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The question is a little artificial because taking a course doesn't mean you'll answer any questions on it in the exams. I think I went to 11 courses, two of which were C courses. But for the exams, I only revised about 7 or 8 of them. You can do less if you're confident you'll nail any question on the courses you've studied for, but that's a bit of a risk - Tripos questions being what they are.
In my day the cut-off was 11a/12b for a 1st - which you could do if you nail three questions per exam, plus a couple of good attempts and maybe some marks from CATAM. Obviously the cut-off is likely to change each year, depending on how people do in the exams (or how tough the exams were).
In my day the cut-off was 11a/12b for a 1st - which you could do if you nail three questions per exam, plus a couple of good attempts and maybe some marks from CATAM. Obviously the cut-off is likely to change each year, depending on how people do in the exams (or how tough the exams were).
Wrangler
The question is a little artificial because taking a course doesn't mean you'll answer any questions on it in the exams. I think I went to 11 courses, two of which were C courses. But for the exams, I only revised about 7 or 8 of them. You can do less if you're confident you'll nail any question on the courses you've studied for, but that's a bit of a risk - Tripos questions being what they are.
In my day the cut-off was 11a/12b for a 1st - which you could do if you nail three questions per exam, plus a couple of good attempts and maybe some marks from CATAM. Obviously the cut-off is likely to change each year, depending on how people do in the exams (or how tough the exams were).
In my day the cut-off was 11a/12b for a 1st - which you could do if you nail three questions per exam, plus a couple of good attempts and maybe some marks from CATAM. Obviously the cut-off is likely to change each year, depending on how people do in the exams (or how tough the exams were).
Thanks for your reply. I have been looking at some of your lecture notes at Cambridge and i have noticed that you cover slightly more material than other Universities if you do 8 D-Course. Its more than doing 8 Half Unit (or 15 Cats/Credits) courses at most top universities in the UK.
I still think if you revise for 7 courses, u'd still be doing more than what people do at Other Universities. Standards are high at Cambridge.
I think that for my exams I revised four 'D' courses and three 'C' courses. I got a high 2.1 out of that, which could have been a first if my revision had been better (i.e. if I'd known more!)
It's not clear-cut at all, though - it obviously depends on how thoroughly you know the courses that you decide to revise. It's obviously better to know a few courses really well than lots of courses partially, though.
It's not clear-cut at all, though - it obviously depends on how thoroughly you know the courses that you decide to revise. It's obviously better to know a few courses really well than lots of courses partially, though.
Cexy
So in principle, 4 "full" courses would have been enough for a first. I do not think it would leave you in a good position for Part III, however. (Even with 7+ courses I found I struggled to find enough courses I could do for Part III. It wasn't the only reason, but in the end I made a right hash of Part III).
DFranklin
I do not think it would leave you in a good position for Part III, however. (Even with 7+ courses I found I struggled to find enough courses I could do for Part III. It wasn't the only reason, but in the end I made a right hash of Part III).
My comparison between parts II and III would look like:
II: More elementary topics, but more searching questions.
III: More advanced material, and the questions didn't have as much of a problem element to them.
But we're all different.
By the by, you don't happen to be the same D Franklin that believes det(I-B)=0 iff B has an e-value =1 is a red-herring, are you?
Wrangler
My comparison between parts II and III would look like:
II: More elementary topics, but more searching questions.
III: More advanced material, and the questions didn't have as much of a problem element to them.
II: More elementary topics, but more searching questions.
III: More advanced material, and the questions didn't have as much of a problem element to them.
By the by, you don't happen to be the same D Franklin that believes det(I-B)=0 iff B has an e-value =1 is a red-herring, are you?
DFranklin
Yes, part III is a lot more bookwork, and a lot less living on your wits. But I also found there was less and less mathematics I was actually interested in studying to that level - which was probably a bit unfortunate given part III is much more about diligent study than problem solving savvy.
I agree. What was your area of interest?
DFranklin
Yes, that would be me. (Though to be fair, my thinking was more "it's a red herring if you're coming at the problem not knowing what an eigenvalue is").
Aha - welcome to TSR then (although it seems you've been here a little while!).
Wrangler
Looking back, I don't know how much I fell into the "I'm good at this, I must be interested in it" trap. I saw a lot of people at Cambridge in that position, though more usually as an undergrad than a Part III student.
As I've said elsewhere, I probably have a bit of "frustrated academic" in me, but I do actually enjoy my "real job" programming computer graphics, and I'm sure it's left me a lot more financially secure than academia!
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