Ask a maths first year

uni?

I'm very bored and have work that needs doing but thought I would come on here and answer some questions to procrastinate.

P.s. this isn't an 'AMA', only uni/course/UCAS/uni life questions please!

York. Are you currently in the process of applying?

How are you finding the maths so far? Are you enjoying it? Considering straight maths? Are you struggling without further maths?

Yes, i hope to get an offer for economics and finance at york.
What did you get in your a levels?

I'm finding it really interesting and quite enjoyable. While I hate proofs, it's nice to actually see how things work (like forming quotient numbers from the rationals) and it's far more rigorous. There's lots to learn but the structure is quite rigid and consistent. No powerpoint slides just theorem after lemma after corollary after example.

I've considered it yes but I may stick to joint Econ and Maths, not sure I'd cope well with the mechanics! I'm not struggling in terms of the course content, I'm struggling from moving from mainly essay based subjects at A-level to 20+hrs of maths contact hours every week.

I got an offer for maths at york and had a bit of doubts especially since I haven’t done further maths. They go over that in first year?

My son is currently doing Maths in first year. He's told me what he enjoys and doesn't enjoy about Maths. For year 2 he has to pick two pairs out of the following modules - what do you think you would pick:

Pure Mathematics (Group Theory & Geometry and Topology)
Applied Mathematics (Introduction to Applied Maths & Applications of Vector Calculus)
Statistics (Statistical Distribution Theory & Statistical Methods 1)

Also he has to pick one of Stochastic Processes or Algorithms.

Why would you do such a boring subject?

Deffo pure maths and statistics. Hate mechanics with a passion so would be awful at applied maths. Probably stochastic processes for the latter question!