Timeline for Correct way to describe your academic degree
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| Nov 5, 2020 at 1:21 | history | edited | Eddie Kal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2020 at 19:20 | comment | added | Shivam | @Canadian Yankee Thank you so much. This was very very helpful. The "do...at" and "get... from" pairs really cleared up a big doubt. Much appreciated. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 19:15 | comment | added | Canadian Yankee | Actually, it is a bit more natural to day, "I have done my bachelor's degree at ABC University" (not "from"). You could also say, "I got my bachelor's degree from ABC University." The verb/preposition pairs would be "do...at" and "get...from". As for what might be more idiomatic in other parts of the world, I'm not a good person to ask because I'm most comfortable with American (and Canadian) English. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 19:11 | answer | added | James K | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 19:11 | comment | added | Shivam | I understand I am being too irritating. But the thing is I used to use phrase "I did/have done my graduation from ABC University". Since I found out that the word graduation is not used in that way, I want to keep the same sentence structure but replace the word "graduation with something else. That's why I keep asking you to phrase it using the word "I did or I have completed...from ABC University". | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 19:08 | comment | added | Weather Vane | I got a BA in history at XYZ. In a job application: I was awarded a BA in history at XYZ. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:59 | comment | added | Shivam | What if you had to also mention the name of your degree like BA History or bachelor's degree,etc. Then how would you phrase that? | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:57 | comment | added | Weather Vane | You say "I was at XYZ [University]". | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:53 | comment | added | Shivam | Thanks very much @Weather Vane for the link. Is it not very normal for people to say "I have done my BA or bachelor's degree from ABC University". Now I know people usually say "graduated from", but what if someone asked them "where did you study your BA course? | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:41 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:39 | comment | added | Shivam | Thanks @Canadian Yankee for responding. So it is perfectly natural to say "I have done my bachelor's degree from ABC University"? Also, you mentioned that people in some parts of the world may find it less idiomatic. What would you say would be a more idiomatic or natural way of saying this? | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:35 | comment | added | Shivam | @Weather Vane What if I wanted to phrase it like "do or complete"? Like people say "I did my A levels from St.Mary's". Can I say "I did my BA or bachelor's or bachelor's degree from ABC University"? | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:31 | comment | added | Weather Vane | You graduated in history at ABC University. Please see ELU question Did I “get” (or “take”) my degree “from” (or “in”) the University of Somewhere? | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:29 | comment | added | Shivam | Thanks @Weather Vane for responding. I am about to enroll in a MA degree program in a different university. What if someone asked me where I did my BA from, how would I respond to that? Earlier I would have said "I did my graduation from ABC University". But now I know that's wrong. So would I now instead of graduation say "I did my BA or bachelor's from ABC University?" | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:28 | comment | added | Canadian Yankee | Numbers 3 and 5 require either a possessive (my) or indefinite article (a) before BA. Otherwise these are all fine in American English, though other parts of the world may find them less idiomatic. I might sometimes say, "I did my undergrad in History at ABC University," which implies that I have subsequent postgraduate degree. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:23 | comment | added | Weather Vane | "I am confused as to how to refer to that three year period of study." If that was your first degree, 'my undergraduate days'. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:23 | comment | added | Shivam | Thanks for responding. Yes, I found that out today. But how would I say that I have studied this course from this university? I have heard people say "I did my A levels from St.Mary". Likewise, can I say "I did/completed my BA from ABC University" or "I did/completed bachelor's from ABC University"? | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:19 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | We don't normally say I have done my graduation in X. It's usually just I graduated in X. | |
| Nov 3, 2020 at 18:14 | history | asked | Shivam | CC BY-SA 4.0 |