Graduating with First Class Honours in Computer Science

First Class Honours. Officially.

Three years ago I started my BSc (Hons) Computer Science at London South Bank University. This week I finished it with a First.

It hasn't been a straight line. Dissertation deadlines, coursework at 2am, job applications running alongside every module, and a lot of late nights trying to make sense of gradient boosting models while also trying to make sense of everything else going on. But it's done, and I'm proud of it.

Thank you

None of this happens alone, so a few thank yous.

To my lecturers — thank you for the teaching, the patience, and pushing me to actually understand the material, not just pass the module. Particular thanks to Faria Hossain, Safia Barikzai, and Daqing Chen; your teaching shaped this degree more than you probably realise.

To Aarbaz Alam, my dissertation supervisor — thank you for the guidance through every draft, every setback, and every "let's rethink this section" moment. This degree wouldn't look the way it does without you.

A special thank you to May Metwaly. You were amazing in supporting me and were always there for me, especially when it mattered most. I won't forget that.

A big thanks to Musa Bhola for the advice and wisdom along the way — it shaped how I approached a lot of this.

And to my friends Joey Hall, Thai Son Nguyen, Saiful Haque Umar, Ritvik Panwar, Mohammed Ageli, and Recep Alici — thank you for the support, the laughs, and for keeping me grounded through it all.

On to the next thing.