Please look at the links in my last post.
OH bahahahahaha, i didnt even realise. Thank you
Seems that even just A-level math clears the freshman year modules. Worried about if its the same with further maths and sophomore
OP = original poster. That’s you @ takvannom!
Note that some posters here may argue the matter from an American perspective, others from a UK perspective, still others from an international perspective.
So, to clarify: as purpletitan has confirmed, Further maths will put you at the equivalent of a sophomore level. In the US. (Thats where they have sophomores). Calculus is considered a college subject in the US, and with the exception of Caltech, no US uni requires it to enter (though the most advanced students, certainly most STEM students at Cal, will have taken it in high school.
I do not expect you to cruise through a first year at ICL or UCL with Further maths. But I don’t think you need to beef up on maths either.
Agree that if you really don’t want to do chemistry and are really unsure about design, neither ICL nor UCL sounds like a great idea…
So, with the company compensation, can you afford Cal?
BTW, I have a legal qualification from Oxford which is neither really undergrad nor grad and so rare that I never met or heard of anyone else who took it, so I’d rather not spell it out in case it makes me completely identifiable.
With your math and physics background, I think you’ll have it much easier than many Americans with the first couple years of math and physics classes in that Engineering Math and Stats major even if Cal doesn’t give credit for Further Maths (might not even allow you to opt out of the Physics sequence).
Well financially speaking CAL is not too muchmore than ICL (including housing etc) Noone can afford college ahhahahah, it’s insane.
@purpletitan when you say “first couple years”, i hope thats just 1 or 2 right? hahaha… I wouldn’t want to shell 70x4 k for an education that does just a bit more than UK high school math.
@tigerle Ahahaha fair enough. I went for the oxford summer school and fell in love with the place. Actually met my girlfriend there.
CAL is tricky because emotionally it’s not ideal, I can’t come home or travel to meet friends as much as the UK, and ill probably have to end my relationship, which sounds naive, yes I realise, but yea.
I mean reputation, prospects, flexibility, math orientated, its spot on isn’t it?
But with this whole corona thing, it might even just be online for a few terms
^ Personally, I think that is a good thing. That allows you to take more classes and finish sooner or double major (you’re also not paying the full amount).
And I’m sure you’ll learn more later on. The benefits of a more flexible major/degree is that it allows you to take various technical electives later on, so a bunch of quantitative CS classes; or apply to Haas later if you suddenly decide that you want to try to be a business major, etc.
^pragmatically speaking, I’m filling out my documents for CAL, and selecting ICL as firm and UCL as insurance. We’ll see how the situation unfolds…