What was your jump from a levels to uni like?

So then how would you know anything about a psychology degree?

Umm I know people doing psy degrees, I've read psychology textbooks, course descriptions and outlines

Course descriptions and outlines differ between uni's though so since you've no personal experience of a psych degree, you can't really tell anybody what to expect. Just sayin'

I did Bio, Chem and maths a levels (physics as) and just about the finish my degree in medicinal chemistry. I hated a levels, felt there was too much emphasis on memorising stuff rather than understanding the theory behind it (although my a levels were almost 10 years ago). Uni has been great, all my lectures are recorded if I want to rewatch them, lecture notes online. Your usually given a handout that may or may not have blanks to fill in and you can add your own notes, means you can focus on really listening to what the lecturer is saying. Exams are easier as there is usually a choice of questions (so it will say answer 3 of the 5 questions from each section). Also results are normalised, I once had an exams I had done loads of prep for, it went so badly I felt like crying afterwards but everyone else must have done much worse as I still ended up with a high 70 despite missing questions out!

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Uni easier. More continual assessment and coursework assessment which suits my learning style. Exams, because they are set by the lecturers rather than a third party are more predictable. I did a science degree. Workload at times was heavy but never overwhelming. Undoubtedly A level was my toughest academic experience.

I've almost finished my 1st year of uni and I've found it to be considerably easier than A-levels were.

I was talking about stats though?

You also said you read a bunch of psychology textbooks and course descriptions too which implies that you know enough about it to advise someone who actually does the degree. That comes off as a bit cocky and he would probably agree tbh

You also said you read a bunch of psychology textbooks and course descriptions too which implies that you know enough about it to advise someone who actually does the degree. That comes off as a bit cocky and he would probably agree tbh

Imperial maths was more like a continuation from STEP which is above A-level maths/further maths. But the jump wasn't too big as those exams are designed to see how effectively people will bridge the gap

Uni easier. More continual assessment and coursework assessment which suits my learning style. Exams, because they are set by the lecturers rather than a third party are more predictable. I did a science degree. Workload at times was heavy but never overwhelming. Undoubtedly A level was my toughest academic experience.

But STEP is really hard lol. You're saying that despite learning much more difficult content, the exams were a lot harder than the content taught by the lecturers and tutors?

What I mean to say is that STEP helped bridge the gap because it exposes you to "sophisticated" mathematics. Uni was obviously more challenging than any of that

Yeah I know what you meant. I was asking a follow up question about your uni exams which you still haven't answered lol

Oh...

More challenging but not by a huge amount

Wow your uni sounds really organised, like they have their **** together lol. Recorded lectures and handouts to fill in would be amazing. What uni do you go to if you don't mind me asking?

I was only talking about stats. Statistics isn't native to psychology, did you know that? I've actually done statistcs in my degree and most stats modules in undergrads are very similar in terms of topics taught. I really don't know what's your problem, if you've been offended or what.