So... College?

[Mister Eff]

I go to Farnborough college of technology and i'm doing a three year course on computer science with either gaming, networking or some other shit i can't be arsed to remember because i'm either going gaming or networking at the end of my first year.

I live right near there! Loads of my friends used to go there. Bizarre.

OT: I go to a film university in London. It's awesome.

 

[Mister Eff]

I go to Farnborough college of technology and i'm doing a three year course on computer science with either gaming, networking or some other shit i can't be arsed to remember because i'm either going gaming or networking at the end of my first year.

I live right near there! Loads of my friends used to go there. Bizarre.

OT: I go to a film university in London. It's awesome.

EDIT: Crap, double post. Stupid captcha nonsense.

 

[Mister Eff]

I go to Farnborough college of technology and i'm doing a three year course on computer science with either gaming, networking or some other shit i can't be arsed to remember because i'm either going gaming or networking at the end of my first year.

I live right near there! Loads of my friends used to go there. Bizarre.

OT: I go to a film university in London. It's awesome.

TRIPLE POST?!

 

[Jjtricky]

Thoughts on your course? Would you recommend it? Oh and friends GF is going to Royal Holloway - you start in a couple of weeks, right?

Hey, I knew there'd be someone! I really enjoyed my course for the first year. I feel that I learned a lot over a range of useful areas - I even got to do a unit on computer games. I chose RH because it's known for good research quality in the subject (among other things) and they didn't let me down. Not that I have any other courses to compare it to but I'm at least satisfied anyway. You could certainly do a lot worse.

I'm in the middle of writing my Personal Statement for a CS course - anything they really liked about yours?

Also, how much Maths is involved in the regular course?

It's hard to say exactly what counts as "maths" but I'd say roughly 25% of the course is maths focused. I mean, anything involving computers is more or less based on some kind of maths... so, yeah.

I can't really say what they liked about my personal statement - I never got any feedback on it and I was just happy that they accepted me ("lol"). I pretty much just wrote about what I did, both academically and not-so-academically. I included that I play a lot of video games and mentioned a few basic programs I'd written. I never did DofE or anything so don't worry too much about that stuff. All I can really say is that you should definitely get someone to read through your personal statement - I gave mine to one of my teachers and he REALLY helped me improve it, particularly since he had experience with other students' applications.

Did other people have as much experiance as you in programming, e.g. were there people that knew a language inside out before the course?

Because I know a bit of C++ and am wondering if I am competing with others that also have this experiance.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

I'm in the middle of writing my Personal Statement for a CS course - anything they really liked about yours?

Also, how much Maths is involved in the regular course?

It's hard to say exactly what counts as "maths" but I'd say roughly 25% of the course is maths focused. I mean, anything involving computers is more or less based on some kind of maths... so, yeah.

I can't really say what they liked about my personal statement - I never got any feedback on it and I was just happy that they accepted me ("lol"). I pretty much just wrote about what I did, both academically and not-so-academically. I included that I play a lot of video games and mentioned a few basic programs I'd written. I never did DofE or anything so don't worry too much about that stuff. All I can really say is that you should definitely get someone to read through your personal statement - I gave mine to one of my teachers and he REALLY helped me improve it, particularly since he had experience with other students' applications.

Did other people have as much experiance as you in programming, e.g. were there people that knew a language inside out before the course?

Because I know a bit of C++ and am wondering if I am competing with others that also have this experiance.

If you have any experience then it will count in your favour. There were a good few people on my course who had more experience than me but there were also plenty of people with very little experience. People also have experience in different things so it's not a direct competition. Obviously you are going to be competing with all the other candidates but you don't need to know everything before you start the course, that would defeat the point of it. I think the main thing is to show that you have a keen interest in the course - that's mostly what they're looking for so they know you'll work hard and make the university look good.

 

[Colour Scientist]

University College Cork.

Snap!

I've just completed my BA with Single Honours History and I'm starting my MA in September. I can't wait to go back.

Neither can I Living in the middle of Tipperary countryside for the past 3 months hasn't exactly been the most exciting thing in the world

Still, only a couple more weeks.
I've already started packing...