Hi Jai, On Wednesday 17 October 2007 at 09:39:38 Jai Harrison wrote: > Well I'm interested in York Uni. What other Universities are good for > Computer Science and would you generally recommend? What University > are you at?
York is a good university for CS, and it's also a really nice uni. I'd also recommend Southampton, Imperial, Liverpool, Edinburgh and my uni, Birmingham. According to our website, for our undergrad BSc in CS, we ask for: Number of A levels required: 3 Typical offers: ABB-BBB Required subjects and grades: Mathematics GCSE at grade B General Studies: Yes International Baccalaureate Diploma: 30-34 points including Mathematics at SL So, looks like they only ask for maths up to GCSE level, but I'm sure it would be a benefit to have it at A level as well. As others have hinted, I think it depends on what you're after. I've definitely gone the academic route, doing a BSc in Computer Science (at Leicester), MSc in Natural Computation (at Birmingham) and now I'm working towards a PhD here too. I don't want to mislead you, so do understand that maths is important - I'd go as far to say as its the foundation which the house is built on. Having said that, I'm not fantastic at it by any stretch of the imagination, but an A level really will be a big help. Having said all that though, I currently teach on an MSc conversion course for people who have no experience of computer science, and they generally do very well, given enough motivation (I wouldn't suggest this route though). It's perhaps also worth looking at what you might want to do after the degree (hey, it's never too early). Birmingham is really good for AI, for example, so it's good to get into a crowd with people who have the same interests (beyond just learning basic CS). Just my opinions though! Good luck, and keep us posted! Pete. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
