Schols Schols Schols, information and venting thread.

gaeilgeboy

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

I did 4 geometry and 2 complex on that paper. Thank god for geometry! That said, complex is very interesting... just not as easy as geometry.

I did the same! Geometry actually became an amazing subject when I got what a manifold is ...

Aoibheann

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

I did 4 geometry and 2 complex on that paper. Thank god for geometry! That said, complex is very interesting... just not as easy as geometry.

Our complex course is actually probably much easier than yours was last year! It's just all over the place. It's really interesting, I just can't tell what we've actually covered..

gaeilgeboy wrote: »

I did the same! Geometry actually became an amazing subject when I got what a manifold is ...

I may or may not be using your complex notes. You, sir, are very useful.. Now, do you have any complex solutions? :P

Geometry is a wonderful course. It kinda tended to go right over my head for a while, but I'm really happy with it now.

gaeilgeboy

Aoibheann wrote: »

I may or may not be using your complex notes. You, sir, are very useful.. Now, do you have any complex solutions? :P

I actually found some Schol notes from the past two years a couple of days ago. If I've any Complex, I'mm send them along!

Aoibheann

gaeilgeboy wrote: »

I actually found some Schol notes from the past two years a couple of days ago. If I've any Complex, I'mm send them along!

Feel free to send on anything vaguely relevant if you do think of it! I'll thank you in the form of delicious baked goods!

CJC86

Maybe some of this chat should be started on a Schols thread in the Mathematics forum?

Aoibheann wrote: »

Now, do you have any complex solutions? :P

Apologies, I was writing up solutions for Dmitri, and I forgot how soon Schols are nowadays.

I have written up the solutions to Problem Sets 3 and 4, and you can find them at www.maths.tcd.ie/~cooneycj

Please tell others who are sitting Schols in your class about these solutions too, even if they might still need to be cleaned up a little bit. PM me if you have any questions about the solutions.

Also, I would recommend it to people to do the Complex questions rather than Geometry. While they are not as predictable (should be similar enough to problem sets though), you should be able to do them much quicker, and not as much rote-learning.

Aoibheann

CJC86 wrote: »

Maybe some of this chat should be started on a Schols thread in the Mathematics forum?



Apologies, I was writing up solutions for Dmitri, and I forgot how soon Schols are nowadays.

I have written up the solutions to Problem Sets 3 and 4, and you can find them at www.maths.tcd.ie/~cooneycj

Please tell others who are sitting Schols in your class about these solutions too, even if they might still need to be cleaned up a little bit. PM me if you have any questions about the solutions.

Also, I would recommend it to people to do the Complex questions rather than Geometry. While they are not as predictable (should be similar enough to problem sets though), you should be able to do them much quicker, and not as much rote-learning.

Thank you so much! I'll be sure to pass them onto the other maths/TP students.

And you do make a good point - I've found the complex exam questions very quick to complete whereas proving the entire inverse function theorem could take me quite a while!

Really appreciate the solutions, they'll come in handy for the last couple of weeks of cramming!

PurpleFistMixer

Perhaps strangely, the geometry section of that paper took me about 45 minutes, and I spent the rest of the time on 2 complex questions. That said, geometry is simply a case of "if you know it write it down", so one is only limited by their writing speed (assuming you know it ofc).

antiselfdual

Backing that up I think my Geometry Schol exam may have been the only exam in TCD which I left early (this in the days when you did full exams on each subject). Current complex lecturer is a surprisingly easy marker (at least in annual exams). Just do every question on the paper, that way you can't lose

CJC86

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Perhaps strangely, the geometry section of that paper took me about 45 minutes, and I spent the rest of the time on 2 complex questions. That said, geometry is simply a case of "if you know it write it down", so one is only limited by their writing speed (assuming you know it ofc).

I'm gonna say that the important part of my post was the "rote-learning" part; ie. I hated having to learn Theorems off by heart as it felt amazingly un-Mathematical to me (didn't stop me doing it for Schols though). Anyways, antiselfdual is completely right, you should just answer every question on the paper as best you can.

Groinshot

damn, I wsih I was doing maths...
anyone got any spare notes for engineering? :P

Sir Ophiuchus

Best of luck to everyone doing Schol this year!

If anyone wants suggestions on reading, etc, for English or Psychology, feel free to PM me.

Fringe

How is the geometry exam marked anyway? Do you need to spice up the proofs a bit and really explain everything in detail?

Sir Ophiuchus

Best of luck to everyone starting Schol exams next week.

This thread's disturbingly quiet this year, actually... There are people sitting them, right?

Feu

yeh good luck to everyone, i've seen a good few people nurding it up in the Stearne library, so especially good luck to any of the meds n health scientists!

remember, even if you think you've not done enough, or you're a bit shaky for one exam, there's nothing to be lost by sitting them, you might still do better than you think. Your departments want you to get them, as it looks good for them

Aoibheann

Sir Ophiuchus wrote: »

Best of luck to everyone starting Schol exams next week.

This thread's disturbingly quiet this year, actually... There are people sitting them, right?

There's a fair few sitting them from this forum iirc, myself included.. They're all clearly just better at staying away from boards/the internet in general than I am! :pac:

Jammyc

...Or have resigned to not doing them at all! Hah!

/sob

Groinshot

Aoibheann wrote: »

There's a fair few sitting them from this forum iirc, myself included.. They're all clearly just better at staying away from boards/the internet in general than I am! :pac:

Most of us are lurking in fear

Larianne

Monday and Wednesday, EEK!!!!

Thank god the Hammo is back open. YAY

Aoibheann

Larianne wrote: »

Monday and Wednesday, EEK!!!!

Thank god the Hammo is back open. YAY

Have you only 2 exams, or have you two on one day? Jealous of you being finished so quickly!

tehjimmeh

Larianne wrote: »

Monday and Wednesday, EEK!!!!

Thank god the Hammo is back open. YAY

I wish you the very best of luck in your exams, but please, never, ever use the word "Hammo" again :S :S :S

Groinshot

tehjimmeh wrote: »

I wish you the very best of luck in your exams, but please, never, ever use the word "Hammo" again :S :S :S

Please, never, ever use three smileys at the end of a sentence again :S

Anyone else feel they should be doing so much more than sitting on boards and procrastinating?

Groinshot

Aoibheann wrote: »

Have you only 2 exams, or have you two on one day? Jealous of you being finished so quickly!

I hate you, I have one monday, one wed, and one friday

Aoibheann

I'm not finished 'til Thursday evening - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for me. Still don't have the fear..

Groinshot

Aoibheann wrote: »

I'm not finished 'til Thursday evening - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for me. Still don't have the fear..

I can tell you what page of my maths books certain words are mentioned, but can I do the questions yet? noo...

boblong

I should be studying but what does the "BV" in "Elsevier BV" mean?

Kwekubo

boblong wrote: »

I should be studying but what does the "BV" in "Elsevier BV" mean?

Dutch for limited company. Now go study!

Best of luck to everyone going for schols over the next week or two. Not long left, so give it your best shot.

languagenerd

I'm jealous of you all finished early in the week! I have one Monday, one Tuesday and two on Friday

Good luck everyone!
Cannot wait for this day next week!

almostnever

Best of luck to everyone going for schols! I hope all of your hard works pays off and you nail those mothafúckas.

Larianne

tehjimmeh wrote: »

I wish you the very best of luck in your exams, but please, never, ever use the word "Hammo" again :S :S :S

Eh, why? That's what I always call it.

Bringing the north siiiide massif to Trinners! YAWR :cool:

bythewoods

Good luck this week you guys! I'm sure ye'll all do classsssssssss!