Re: Dear Bison: March 2006
Dear Bison,
I'm in my last semester of university. My degree, although having no direct career application (Social Anthropology MA), has been interesting. Being the competitive person I am, i'd like to get a "first" (being the top level ["A"] of degree in the UK, above 2:1 ["B"], 2:2 ["C"], "third" ["D"] and "pass").
I have worked out i need to get firsts in one of my outside courses AND get a first on my dissertation, OR get a 2:1 on my dissertation AND ace 2-3 of my 4 outside courses this semester.
As a result, I have not looked at my provisional dissertation grade, since I'd get demotivated either way (if it's a first i only need to get a first in one course; if it's a 2:1 i'm sincerely unlikely to ace 2-3 of my courses).
However, i "unfortunately" [in the inconvenient sense] opened this email today from a professor in my department:
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Dear Nicholas,
Congratulations on having written an excellent Honours dissertation! The quality of the dissertation is usually a very good indicator of a student's potential for post-graduate research in Social Anthropology, so even if you have not previously thought of applying for a PhD, if you enjoyed planning, researching and writing your dissertation you might like to think about applying for post-graduate studies – either now, or perhaps after a short break.
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Although it looks like a copy-and-paste job, i'd already been emailed generically about postgrad. Does this email mean i got a first on my dissertation and they are 'headhunting' me for a Ph.D.? Or is the department asking people who did 'fine' dissertations to do a postgrad for more money?
I don't want to check my mark. I trust you more than the moderators.
In much love,
Pete.
(edited to put " " clarify "unfortunately")
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