[johnep]

In the old days:

1st enabled you to skip National Service.

1st or 2:1 required to have any chance of getting Ph.D. grant.

2:2 General run of grads, industry, hospital or community.

3rd or pass. community.

Now grades are used to select for pre reg, simply because of too many chasing too few places.

As most undergrads had already completed apprenticeship in times past, plenty of post grad places available for others.

Other factor was that as majority of pharmacists owned pharmacies, their pre reg offspring usually did pre reg under father's/mother's supervision.

No stories of bullying then. After pre reg year, either take over the family pharmacy or become a rep so you could scout out new opportunities.

Those really were the days, except for those of us who had no background of pharmacist parent and ready made business.
johnep