• Question: what was your hardest degree to get

    Asked by Tjptaylor to Ashwanth, Jeni, Mark, Natalie, Stephen on 10 Jun 2016.
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      Mark Gowan answered on 10 Jun 2016:

      I would say that my A levels were the hardest exams to pass. At university you are becoming more of a specialist in your subject and I found that as long as you attend your lectures and seminars/tutorials you will fully understand what you are being taught.

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      Jeni Spragg answered on 10 Jun 2016:

      I have just one degree, in chemical engineering. Sometimes it was hard, but you make some great friends at university so you all muddle through together 🙂

      Now I am doing a research degree (a PhD) which will be harder. It’s going to take a lot of work over the next 3 years. But it will be worth it – I’ll be an expert with tons of knowledge and skills (and I’ll get to be called ‘Doctor’!).

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      Natalie Wride answered on 10 Jun 2016:

      Hi Tjptaylor!

      Unfortunately, I’ve never been one of these people that doesn’t need to revise for an exam and ‘just gets it’ like some people do. I’d say my hardest exams were probably my A Level Further Maths. I really struggled with some of the theory.

      My hardest degree so far was probably my MSc which was in Geotechnical Engineering. The fact I had my further maths really helped me with this subject but it was very challenging because there is no right answer to a question! We will never know EVERYTHING about the ground so we have to make assumptions – this means there’s no right answer and you have to use your judgement to justify why your answer is right (even when you don’t know if it is!).

      Now I’m doing my PhD and I’m at a stage where I’m not sure what my answer should look like which is difficult but I really enjoy thinking through problems like this! And at the end I’ll be Doctor which is pretty cool :p

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      Stephen Richardson answered on 11 Jun 2016:

      I agree with Mark, A levels were hard!
      Uni is hard too but somehow it’s a different kind of hard.
      But it’s all possible – I think when you’re in the middle of it you often forget that it’s ok to ask for help – and there is lots of help available, from teachers, the Internet, other students and so on

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      Ashwanth Vijay answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      Hi Tjptaylor, I would say that my masters degree in Business administartion was hardest of all. I also did enjoy the challenge.

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