Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) (Honours) First Class
Well I've done it...
Completed my degree and pass with First Class Honours.
It has been a long 5 years but I got there in the end. I also have a permanent Job which is a huge bonus too...
It's always a hard slog after a lot of gap years and with a young family to look after as well. Hopefully you get a bit of time for astro, though even that's hard with work and family commitments.
5 years with Honours? Hell, my Bachelors of Science (Med. Microbiology) took 5 years, let alone even contemplating Honours! (didn't have requisite good marks to do it anyway! ).
Congratulations! Passing a degree is a lot of work but First Class is at least twice as much work. And you need more than just raw intelligence; it takes commitment, organisation, resourcefulness and a bit of plain bloody-minded determination.
Was honours based on the results of your undergrad subjects or did you do a separate honours year with a research project? If so, what (in plain English) did you research?