[Closed] YESSSSSS!!!! EXAM RESULTS WOOOOOOOO!!!

I'm glad they came back negative.

Congratulations obviously !

Hahaha not those kind of results chojin: The University type.

Thanks Jamba.

It's weird, isn't? The one I thought I did pretty well in, actually turned out to be my worst exam result (still a first, though), whereas the one I thought I screwed up I did much better in.

Congrats - a first is great!

What was the subject of your degree?

Thanks. Geology.

An 'ology you say 🙂 Double congrats for a first they don't come easy !

Haha that takes me back a bit. Thanks, again.

congrats

couldn't help myself 🙂

hahaha how could I forget (and thank you)

he'd have no respect for me either as I did my degree in engineering 🙂

what are your plans btw ? phd ?

No, just finished the first year, so a long way to go yet.

Congrats I took Geo in my first year Bsc (Geo/Chem and BioChem) ...I never ever did complete the course as I left to go to sea...but I struggled with just igneous and metamorphic

Cheers, Tusk. Metamorphic stuff does get very complicated. Igneous stuff was my main interest before I started, but there are so many different facets to it, it's difficult to pin one favourite down at the moment.

Structural geology and/or volcanism/tectonics are fascinating areas I hope to explore further.

Well done.

My daughter has just done GCSEs and is aiming for Geology/Earth Sciences. How bad would it be if she didn't do A level Physics? (Doing maths, Chemistry, Geology) Cheers.

Congratulations again.

Thanks MLC.

From what I've done so far, I don't think the lack of physics will be a hindrance at all (I only did GCSE physics, all of 25 years ago). Of course, it would help with geophysics, but you don't necessarily have to go down that route.

Thanks.

Chemistry will be a great help, especially with mineralogy and, of course, geochemistry.

Chemistry, biology, geography and maths will help greatly. I did Geology degree, MSc Engineering Geology and am a chartered geologist. Nice subject to study and interesting. People tend to go 3 routes career wise - 1. Oil & Mining = well paid but life of travel abroad 2. Geotechnical Engineering / Civil Engineering (that’s me ) or 3.Enviromental/Water (Hydrogeology).

Congratulations on the exams. Happy to help out if your ever stuck, but not with optical mineralogy... grrr hated that!!

Stereonets and briefringence charts next ?

Lol I got 87% in mineralogy, so I don't need much help there 8)

Already done all the birefringence, conoscopic etc properties as part of Mineralogy.

Thanks for the congrats and the offer. I'm fairly interested in the structural and environmental side of things; an example being the effects of large, man-made bodies of water on faults, such as lakes created by dams. This probably crosses over into hydrogeology as well.

[Excuse the possibly increasingly random nature of replies as I am treating myself to a couple of drinks ]

good work fella enjoy university, sounds like your doing well.

Thanks coco.

We actually did very simplistic stereonets to plot the trend of dyke swarms on the Isle of Skye when we did our assessed field trip there. We also produced geological maps and cross-sections, based on strike and dip measurements taken in the field. I love that kind of stuff.

Where are you at Uni ? I went to Edinburgh University and did loads of highlands & Arran ?

Birkbeck, in London.

My main lecturer is a specialist on the Isle of Skye and did his phd on volcanism there. He's recently done some work on potential meteorite impacts in that area.