Computing Drop-out rate

I don't know how helpful this is, but I can tell you that the overall dropout rate for Imperial is very low, at 4% if I'm reading the table correctly.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,716,00.html

The drop out rate can vary from 5-10%, I think. Some people drop out voluntarily because the course doesn't suit them, then often go off and join another course somewhere else.

Of the people who fail and are asked to leave (or resit the year), I've found a good majority to be the type who would try and get coursework/lab solutions from other people and do very little work themselves. If you're prepared to work then you should have no problem if you meet the entry requirements. If you're not prepared to work, you'll probably fail at least one year and often the whole degree.

Thanks, sounds nice

I agree with that for the first year, if you have some prior experience (some people don't).

That doesn't work in later years though.

I agree with that for the first year, if you have some prior experience (some people don't).

That doesn't work in later years though.

VB experience does not help much actually. Computer theory might help you at the beginning of a module called Computer Systems.
I can only talk about part of the computing as I am Joint Maths and Computing but I spend a lot of time with computing people as we both have to spend a lot of time in the labs.

Some people with previous programming experience in java ( and/or Haskell) sometimes do not turn up to any of the programming lectures and have no problems with the driving tests and labs( programs you have to write every week).
Supposibly some guy did all the java labs in like one week as theres a way to get them all in advance online.

If you don't have previous experience then you might spend quite a lot of time in the computer labs working on your programme. Even then it all varies , some people take 8 hours some people take 3 without previous experience( number of hours is arbitrary).
I don't think much revision is necessary for online tests, but you do get a written test in june .

Some modules like logic do not have many assesed homework but quite a lot of revision is actually required before the exams as they can ask just plain theory questions. ( for example more people do bad in logic than programming ... I think)

I don't really know about "mathematical methods" and "Hardware" as I don't have those modules.

Wineblood - yes, I am the guy taking the Linux lab workshops. Sadly people are treating them like lectures, which is not the point!

I may revert to scribbling on the whiteboard like a madman...

On Monday, please get people you know to ask questions. Every question people asked me after I'd finished was sensible and would have helped the entire class!

Ok, I'll ask questions just to make you happy.