Most difficult Degree to get

Voltex

Im gonna have a guess...but maybe applied physics or medicine. But do you think?

Celly Smunt

361 degrees,i just can't seem to find it

pmcmahon

pmcmahon wrote: »

361 degrees,i just can't seem to find it

It's just at 1 degrees...

And I'd say medicine for duration and maybe actuary for difficulty..

Voltex

pmcmahon wrote: »

361 degrees,i just can't seem to find it

i hear they can get that in applied physics

Carsinian Thau

Degrees? Pfft!

Radians are where it's at. :cool:

alwaysadub

Turning your head 360 degress is quite difficult. Unless you're an owl. Or Linda Blair..

zuroph

Voltex wrote: »

Im gonna have a guess...but maybe applied physics or medicine. But do you think?

computer systems. highest failure rate AFAIK. prob cos the points are low so you can get in thick as sh1te, and then be expected to learn code.

bonerm

O degrees Kelvin is also quite difficult

Rubberlegs

One of the Three Degrees:)

DOC09UNAM

zuroph wrote: »

computer systems. highest failure rate AFAIK. prob cos the points are low so you can get in thick as sh1te, and then be expected to learn code.

So basically people doing computer systems are thick as shíte you say?

SV

zuroph wrote: »

computer systems. highest failure rate AFAIK. prob cos the points are low so you can get in thick as sh1te, and then be expected to learn code.

Yes indeed!
the code is the easy part of it though to be honest, I'd say most fail on the maths. I know I did :P

Agricola

Serious answer: Any degree focused on pure maths, physics, engineering or some combination of them.

You need to know your stuff and be able to apply it to new scenarios and situations.

Arts, business degrees etc are largely waffle and a case of regurgitating theory.

Mrmoe

The 3rd degree is tough.:p

Mickeroo

Isn't veterinary medicine even harder than regular medicine? I remember being told it was one of the hardest to get when i was a kid.

zuroph

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

So basically people doing computer systems are thick as shíte you say?

some of them. they stick it down because they know they'll get in

Voltex

Agricola wrote: »

Serious answer: Any degree focused on pure maths, physics, engineering or some combination of them.

You need to know your stuff and be able to apply it to new scenarios and situations.

Arts, business degrees etc are largely waffle and a case of regurgitating theory.

ah thats not fair...Im doing a business degree. Its for the field I want to work in....and when I go onto my masters it becomes an MSc.

Agricola

Mickeroo wrote: »

Isn't veterinary medicine even harder than regular medicine? I remember being told it was one of the hardest to get when i was a kid.

Points wise, its possibly more difficult to get into, but I can only imagine (and hope) that its not as rigourous a qualification to get as a MD!

baltimore sun

Mickeroo wrote: »

Isn't veterinary medicine even harder than regular medicine? I remember being told it was one of the hardest to get when i was a kid.

Yea that & Actuary but they're only hard to get into because there's so few courses, it's not all about how hard the degree is to get. Sure with medicine if you've enough dosh you can go to one of the privates or to another european country or the states, pay your fees and get your degree, still hard work mind you.

Mickeroo

Agricola wrote: »

Points wise, its possibly more difficult to get into, but I can only imagine (and hope) that its not as rigourous a qualification to get as a MD!

Well I always thought doctors had it easier than vets as they only have to learn how to look after one type of animal

El Guapo!

One that'll get you a job...

Voltex

Just looking at the medical finals exam paper for last year on the UCC site.... and Im thinking medicine.

SV

Voltex wrote: »

Just looking at the medical finals exam paper for last year on the UCC site.... and Im thinking medicine.

link?

RATM

The most difficult degree to get is probably mine.

I have it locked in a safe which is guarded 24/7 by a phalanx of Stormtroopers.

PeakOutput

i would say architecture is right up there its stupidly long and the two colleges iv gone to the architects have longer semesters more exams and less holidays then the rest of the degrees

i dont think its maths or physics for the simple fact that in my experience the people who take those courses are usually pretty into the subject and know they are quite good at it before they start and they seem to just 'get it'.

computer science has a massive drop out / failure rate in any college i know of that does it. i dont think this is as a result of it being very difficult though more that people dont know what they are getting into when they take it and also the points have been very low the last few years which makes people think its easy (and if your dumb enough to think that the maount of points a course takes to get into has anything to do with how difficult it is you dont belong in college)

Voltex

SV wrote: »

link?

cant link it...but hers the question:

1. A 67-year old male is brought to Accident and Emergency following collapse
at home. His wife reports that he had three episodes of black tar/treacle-like stool in
the previous 24 hours. He has a background history of osteoarthritis and hypertension.
He is unsure of his medication and has left them at home. On examination he is pale,
mildly agitated, with a blood pressure of 110/70mmHg and a heart rate of 60 bpm.
His abdomen is soft with mild epigastric tenderness and no hepatomegaly. He does
have gynaecomastia.
a. How do you interpret his vital signs?
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b. What initial treatment is appropriate?
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c. List 3 likely causes of this patient’s melaena.
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d. What questions will you ask in the history to help clarify the likely source
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and thats just surgery

Dj

PeakOutput wrote: »

i would say architecture is right up there its stupidly long and the two colleges iv gone to the architects have longer semesters more exams and less holidays then the rest of the degrees

In DIT they usually have less exams compared to the Engineering modules and spend more time drawing pictures and stuff like that.

Sea Sharp

The most difficult degree is one in a university that hasn't seen suspiciouus grade-inflation over the last 15 years.

Dj

Obviously the final year UCC medical exam is going to look tough for anyone who hasn't studied medicine.

SV

Dj wrote: »

Obviously the final year UCC medical exam is going to look tough for anyone who hasn't studied medicine.

I shouldn't imagine it's very easy for those who have studied it either to be fair.

Think of the hundreds and thousands of different symptoms and treatments that could come up..

take everything

Voltex wrote: »

Just looking at the medical finals exam paper for last year on the UCC site.... and Im thinking medicine.

If you're talking about volume of information, yeah it's probably Medicine.

And unfortunately you just gotta learn an awful lot of associations off without ever fully understanding the mechanism.
Attempts at resolution as to what exactly is the mechanism often meet dead ends- because it's just not known.

What's the cause of finger clubbing?
Well we don't fully understand the mechanism so instead learn this heterogenous list off.

What's the mechanism mediating the various causes of Afib.
Ah don't worry about it, just learn the list.
(basically mnemonic-central:rolleyes:).

In terms of concepts, i would imagine pure maths/theoretical physics .

pickarooney

Voltex wrote: »

cant link it...but hers the question:





and thats just surgery

I'd have to say lupus.