Hey! Thanks for the quick reply
I emailed Edinburgh about it because it also admits people from backgrounds such as Philosophy and Psychology and given that I did a CS elective for a full year I figured that I cannot have that much less experience than a Pyschology grad for example. I've made my course choices and module lists as well
did that ages ago and compared the courses. It is very different from St Andrews though and 1.a lot of the courses ask for crazy amount of maths ... not that I am scared of maths, I enjoy doing Econometrics in my course and some general maths, I am more concerned that it is pitched at a level too high for myself
(but then again, 2.why did they give me an offer then?
) I was also not too fond on their assessment as most of their courses are 10 credits and then seem to be heavily exam based.
I've been in contact with the St Andrews course coordinator and they said that I might be able to join their more "pre-knowledge CS course" (due to knowing Java and stuff) and thus would have more options open, so it doesn't seem that that would be a strict Conversion course either.
Would you really rate Edinburgh that much higher than St Andrews? In the rankings, St Andrews seemed outstanding but then of course rankings aren't everything. I really struggle to find someone in Edinburgh that can talk to me about course choices etc as they don't have an applicant open day any more.
That's the thing - while I find the idea of living in London exciting, I don't see myself there. I wouldn't be able to live as much in the center as I do in Glasgow atm and I think the costs would just explode. I enjoy Scotland and its nature as a get away and then I have strong ties here.
I might pm you later just out of interest for the courses you have made up for the St A course