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Making the step up to the next year...

  • 25-08-2012 08:56AM
    #1
    [Jackass]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Just curious really about peoples experience about going from one year to the next, how much does the level expected and the difficulty of modules increase?

    Obviously it varies from course to course, but in general sense, is it a big step up from first year to second year? Do people find themselves struggling a lot more or putting in a lot more time in the library?

    Just got thinking about it lately and for some reason I have a knot in my stomach thinking about going back to college, was never nervous going into first year or going in to exams or anything, but starting to worry a little bit about how tough it may get or if it's a big step up.

    Studying Economics for what it's worth, if anyone has direct experience with that.


Comments

  • #2
    Ruski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Ruski


    I didn't find too much of a step up from first to second year. However I'm going into third year now so we'll see how it goes.

    But then again, my course is four years.


  • #3
    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,341 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    In Economics the step up is pretty big. Especially the maths part of it. However it's not difficult to keep on top of either. If you planned on breezing through the Semester and only getting to work a month before the exams you'd probably struggle a good bit, especially if maths isn't a strong point. In saying that's it not a huge amount of work either. I mean going to all your lectures and doing 2 hours 5 days a week would be plenty( a bit more if there are areas you struggle on).


  • #4
    [Jackass]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭[Jackass]


    Cheers. Yeah that's kind of what I'm worried about, having read through some of the modules I'm doing. I suppose it's good to be expecting the worst, but will have to up my game a good bit this year as I slacked a bit last year on Economics subjects (as thought it'll be grand, I know the stuff) and focused on electives, but then didn't do as well as I'd have hoped in macro and micro.

    Cheers for the heads up though. Is it mainly the quants that are a big step up in maths, or is the statistics module tough also? Although I did well in Quants last year, I had to work my ass of for it, was a nightmare getting up to speed with it in time for final exam. Does much maths come into Macro and Micro? Also how much maths based in game theory? I'm decent at maths, just wondering what to expect.


  • #5
    tgdaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 970 ✭✭✭tgdaly


    I'm going into third year now and the volume of work (looking at the modules) looks like it will be a lot larger. I didn't find the jump from first to second year to be too big in terms of difficulty, but you have to be sensible and spend more time at your work, at least I find that you do as second year counts towards my degree, whereas first year didn't


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