at a job interview...

... I was asked "Why didn't you get a first?".

My response was along the lines of "I could have got a first, but I felt that I wouldn't have been getting the most out of the university experience by spending all my time in library, and that an important part of uni was meeting new people and developing life skills".... or something like that.

Got the job, still doing it.

Posted By: Hull Canary on March 20th 2006 at 15:00:55

Message Thread

Is it worth (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 13:32:32
- not allowed them most places, reading rent them out, uea not allowed to hav them (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Mar 20, 15:01:06
- At Loughborough they are banned... (NCFC) - vstevenson, Mar 20, 14:41:06
  - who pays the electricity bill & they dont want you pi$$ed 24/7 (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 15:50:55
    - we pay far more than what bills are worth... (NCFC) - vstevenson, Mar 20, 19:42:44
- People I lived used to nick food from other people's flat, let alone cupboards! (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 14:23:29
  - No, I wouldn't. Don't even buy food or beer... (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:26:11
- are you at uni now?! (n/m) (NCFC) - conker, Mar 20, 14:06:47
  - Not yet (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:08:14
    - Well if Hallamblue can make it to a rebadged Poly then IED can make it to Uni too (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 15:52:57
    - Where are you going? (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:08:58
      - York... (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:10:00
        
        York is supposed to be a good uni... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:12:50
        
        Hull Uni... (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:28:22
        
        I think London, Warwick & Manchester Business Schools are the best in the UK (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 15:57:14
        
        I said "one of the best" (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 16:14:00
        
        My other post didn't seem to make it..... (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 16:22:03
        
        I'd definitely recommend it (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:32:50
        
        English (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:34:59
        
        Australia is a sh*t hole... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:34:18
        
        hardly (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 14:36:10
        
        That's nic (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:29:35
        
        *nice (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:29:42
        
        'Business Schools' (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:28:47
        
        so... (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:29:51
        
        No... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:31:44
        
        You haven't got a clue about International Business Schools are run, so fe*k o!! LOL! (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 16:02:53
        
        insert 'how' before International in the above post (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 16:03:51
        
        Brom, you should replace Business with Fine Art & Music (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 16:01:06
        
        Oi! (NCFC) - conker, Mar 20, 14:48:12
        
        I rest my case (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:50:45
        
        My degree is the same as yours (NCFC) - conker, Mar 20, 14:51:11
        
        But from a dirty Northern uni... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:54:41
        
        likewise (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:53:16
        
        Exactly" (n/m) (NCFC) - conker, Mar 20, 14:56:41
        
        I thought Media Studies was the most ever pointless degree available (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:35:55
        
        Actually you are right... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:36:23
        
        Communication studies... (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:38:51
        
        Sociology degree anyone? (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:39:29
        
        I nominate 'American Studies' (n/m) (NCFC) - Clare, Mar 20, 15:43:10
        
        History has got to be up there too... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 15:48:42
        
        God knows where a media studies degree would get people (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:38:24
        
        wait til you've got yours before you say that (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:41:30
        
        Re your last point (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:44:41
        
        A-levels (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:49:04
        
        Thanks (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:49:36
        
        oh shit... yeah (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:51:03
        
        yeah (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:34:21
        
        Was the last bit a question? (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:37:07
        
        How about those Fine Art & Music (F*RT) students at UEA? (NCFC) - oh arr, Mar 20, 16:07:52
        
        ah Computing Science, i see.... (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:39:32
        
        Maybe so... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:43:34
        
        I'm sure it was... (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 14:45:59
        
        I'd have got a first if I hadn't pissed away my second year... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:51:18
        
        at a job interview... (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 15:00:55
        
        I see... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Mar 20, 15:58:13
        
        not really (NCFC) - Hull Canary, Mar 20, 16:16:03
        
        Northerners will sort you out (n/m) (NCFC) - conker, Mar 20, 14:23:26
        
        Not really (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:15:18
        
        So the uni is okay... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:18:14
        
        Jim Nasium is a fan of Hull by all accounts (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 14:20:54
        
        Not really (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:19:32
- Most uni's won't let you... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 13:54:11
  - My Old Uni... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Mar 20, 14:03:03
    - Candles and joss sticks?.. (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Mar 20, 15:21:34
    - We weren't allowed Candles, etc... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:05:22
      - We Weren't Meant To Use Blu-Tac! (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Mar 20, 14:12:22
        
        Haha (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:16:21
        
        We got bollocked for writing all over the walls in permanent marker. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Mar 20, 14:13:49
        
        Rock n Roll... :>l (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 14:22:17
        
        Yeah-Bloody Pigs, eh? (n/m) (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Mar 20, 14:16:44
      - UEA have some fairly funny rules (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 14:06:29
        
        No funnier than any other university I looked at (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:06:56
- Aren't students supposed to be (NCFC) - CB41, Mar 20, 13:54:07
- dont buy a mini one buy a normal one they are the same price but you can fit more beer in (n/m) (NCFC) - Kings Lynn Canary, Mar 20, 13:44:48
  - Cheers (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 13:45:19
    - lol, suffisticate-ed as we say in narfuck (n/m) (NCFC) - Kings Lynn Canary, Mar 20, 13:47:48
- YES!! (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Mar 20, 13:40:35
  - You obviously live with some pikey f**kers... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 13:54:47
    - Have you ever nicked any?! (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 13:56:49
      - No... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:00:05
        
        Where did you get that money from? (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 14:22:58
        
        Wheeling and dealing (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:23:33
        
        oh the phone to mummy and daddy in other words (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 14:26:06
        
        Yes... (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:29:31
        
        I don't that really entitles you to give it the big one though (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 14:35:22
        
        *I don't think... (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Mar 20, 14:35:40
        
        Why? (NCFC) - Brom, Mar 20, 14:37:43
  - Don't you have any cupboards where you can lock things away? (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 13:43:30
    - No, we didnt have locks on our cupboards (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Mar 20, 13:45:52
- who gives a fuck (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 20, 13:39:54
- You'll be able to woo the chicks with a late night can of Harp. (n/m) (NCFC) - tudders, Mar 20, 13:35:08
  - Top Deck (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 20, 13:36:15
  - That's what I thought (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 13:36:03
    - a lot of unis (including york) don't allow high voltage appliances in rooms (NCFC) - Dave in France, Mar 20, 13:38:35
      - Okay, cheers (n/m) (NCFC) - iwans_ex_dentist, Mar 20, 13:40:12
    - here's a thought (NCFC) - Steve, Mar 20, 13:37:47
    - Switch your sarcasm filter on then. (n/m) (NCFC) - tudders, Mar 20, 13:37:37
- No and no (n/m) (NCFC) - conker, Mar 20, 13:32:46

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