Original post by Lucasium
I just wondered if someone who has done A levels in physics, maths and further maths would have much of an advantage
What do you mean an advantage? Physics is usually quite simply a requirement. (Depending on the university and specialisation.)
But if it's not stated as required for the course/university you are considering then an applicant without it will not be disadvantaged.
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As in having done all 3? It'll be a pretty minor advantage that will be gone within a few weeks, most of the maths you will do is calculus which is extremely easy or stuff you'll be taught for the first time at uni.
Original post by jneill
What do you mean an advantage? Physics is usually quite simply a requirement. (Depending on the university and specialisation.)
But if it's not stated as required for the course/university you are considering then an applicant without it will not be disadvantaged.
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But if it's not stated as required for the course/university you are considering then an applicant without it will not be disadvantaged.
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Yeah I got onto Warwick engineering without physics
Original post by Helloworld_95
As in having done all 3? It'll be a pretty minor advantage that will be gone within a few weeks, most of the maths you will do is calculus which is extremely easy or stuff you'll be taught for the first time at uni.
Extremely easy? Check this guy out
Original post by Lucasium
Yeah I got onto Warwick engineering without physics
Original post by Lucasium
Extremely easy? Check this guy out
So what's your question then?
You appear to have answered it yourself.
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Original post by jneill
The title is the main question
Original post by Lucasium
I just wondered if someone who has done A levels in physics, maths and further maths would have much of an advantage
Physics and Maths are usually requirements, and a lot will have further maths so you will be in the same boat as a lot of the rest
Original post by Lucasium
Extremely easy? Check this guy out
Once you get to second year of your engineering degree it would be extremely unusual if you could not do calculus with a similar fluency to how you do addition and subtraction. I'm not bragging, it's just a statement of how simple it is compared to other topics you will encounter and given what is expected of your mathematical ability during an engineering degree.
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