Education Thread

[Chewie]

It's not really that hard to get scholarships in subjects with a lot of people. I think a lot of them take it just for the sake of it, so if you thought it was pretty easy then you've probably got it.

 

[CG123]

I heard it was the top 3% out of everyone who takes the normal subject, so say 10% of people who take normal stats take schol, then it'll be the top 30% taking schol which sounds about right.

There wasn't much report writing, but on what was there, that may of been where I dropped quite few marks.

Annoying how you have to wait three months for the schol marks to come out though, I guess the mark all the normal stuff first, then schol.

 

[cricketmad09]

Finished my uni exams on Friday. As long as I don't have to repeat the subject next year.

 

[iridescentt]

Anyone actually know what they're going to do after university/college ?

I myself am pretty stumped. By the time I'm all done, I'd have a Commerce and Visual Communication bachelor under my belt. Hoping to do an internship in some design studios and eventually working in a boring office job, ha.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

No precise idea. I'd like a higher-level management job in an engineering firm or something. Might be going into dual degree so I'll have a BBA in Management and BEng in Mechanical when I graduate. So if I do that, I could always start working in a company, do a Masters, hopefully on the company's dime, and work my way up the ranks.

Not even sure what my Masters will be in. I guess it depends on which one will get me more career progress/higher pay. Either an MBA or a Masters in Mech Engineering. I wouldn't mind either tbh.

No particularly keen on running my own business, would much rather be a vital cog in another business. Let them put their own capital on the line, I just work my 6-8 hours a day, and get my salary at the end of the month.

Ideal job would be one with high pay, flexible hours, nice benefits. Ofcourse, everyone wants that. Let's see if I can get close to something like it.

As for what I'd actually do...I wouldn't mind being a Manager of a project. I'm alright with handling people. Wouldn't mind being the guy who plans or builds whatever my company builds either. As long as it involves Maths, Physics, Machines and no homework, it's good.

I want to be able to play cricket on my weekends though. That's non-negotiable.

 

[Magz]

Christ it has been a long time since I posted here.

I'm in Year 11 now and I intend to do my A Levels and go to medical school, after I graduate and do my two years as an FHO I would quite like to specialise in Psychiatry but that is obviously liable to change.

 

[Highlander999]

Anyone actually know what they're going to do after university/college ?

I myself am pretty stumped. By the time I'm all done, I'd have a Commerce and Visual Communication bachelor under my belt. Hoping to do an internship in some design studios and eventually working in a boring office job, ha.

In 2 years I'll hopefully have a Masters in history. I'm definetly not going into teaching or anything like that. Main ideas I have are Army Air Corps and go in as a helicopter pilot, retail management and work my way up to the big pay cheques of regional managers or go into marketing/advertising. As long as I am not stuck in an office doing 9-5 that's fine, as that is my idea of hell

 

[iridescentt]

Whoah, I feel so inferior now after reading what y'all are doing. Though its awesome to see their is a general direction.

Maybe one day it'll hit me what I'll eventually do, right ?

 

[Chewie]

Na, I haven't yet. I'll probably look into it tonight/tomorrow.

I'm not really sure how to word this, but with a conjoint, when you accept it etc, does it say what courses you should take in your first year, or do you have to go into the uni and ask someone about it?

I'm assuming because it's combining two full degrees into a shorter time period, there's some courses from the two degrees by themselves that I don't need to take, so it probably wouldn't be wise to look at them separately, hence why I'm wondering if there's a place where it just looks at the courses I need for the conjoint, if you get what I mean.

I'm asking you, as IIRC you're doing a law/com one.

I've got a number of friends doing a commerce/science conjoint so I have some idea how it works. It would be a good idea to go in and see someone about it - I can really only help you with the commerce side.

Commerce and Science are both 3 year degrees, but you do them in 4 years I think. Because of this you do less papers of each one. For commerce though, you still have to do all 7 first year papers, but then at later years you get to do less.

For a Com/Sci conjoint, your first two years at uni are basically spent doing first year commerce and first year science papers - you spread the first year of both over two years. So you'll do two commerce and two science each semester most likely.

When you log into Student Services Online, and are picking your papers, there is something that shows how many points (papers) you need at each level to complete your degree. So for me doing finance, it'll say the 7 first year papers I need to do, the 3 required second year papers, and then tell me that I need 5 third year papers to complete my finance side of my degree. I imagine something similar will be there for science, but it is always a good idea to go into uni to talk to someone about it. I went in on Monday to discuss my degree - there will definitely be people in at uni to talk to because summer school is on now. The business student centre will be useful (its in the main level of the business school) - they had this sheet of paper that shows how my conjoint works and the guy explained it all to me. For your science degree it'll be good to go to the science block and talk to someone there about what you need for stats - what first year papers you need to take, etc.

 

[CG123]

Ok, cheers, that was pretty helpful.

 

[honeyjames]

I am a ninth year at the Blyth-Jex school. I pride myself on my consistantly high grades without putting too much effort in (!). I have a unique way of writing essays. Instead of being 'posh', I write them in my own style.

 

[AbhishekS]

I am a ninth year at the Blyth-Jex school. I pride myself on my consistantly high grades without putting too much effort in (!). I have a unique way of writing essays. Instead of being 'posh', I write them in my own style.

Yeah, keeping it simple is the key. I try the same mantra and have often faired very well.

 

[Varun]

I am a ninth year at the Blyth-Jex school. I pride myself on my consistantly high grades without putting too much effort in (!). I have a unique way of writing essays. Instead of being 'posh', I write them in my own style.

lol, the first post.

 

[AbhishekS]

lol, the first post.

Haha, that was something unusual. No idea what 'honeyjames' was trying to do.

 

[CG123]

I just got my timetable sussed for my first semester of uni.

I'm starting at 10 on Monday - Thursday, and 12 on Friday, which is going to be a real change from school where I had to be there at 8.30 Monday - Friday.

I go to 4.30 on Monday, but finish at 1 on Friday, while Tuesday - Thursday is pretty much the same as school at 3.

I've still got to add in a couple of tutorials, which I can't book into ATM.

I've only got two hours on Friday, which is pretty sweet, as at school I could never be bothered concentrating then.