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Degrees you could get with a bellow average intelligence?

Den Haag

What do you think those would be? Are there any?

Reply 1

james22

Are you asking for yourself or as a general question?

(Below has just 1 l, not 2.)

Reply 2

Michael!

Business degrees are pretty much spoon fed to you. You just need to regurgitate information and you can get a 2:1.

Reply 3

thatonethere

You can get a 3rd class degree with little to no effort. The quality of your degree reflects your efforts and commitment to it I think rather than "intelligence". Naturally intelligent people don't always get good degrees.

Reply 4

Zen-Ali

Mathematics at Oxford. Banter. :holmes:

Nah, obviously not. I've no idea.

Reply 5

PsychadelicScarf

Childhood studies at Aberystwyth. You only need three C's to get in.

Reply 6

Midnight Star

It pretty much depends if you're willing to put the work in. If you're intelligent enough to know you have to work for your degree then I think you would be fine doing most degrees. It might take you more time working than the people who it comes naturally to it but as mentioned before the degree classifications are more representative of the effort gone into the degree than of natural intelligence.

Reply 7

squeakysquirrel

Anything at London Metropolitan

Reply 8

russellsteapot

Most of them.

Half the population is below average, and there's nothing particularly difficult about the work required to get a degree (assuming a pass is sufficient). 'Below average' doesn't have to mean stupid. Just takes a bit more effort/hard work.

Reply 9

Limpopo

Is there a link between intelligence and getting a degree...?

Reply 10

Maharaniii

Original post by Limpopo

Is there a link between intelligence and getting a degree...?

Well, going back to OP, it depends on the degree. Especially a mathematics or engineering degree. No regular joe can get that. But in general I feel as long you perform to standard and do work and show up you will pass.

Reply 11

GenialGermanGent

Original post by thatonethere

You can get a 3rd class degree with little to no effort.

One of the many things wrong with the Anglo-American university system.

In Germany you get kicked out of university if you consistently underperform, and you end up without a degree. Why? Higher education is free of charge in Germany, and there's a long line of people who want your spot on the program.

Reply 12

fnatic NateDestiel

Anything at Harvard University.

If by Harvard University then you mean McDonalds then anything you want xx

Reply 13

Limpopo

Original post by Maharaniii

I would tend to agree with you. I have no experience of University life as I never went, nor do i have a degree but it is clear that stuff such as Maths, Engineering and sciences do need extra work and are more challenging.