Anyone knows the drop out rate at Warwick

personally, I think the workload at Warwick is huge, I have on average four lectures a day and still expected to do loads of work in my own time, I have just started my second term,and I can already feel the pressure. Anyway,just curious, does anyone know the drop out rate here? Do some courses have higher drop out rate than others?

id say it can easily work out to 60-70 + hours per week which is a lot for a first year. (sorry this turned into a rant about how much work i have!)also we have to deal with 4 9ams a week, 5 if you do particle physics.

I have met a few people who have made a similar comment, but I think we need to put it into perspective: most jobs would begin at 9am and it is likely that one would need longer to travel to a workplace than walking to lectures from on-campus accommodation. So, saying that, I do find it slightly annoying when over one-hundred people then turn up late for a lecture!

absolutely true but we're currently living amongst students, most of whom do not have five 9ams a week! if we compare like for like, ie maths students to other students, maths students definitely have to get up much earlier on average. so its understandable if they feel a bit hard done by and overworked.

Does anyone know if the MORSE course has a similar amount of work as the pure Maths degree?

A tiny bit less but it depends on additional options from what i can tell. They do have a 7-hour Tuesday though

maths?!

me too. i have at least 4 lectures a day, so 20+ hours a week plus 2 hours supervision, 1 hour tute, 2 hour analysis class, 1 hr maths by computer class + 3 hours physics lectures = 30 hours contact time a week. this term we have three assignments a week, analysis 2, linear algebra and geometry and motion. say 10 hours to do all three, which may be an underestimate! (last term analysis alone took me 10 hours but this term the assignments look shorter...i hope.) you're supposed to do an hours reading for each hour of lectures but haha, assume you do half an hour - thats 10 hours.

oh also maths by computer - lecturer said 50 hours total = 5 hours a week.

+ prob questions, work for optional modules, revision for tests

id say it can easily work out to 60-70 + hours per week which is a lot for a first year. (sorry this turned into a rant about how much work i have!)also we have to deal with 4 9ams a week, 5 if you do particle physics. its definitely meant to be tough but dont worry, we're all in the same boat. i havent spoken to anyone whos found it easy. it'll take a while to get used to. for me, last term i was panicking like crazy, tests every friday were stressing me out, i stayed up all night on sundays doing the damn analysis and i was near hysterical at the thought of the jan exams. this term - something has clicked for me and i know i can do it.
its still really tough but somehow i understand the work so much better. everyone says this happens to different people at different times so dont worry, it'll happen!

as for dropping out - dont go there. why think negative thoughts when you've only just started the second term? work hard, you'll probably do better than you think. as for the drop out rate, its one of the lowest in the country and for maths, i believe only a couple of people drop out a year. everyone finds it hard, most people work hard and end up doing well. im sure you'll be one of them.
good luck! pm me if you want to moan. x