everyone to know how incredibly clever they think they are.

Reply 5

Torresisagod

Exactly the reason for my sig

U jealous? :ahee:

'Oh look at me everyone, with my twenty A*s and my offer's from Cambridge and Oxford and Harvard. Aren't I incredibly clever? Oh, what's with? A thread about Asian men liking white women?'

Reply 8

asdfg0987

Because they worked hard for the grades and want to show them off? It's the TSR equivalent of having a ferrari, for example lol.

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Reply 9

Noodlzzz

No I'm not jealous, I just don't feel a need for putting them in my signature.

Their choice

I used to until I realised that no-one gave a toss.

But meh, it's a student forum. It's inevitable that members are going to use their signatures for ego-boosting, grade bragging purposes.

Don't like it? Well then ignore it, or neg rep them or something.

Reply 12

Noodlzzz

I don't not like it, I just find it odd :/

Reply 13

xoxAngel_Kxox

It's a student forum, students get grades, lots of people want to know what grades you got for various reasons in certain threads- it's easier just to put them in rather than having to answer the same questions over and over again.

Reply 14

Muffinz

Like on a computer-focused forum where people put their computer rig setups in their signature, so do the users of TSR with their grades. Most people put them in spoilers. I don't see what the problem is.

Reply 15

Noodlzzz

Cheers guys, I guess it's all in context of TSR, anywhere else and it would be odd :P

But don't get me wrong, I really don't have an issue with it, I just found it odd.