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Reply 20

I'm coming (hopefully) to do Maths Stats this year :biggrin:

Anyone studying the course or know anyone who is? I was talking to some 2nd year physicists and they said the step up in physics is absolutely mental - i.e. all the crazy pointless pure shiz from fp1,2,3 suddenly becomes applied... :s-smilie:

Reply 21

meef cheese

I'm doing maths. S'alright. There's two (i think) maths+stats people. But our courses are the same in the first year.

Also, FP1, FP2, and FP3 were never crazy pointless pure. They were all just methods, as is the whole of 'pure maths' at A-level. And methods are generally applied to solving problems...

Reply 22

thomasjtl

for some reason maths and stats is dominated by chinese people- apparently 24 out of 30 people doing it in our year are chinese...

Reply 23

Prometheus

We have 30 maths and stats people? Wtf, I thought we had like 4 :-s

Reply 24

thomasjtl

Not at lincoln! I meant across all the colleges there are about 30 first years.
Lincoln only has 14 mathmos across all the different flavours in the first year, and that's counting myself and Dan.

Reply 25

bookworm4664

Hello! I'm an American college student and I've been offered the chance to spend my junior year at Lincoln for English. I'm not completely sure I'll end up at Lincoln, as I'm actually a linguistics and psychology major and there's a good chance that my graduation date will be set back if I spend the year solely on English--but between this website and the college's website, I'm definitely tempted.
I'm also a little worried about the tutorials, as I'm fairly introverted and am used to always having at least 5 to 20 other students around to deflect attention away from me. Also, how does a class work as opposed to a tutorial, aside from having more people? Most of the websites I've come across only really talk about the tutorial....

Reply 26

thomasjtl

tutorials are the main form of teaching in oxford for arts students, but don't worry about them- they're really useful. Plus you only have one or two people there with you, so at least you don't have to argue in front of a load of other people, which i would find a lot more difficult. Most tutors will do their best to help you get used to tutorials pretty quickly, either by easing you in gently, or by dropping you right in it, so your next one will seem a lot nicer in comparison.

Classes i've yet to experience, but i imagine would be similar to classes anywhere- somewhere in between a lecture and a tutorial- some interaction, but not based entirely on discussion.

Reply 27

Hoofbeat

FYI all Lincolnites:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7647667&postcount=1

Reply 28

James

thomasjtl

Classes i've yet to experience

I think Ursel's "lectures" count as classses.

Reply 29

thomasjtl

probably- although aren't classes generally done by the university rather than college?

Reply 30

James

The same could be said of lectures, and it definitely wasn't a tutorial. So by Trichotomy... :p:

Reply 31

Cirsium

Athena

The Sarah Lawrencers at Wadham are presumably on a similar system and they go to whatever lectures or tutorials they're interested in - one of them does creative writing and chemistry, I'm not sure how he reconciles the two!
You could certainly go to psychology lectures while you're in Oxford, and the college would probably organise some tutorials for you as well; and you can take part in psychology experiments that the graduate students are performing and a lot of them pay you for the time.

Except that the Psychology lectures are in the same department as Zoology - i.e. you need your swipe card to get in and prove you're not an animal rights protester... so not necessarily :frown:

Reply 32

thomasjtl

well, as a member of the university you're allowed to attend any lectures you choose- so i presume it'd be a case of talking to the department, and having them give you a card.

Reply 33

Prometheus

Oo hello james, you're probably about 12 feet away from me... exciting stuff :-P

Reply 34

James

And we're both working (or at least procrastinating). Hmm...

Reply 35

Prometheus

Hmmm indeed, we should have more intercorridor late night breaks methinks, cos all 4 of us tend to work 10->3ish (directed at james, although anyone can come... if you're still up)

Reply 36

Johnny 5

I say it, 'cos you all know it's true:

Jonathan L. for Mr Lincoln 2007

Reply 37

James

Erm..

Reply 38

Johnny 5

James Gurung

Erm..

See? He gets the idea!

The ball is rolling. Now all we need is more momentum.

Reply 39

thomasjtl

Are you bullied at school, in a youth organisation, at uni or in the workplace? Then speak up!
You can call Childline or the Samaritans for free, confidential, professional advice, or come for an anonymous chat in the TSR Anti-Bullying Society.
Bullying isn't something you have to face alone.

Somewhat out of step with our conversation the other night.

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