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Getting a First....

Reply 60

visesh

17

minimo

Were there lots of normal firsts?

You have three years to worry about this... :wink:

Reply 61

minimo

15

ahem, i'll be thankful if i'm not kicked out after the first year... :frown:

Reply 62

visesh

17

what, after working for 40 hours a week and all through the summer? I very much doubt it :wink:

if that happens despite all this...^o)

Reply 63

minimo

15

mate, i misread half the questions on one of my A2 papers...and trin freshers guide says something about working 40 hours a week, so i think it's expected...

Reply 64

Camford

12

40 hours include lectures, supervisions and lab works... easily managed.

Reply 65

Reema

14

visesh

all through the summer? I very much doubt it :wink:

All through the summer?! 1st year people have been working through all of the summer?! I've only read like 4 philosophy books. Well, I know who's *not* going to get a first next year, and that's me.

Reply 66

Supermerp

2

Reema

All through the summer?! 1st year people have been working through all of the summer?! I've only read like 4 philosophy books. Well, I know who's *not* going to get a first next year, and that's me.

Don't worry. Minimo's just a bit overly keen. No one I know did any significant work over the summer and they coped.

Reply 67

visesh

17

I've done **** all for 15 months.

Reply 68

CamSPSer

Reema

All through the summer?! 1st year people have been working through all of the summer?! I've only read like 4 philosophy books. Well, I know who's *not* going to get a first next year, and that's me.

theres reading though and there is *reading*. You can read tonnes of books before you get there and not actually take any of it in. I read a few hundred pages on Marx today and I can barely remember any of it now. Invented communism, had a mate called Engels, didnt like religion very much, thought philosophers didnt do enough to change the world. errr... thats about it. :rolleyes:

All that its done is made me feel quite self satisfied to do some work that wasn't absolutely necessary. I'll probably read a different book tomorrow, so if anyone asks what I've been reading recently (ie my mum checking that i havent played age of empires all day long) I can list a wide range of authors, say a sentence that sounds awfully authorative on their works and sound awfully impressive :p:

Reply 69

MadNatSci

12

Reema

All through the summer?! 1st year people have been working through all of the summer?! I've only read like 4 philosophy books. Well, I know who's *not* going to get a first next year, and that's me.

Nope, most people who got firsts will have done sod-all over the summer as well, because most people generally will have done sod-all! It's entirely unnecessary to do much at all other than enjoy the last few weeks of freedom before term kicks in! So don't panic :smile:

Reply 70

_jennifer_

1

Reema

All through the summer?! 1st year people have been working through all of the summer?! I've only read like 4 philosophy books. Well, I know who's *not* going to get a first next year, and that's me.

err... only 4?

Reply 71

_jennifer_

1

i read the first chapters of a grand total of three.

Reply 72

Camford

12

MadNatSci

Nope, most people who got firsts will have done sod-all over the summer as well, because most people generally will have done sod-all! It's entirely unnecessary to do much at all other than enjoy the last few weeks of freedom before term kicks in! So don't panic :smile:

Hitchhiker's Guide anyone?

Reply 73

xyro

visesh

what, after working for 40 hours a week and all through the summer? I very much doubt it :wink:

:wtf?:

Hmm, might be better though. You won't have to hit the road running like some other people >_>

Reply 74

minimo

15

I just did lots Maths mainly...coz that forces you to write something lol...
:smile:

Reply 75

Spenceman_

Camford

Hitchhiker's Guide anyone?

It's the only book I've read!

Reply 76

Camford

12

Spenceman_

It's the only book I've read!

There are plenty of hitchhiker's guide around... which one did you read?

Reply 77

Spenceman_

I've got all 5 in one hardback thing...unless there are more that I just don't know about.

It was a present cos Douglas Adams is a Johnian. Represent.

Reply 78

Camford

12

Spenceman_

I've got all 5 in one hardback thing...unless there are more that I just don't know about.

It was a present cos Douglas Adams is a Johnian. Represent.

I got a copy 2 weeks ago and on the cover it says The trilogy of four, did I miss out on one?

He said he got the idea from Hitchhiker's guide to Europe, so there. I'm assuming there are going to be other books with similar titles.

Reply 79

Alewhey

Camford

I got a copy 2 weeks ago and on the cover it says The trilogy of four, did I miss out on one?

The last one is called Mostly Harmless, and is crap. But not as crap as SLATFATF.

Also, doing work during the Summer is perverse.

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