How much harder is 2nd and 3rd year than 1st year?

Can I just ask, did you get your username from that maths computer game? I remember my primary school having it.

Third year is a bitch. The other two aren't bad.

Third year has so far been a total ******* bitch.

First year is practically a joke compared.

thanks- I found this really helpful

Says in you sig that you are in your 2nd year

most british students are lazy and spend their time drinking and partying
if you are serious about work the difficulty increase is minimal

fyi, i have completed a degree at a university and I'm doing my second one starting this october.

You're very welcome! Just stay on top of things, remember everyone's in the same boat and know what you're working towards.

I found it really helpful to do some quick maths figuring out what I needed for my overall goal, like working out what average you need in each module to get a 2.1. in my case. Then adjusting it once you know grades for modules in first semester etc.

And start writing your dissertation really early, seriously, it's not intimidating if you do a subject you love, and if you give yourself time and space you can do really well and have a great score to drag other poorer modules up. If you leave it to the last week like a few of my friends did you'll be panicking, rushing, lose loads of marks through shoddy referencing or missing out/adding extra words you don't have time to notice, etc. I wish I'd started the reading in the summer before final year.

I feel like writing these words down somewhere to pin up when uni starts, it'll only be my first year but - I'm so good at procrastinating it's unreal. Thanks for the motivation