Only 6 years ago for me.... I got ABB and was a bit disappointed (I was an A-A* student at GCSE). From that moment I vowed to get a first in my degree. And I did.

I hated A-levels :-s:p

I get mine from the uni and it gets paid monthly :-)

Are you.. THE DanB??? :-)

Above :-)

I really miss Dan B and can't get hold of him anymore. If anyone's still in touch with him please tell him hello from me :-)

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.67

Don't know what that means, really

So am I and I don't have a masters, never mind a distinction! I do have a first for my BSc though.

Hopefully we'll go to a sunny warm beach somewhere in August

I'm not looking forward to being 25 then!!

I'm sure kids and PhDs are workable for some people - plenty of people have done both at the same time.

Personally I don't want kids at all. I don't know if that's normal at my age (23), but I just can't imagine ever wanting a child.

Yep - it was the Wellcome Trust Brenner building!

Ah right. Sort of related then - I'm doing cardiovascular medicine. Not at St James's though, but actually at the university. I've only been to st james's once, went to a "starting your PhD" course in the brand new building....

Cambridge's reputation isn't going to help you if you haven't got the necessary equipment to do your exoeriments! Go to Leeds!

I'm biased though (because I'm here!) What field are you in?

Nope, 12000 a year.

It shouldn't be any different... I'm funded for 3 years but have until September 2010 to submit my thesis. That's 4 years after I started. I checked out the fees thing yesterday and I think I have to pay something like £100-something to register for the 4th year.