I hate it! Sitting it in January... When I try past papers, I can only complete half the paper in the allotted time! All these algorithms are so time consuming! But yeah, it's not too difficult if you have the memory for it!
When I try past papers, I can only complete half the paper in the allotted time! All these algorithms are so time consuming!
I had the same problem at first, but a HUUUUGE hint, get your hands on a past paper and mark scheme (if you haven't already) and look at which lines actually get you the marks. Once I had looked at that, I realised all the rubbish I could leave out and got through it a lot easier.
Hehe, I'm taking D1 probably in January 2007 or June 2007. I've had a look through it; it does seem to be time consuming! Ah well, not to worry ... I'm sure that with enough practise it would be possible to get a decent mark on it ...
i thought it was great when i did it, and got good marks in it. i was actually one of the few people who found it quite interesting - the only problem i had with it was that it was very easy to make simple/trivial errors if you're not concentrating on stuff like the minimum cut/maximum flow method. anyhows, it was good fun once you get into it!
*hears the sound of people tearing their hair out at the idea that someone actually enjoyed D1*
i thought it was great when i did it, and got good marks in it. i was actually one of the few people who found it quite interesting - the only problem i had with it was that it was very easy to make simple/trivial errors if you're not concentrating on stuff like the minimum cut/maximum flow method. anyhows, it was good fun once you get into it!
*hears the sound of people tearing their hair out at the idea that someone actually enjoyed D1*
well im the only person in my class who is enjoying it
how can ppl possibly enjoy d1!! its just boring algorithms repeated again and again and again, just with different numbers. Even S1 was more (although not a lot more) interesting!
how can ppl possibly enjoy d1!! its just boring algorithms repeated again and again and again, just with different numbers. Even S1 was more (although not a lot more) interesting!
back in the day when i had to do s1, i thought it was the most boring thing in the world - why the hell do i need to know how to draw a box and whisker diagram, or a histogram!? you say that d1 is boring, because it's the same thing, but with different numbers, which to some extent is true, but it's the same thing for p1, m1, s1, m2, s2, and a few others - there are only about 7 or 8 question types that will come up for any given exam, which will be similar to previous years but with different numbers. plus, they can't exactly put ridiculously obscure and complex stuff in d1, because '1' modules are supposed to be simple.