What?!?!
So I was just telling Sarah that I needed to write Suke because I hadn’t gotten my second collection back. My first one, I got a 55 on, a mid-2:2. I went and checked my pidge, and of course, my second collection was there. I was hoping I did better, but I didn’t expect too great a mark. So I told myself I just had to look at it, and forced myself to take it out of the envelope.
I got a 75!!!
Which I don’t know if I believe this guy really knows how to mark collections. Of course, he had all of 2 comments on it. One said, “could use some math” under a diagram I had used. And the other was the overall comments, which said “A very good exam.” But a 75 is a first, and well above the required 70 for a first. I was trying to figure out if that number could be read as any other number, but I’m pretty sure it has to be a 7, and the 5 is definitely a 5. So a 20 point difference between my collections. Pretty crazy. Also shows that I understand micro-economics much better than macro-economics, when it comes to applied stuff. And I’m using a lot of the economics of industry stuff in my thesis, so I guess it’s good I understand it apparently. I’m still sort of in disbelief. I was excited with my 68 on a collection last term, with a 70 on one of the essays. A 75 is unreal. And I’m still not sure if I should take that as really representative of what I can do on a real Oxford exam. But still, it brightens my day. Now I just have to go finish this awful essay that I’ve started for IR.