Ok help again please - science and maths people

PoppyG

Ive been trying my hardest to gain info from the UCD website but i am relatively stuck!

Im from England and am currently studying physics, maths, english and biology at AS and will continue with maths english and biology at A2! Now i've so far manage to understand what grades i need to get in to certain subjects, however i dont know if i need specific a levels to study them. I am looking to study science, biology(any field really), and was wondering if i could do this without a level chemistry (i have an A* GCSE in seperate science Chemistry).

Or on the other side of the scale...what is maths like to study (is it full of swats and only to be taken by the very brightest of sparks? or is it open to us who can grasp maths and enjoy it and do well in it, but are not the einsteins or the ones that can assume what equation will be dereived). Is there an alternative to pure maths, for example maths with something else?) i quite like the idea of finance, economics and accountancy (but may find them rather dull as a pure subjects and have not much background info except my understanding of maths)

rainbow kirby

You don't need chemistry to get into UCD science. All the requirements for Leaving Certificate students specify is that you have one lab science subject, your A-level biology should be grand for that. The lab science subjects in 1st year are taught without making the assumption that you've studied much of them before, so you'll probably find biology fairly handy.

Everyone has to do maths in 1st year. There are 2 streams, honours (for people who are contemplating maths as a degree subject or just want more of a challenge) and pass (for everyone else). If you're *maybe* thinking you might like to do maths later on, give the honours a go. As an A-level student you'll be better prepared for it than a student who's taken the Leaving Certificate here. Plus it's not insanely hard if you're prepared to put the work in. I did it in 1st and 2nd year (well the first time I was in 2nd year!) and I didn't think 1st year was crazy difficult like most people imagine.

Slippers

I don't know if you've found it already, but this might be useful: www.ucd.ie/horizons/ni.htm
It looks like Veterinary Medicine is the only one that needs Chemistry.

In the maths but not maths category you might try Economics & Finance.

These booklets are a good way to see what is available. www.ucd.ie/registrar/booklets.htm

PhantomBeaker

The honours maths people (if they're the same as they were a while back) are great.

Gow is very dry, but is worth actually listening to, as you'll probably find some very sarcastic remarks thrown in there. He can be quite entertaining when you're listening to him properly. Plus you might learn stuff.

Gardner is lovely in his own right. You need to be careful with him. He talks like he's telling a children's story. Again, listen closely to him, not for sarcastic remarks, but for such a sweet-seeming man, there are a few stories/examples he gives that make you wonder if there's a latent violent streak simmering underneath the surface.

"And as you turn the handle, it starts screaming... and the screaming gets louder, and then gets strangely muffled, and pop!!"
or
"Imagine a prisoner handcuffed to a hefty prison guard on either side of him... If the two guards decide to move towards each other the prisoner will be squeezed more and more between the two guards. This is the squeeze principle."

Legends of lecturers.

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ghostchant

PhantomBeaker wrote:

The honours maths people (if they're the same as they were a while back) are great.

Gow is very dry, but is worth actually listening to, as you'll probably find some very sarcastic remarks thrown in there. He can be quite entertaining when you're listening to him properly. Plus you might learn stuff.

Gardner is lovely in his own right. You need to be careful with him. He talks like he's telling a children's story. Again, listen closely to him, not for sarcastic remarks, but for such a sweet-seeming man, there are a few stories/examples he gives that make you wonder if there's a latent violent streak simmering underneath the surface.

"And as you turn the handle, it starts screaming... and the screaming gets louder, and then gets strangely muffled, and pop!!"
or
"Imagine a prisoner handcuffed to a hefty prison guard on either side of him... If the two guards decide to move towards each other the prisoner will be squeezed more and more between the two guards. This is the squeeze principle."

Legends of lecturers.

Æ

haha yeah I had them last year. Great guys...Gow seems boring until you get used to him

Syth

PoppyG wrote:

Is there an alternative to pure maths, for example maths with something else?

Mathematical Physics is quite mathematical, but based on the real world, so it's kinda cool and interesting.