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>> Question: How rare is it to get a first?
>
> First-class honours: about 11%
> Upper second-class honours: about 45%
> Lower second-class honours: about 30%
> Third-class honours: about 7.2%
> Ordinary degree: around 10% transfer to the Ordinary degree
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification
Hmm, one in ten isn't all that rare I guess. (I was told that something
like 6 people in the whole of the UK get one each year. Clearly this is
not correct. Wikipedia is always right.)
Also... apparently 2:1 is *the* most common ranking.
>> I'm just really frustrated and upset right now. Hopefully I'll get over
>> it later.
>
> Understandable, I'm sure that you will.
Heh, we'll see. I hope so...
>> My point is that knowing, rationally, that something is true doesn't
>> necessarily help you *believe* it.
>
> Again, true.
And that's the problem, right there.
> Being brave is feeling scared and still carrying on. (Or is that stupid?) :)
I guess it depends on whether, rationally, it's a sensible thing to be
doing? :-)
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