Birkbeck Chat and Q&A Thread

Hi, is anyone going to be studying Law at Birkbeck for the October 2017 start date. Be nice to find others who are going to be in the same boat soon.

What's the conditions of your offer? Are you London based or are you moving there?

Didn't see this thread until just now, but I go to Birkbeck! There aren't many here that do though.


I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on the only 'alright' and 'not prestigious' comment. Birkbeck has the highest student satisfaction results in London, and a very high graduate employment rating. There's a very good reason for this, partly because studying part time often allows you a chance to build up experience which most full time graduates will lack, but also because of the fact that doing a part time degree requires a lot of commitment and is, frankly, not easy. Employers know this, and seeing someone with a good degree from Birkbeck speaks volumes about their work ethic and character on top of their academics.

Also, I wouldn't know personally as I study in the Biosciences, but I'm told that Birkbeck has a very strong Business department and that their MBA program is quite highly regarded.

Anyone studying biomedicine ??? I'm applying as an undergrad!

I am starting MSc Computer science (part-time) this October. Any advice/tips with respect to preparing oneself for the course, particularly equipment/software wise?

Hi there,

Sorry to reply to an old post of yours from 2016, but I wanted to find out more about the MSc Computer Science / Data Science interview and aptitude test at Birkbeck.

I am applying for the conversion masters (I have no CS background), but I have been learning Python recently. I am aware that the aptitude test is around Python, but I'm not exactly sure how to prep for it.

Any tips on the interview and test would be really appreciated!

Thanks.

Hey,

When I did the aptitude test, it was based in Java (with option to use C++). The questions were varied from "What does this code do" to "Write code which accepts input of exam results by a teacher and then aggregates the data to show how many got x or y grades", stuff like that. They won't really care too much about syntax, but your methodology to get to the solution.

The only tip really is just go through the material they gave you and design the solution (in draft, or in your head) before putting pen to paper when answering the questions. I didn't think it was hard, was pretty straight forward and I had barely prepared for it - the feed back was that I did really well and was told I'll be getting an offer on the day, so here's hoping it goes well for you too!