>> 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
> 
> 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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