Maths

LtColHalMoore · 08-12-2005 9:39pm #1

Yeah thinking of doing mathematics in university!!!!

Can ya get in with pass maths for the leaving???

ApeXaviour · 08-12-2005 9:43pm

Not in any university

breadmonkey · 09-12-2005 12:10am

No offence, but how do you expect to cope with a university maths degree if you are only at Leaving Cert. ordinary level standard?

Pherekydes · 09-12-2005 12:13am

I didn't do my LC at all.

Now in the final year doing double Hons Maths and Stats.

If you have the aptitude for it you can do it. But pass LC? I don't know.

David19 · 09-12-2005 12:13am

Why do you want to do maths? If you had an interest or an ability in it would you not be doing higher level?

Delphi91 · 09-12-2005 12:27pm

When I did my LC, I finished with an A in Ordinary level. I went to Uni, did a BSc in Phys, Maths and Comp. I tried Hons Maths at Uni, but couldn't hack it.

About 10 years after finishing, I did a Grad Dip in Maths, Stats and Comp and then followed it on with a research MSc in maths.

So, the moral of the story is that it is possible.

HOWEVER, not having done Hons maths to LC is still one of my big regrets.

smiles · 10-12-2005 1:09am

LtColHalMoore wrote:

Yeah thinking of doing mathematics in university!!!!

Can ya get in with pass maths for the leaving???

You can do Maths in University through an Arts course, but not necessarily Honours Maths, you could talk pass, depends on the university.

Fio

defiantshrimp · 10-12-2005 9:40pm

I got an A1 in honours maths and loved it in school then made the foolish choice of doing it in university. Needless to say I didn't like it much. I'm skeptical you could manage it with pass maths, I'm even skeptical you could manage it without at least a B1

rainbow kirby · 20-12-2005 6:06pm

I think DCU sometimes allows students into Mathematical Sciences with an A1 in pass, if your school doesn't offer honours maths. Other than that... you do really need honours.
And I'm like defiantshrimp... I got an A1 in HL Maths too, went to study it in college, and hated it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 23-12-2005 9:01pm

I got a b1 in honours maths in the LC, and I'm interested in the subject.. I enjoy reading about it and I really enjoyed it in school. It's probably the only subject I want to learn more about in uni, nothing else really interests me to study at that level but.. I'm not sure if I'll be able to cope with all the workload, and the level of ability that will be required. I've got this fear in the back of my mind that I'll get a year or two into the course and suddenly realise that I enjoy reading about it and hearing about it, but the actual 'doing' of it just isn't for me.

David19 · 24-12-2005 2:48am

Mordeth you sound like me a couple of years ago. I chose to do engineering in college but quickly realised I wanted to do maths instead. I was the same, liked reading about it and had an interest in it but wasn't sure if I could handle it. I also got a B1 in the LC. After a year of engineering I decided to change to maths. I'm definitely glad I switched, I should have picked maths to begin with.

If it wasn't a struggle to get a B1 in the LC and you are interested in it you should go for it. It is very tough but if you like it you'll want to succeed and you won't mind working at it. Also you won't last a year or two if you aren't good enough or don't want to do it. You'll come to that conclusion after a few months I think. If you do come to that conclusion then at least you tried and won't regret not going for it.

You could have a look at a couple of 1st year textbooks and see what you think. You'd get some idea of whats involved. I can PM you some book names if you want.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-12-2005 3:27pm

thanks for the offer, but I won't be going back to uni for a year or two I'd say. Living in canada for a year now, and by the time I'm back it will be too late to apply so I'll have to wait until sept 07 or so. If I pick up any text books now, I'll just lose them

I've got plenty of time to think it over, so that's what I plan to do... and I'm gona try to read alot about the subject. it's been so long since I did any maths I'm very rusty and it's always possible I'll find something else I enjoy as much between now and then. It's possible I could do an arts course and specialise in the maths courses or something, then get a postgrad or somesuch... *shrug*we'll see how life is to me between here and there

professore · 11-01-2006 10:27pm

I did Pass Maths for the Leaving Cert (A in 1989), mainly because my teacher had a quota and threw out all but the best students from Honours.

I wanted to do Chemistry so I applied to DIT Kevin Street Applied Sciences degree (actually a Trinity degree at the time) that offered 2 subject degrees. I planned to do Physics and Chemistry, but there was a common first year for people wanting to take the Maths option. BTW I didn't do Physics either for Leaving Cert !!!

When I got into first year I discovered that I really liked Maths, and ended up doing Maths and Physics, which I graduated in 1993 with a 2.2. I was not the only one with no honours maths who did this, a friend of mine managed a 2.1. And believe me this was no easy course we got the full on metric spaces and the whole deal (I work in IT now so have forgotten most of it) .

So the moral is, you can do it. Whether you are allowed to is of course another story.

smiles · 11-01-2006 11:22pm

katrien_ie wrote:

And believe me this was no easy course we got the full on metric spaces and the whole deal (I work in IT now so have forgotten most of it) .

Ahhhh.... metric spaces is actually lovely....

One of my favourite courses from last year, followed it up with Topology, and it seemed good to me.

Now Measure Theory and Financial Derivatives with Differentiable Equations is my current nightmare!

2 days in....

silverside · 14-01-2006 2:02am

measure theory is a lovely elegant mathsy course.

smiles what kinda stuff are you doing with Financial Derivatives with Differential Equations?

smiles · 15-01-2006 3:57pm

silverside wrote:

measure theory is a lovely elegant mathsy course.

smiles what kinda stuff are you doing with Financial Derivatives with Differential Equations?

To be honest, we just started this week with that course, it's kind of a follow on to Measure Theory with applications into Black-Scholes, probabilitic modelling and things like that. (I think!) The lecturer tends to just teach, and not explain where we're going. I'll probably have a better idea next week.

Tree · 16-01-2006 11:50am

i did honours LC maths, but didnt work at it and got an A2 and assumed i could float through uni the same way.... wonderful and all as maths is, you'll neeed to work hard at it. lazy me just dropped out and moved to biomed science instead.

by the by, applied maths in uni rocks (LC course sucks big time)

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