B.a. Pass -2012- May 2026

Honours students go deep. They become experts in one tiny slice of history or literature. That is valuable.

But a Pass student? We had to sample everything. One semester of Sociology. One semester of Renaissance Poetry. One random elective in Geology (Rocks for Jocks, we called it). We learned to switch contexts instantly. We learned that the skill isn’t knowing one thing perfectly—it’s being able to talk to anyone about anything for seven minutes. Here is the plot twist nobody tells you at 22. b.a. pass -2012-

But here is what I have learned, now a decade removed from that May afternoon in the cap and gown: Honours students go deep

October 11, 2023

It is the sound of the

The Year I Almost Didn’t Frame the Degree: A Love Letter to the B.A. Pass (2012) But a Pass student

Honours students go deep. They become experts in one tiny slice of history or literature. That is valuable.

But a Pass student? We had to sample everything. One semester of Sociology. One semester of Renaissance Poetry. One random elective in Geology (Rocks for Jocks, we called it). We learned to switch contexts instantly. We learned that the skill isn’t knowing one thing perfectly—it’s being able to talk to anyone about anything for seven minutes. Here is the plot twist nobody tells you at 22.

But here is what I have learned, now a decade removed from that May afternoon in the cap and gown:

October 11, 2023

It is the sound of the

The Year I Almost Didn’t Frame the Degree: A Love Letter to the B.A. Pass (2012)