Preparing for the bess degree?

ronano

I've got a place on the bess degree starting in September, my math is pretty terrible so want to get it up to scratch. Anyone able to recommend books/material to study so i'm capable come September?

Lawliet

Try Khan Academy, much better than a book in my opinion. Although it would probably be more useful if you went through the relevant videos while covering the material in lectures. I'd take the summer off, plenty of time to study for college when you're actually in college.

Hande hoche!

The maths and statistics isn't that bad. I did ordinary level at secondary school and was quite woeful at it. The work this year has been manageable. Best bit of advice is just make sure you go to lectures and tutorials.

Tragedy

You don't need to prepare for BESS first year.

Attend all Maths+Stats lectures and tutorials, attend all Economics tutorials, do all the continuous assessment and homework. It isn't in any way difficult and to be honest, the course really needs to either be 3 years or re-jig the modules to stop first year being such a waste of time

(Mature student who got a C3 in OL Maths 8 years before starting BESS)

andrew

If you're good enough at math to get in to BESS, then you're fine so long as you actually put work in during the year. A lot of people do poorly in Maths&Stats, but I think it's because they go OH GOD MATH and stick their head in the sand for the entire year.

Tragedy

andrew wrote: »

If you're good enough at math to get in to BESS, then you're fine so long as you actually put work in during the year. A lot of people do poorly in Maths&Stats, but I think it's because they go OH GOD MATH and stick their head in the sand for the entire year.

They do what the person sitting beside me at the back of the fifth or sixth lecture in first year do:
Instead of writing down notes and examples as Carol brings us through the topic, he wrote "Maths" in giant letters at the top of the page as the lecture started and twenty minutes in added an equally giant question mark beside it.

Other than that, he looked bored and stared at the ceiling/his phone the whole lecture.

Groinshot

Lawliet wrote: »

Try Khan Academy, much better than a book in my opinion. Although it would probably be more useful if you went through the relevant videos while covering the material in lectures. I'd take the summer off, plenty of time to study for college when you're actually in college.

This. Khan academy does two years of Engineering Maths, and is the reason that most of year passed.

Hande hoche!

Tragedy wrote: »

They do what the person sitting beside me at the back of the fifth or sixth lecture in first year do:
Instead of writing down notes and examples as Carol brings us through the topic, he wrote "Maths" in giant letters at the top of the page as the lecture started and twenty minutes in added an equally giant question mark beside it.

Other than that, he looked bored and stared at the ceiling/his phone the whole lecture.

That kind of thing is why I am grateful for smart phones. People who have no intention of paying attention now mess around on their phones rather than talk among themselves.

Tragedy

Hande hoche! wrote: »

That kind of thing is why I am grateful for smart phones. People who have no intention of paying attention now mess around on their phones rather than talk among themselves.

Unfortunately not. If you don't want to be annoyed by people (and I hate to stereotype, but girls IME in two years of BESS are far more likely to do this) talking utter drivel around you as you actually try pay attention instead of going into college to waste your time - sit in the front third of the lecture theatre.

Hande hoche!

Very true. I found the first seven rows of seats are the ideal ones to sit in. Often near deserted in the Ed Burke.