Category: Undergraduate Blogs
… by Niamh / from Lincolnshire / BSc Mathematics / 4th Year (UG) When everyone thinks about starting uni they think of the flat parties, the lectures, the exams and the new societies they’ll join come September. But what they don’t often consider is the panic that will inevitably set in around March/April time when […]
… by Thea / from Peterborough / BSc Mathematics / 2nd Year (UG) Hi everyone! I’m Thea and am currently in my second year at Edinburgh University. I thought I’d talk a bit about what your average Maths lecture is like at the University and how best to prepare!
… by Arran / from Glasgow / BSc Mathematics / 3rd Year (UG) Obviously we can’t travel at the moment due to Covid-19, which has made me think back on some of my recent trips. Under normal circumstances, Edinburgh University has lots of opportunities to get involved with things outside of just studying your course. […]
… by Clare / from Livingston / MMath Mathematics / 3rd Year (UG) How to balance committee roles with a maths degree. What’s crackin’ everyone! Wanna know how to be on the committee of your favourite society and study maths at the same time? Cool, I can tell you all about that… Here are all […]
… by Fionnuala / from London / BSc Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) Choosing which university to apply to, firm or insure on UCAS can be a very daunting experience. I can remember submitting my application, which I had spent ages preparing, to then realise there would be harder decisions to make once I had […]
… by Joe / from Oxford / MMath Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) Hi! I’m Joe, and my first year as a Mathematics student finished (prematurely) a few weeks ago. Since then I have done a lot of reflecting on my first year at Edinburgh University so I thought I could share these thoughts with […]
… by Rachel / from Isle of Arran / BSc Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) A lot of things have changed these past weeks and we’ve had to adjust to working from home and doing all our classes online. (For those of you struggling to work in your rooms I personally find I am more […]
… by Ellen / from Rye / BSc Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) I’m Ellen, a first year mathematics undergraduate at Edinburgh University. Today I thought I would talk about a day in my life. 7am: Wake up. I live at Darroch Court which is 2 minutes away from the Pleasance Gym, meaning I can […]
… by Emma / from NJ, USA / BSc Mathematics / 2nd Year (UG) One of the beauties of being a student in a city is that more often than not, the students become influential in the city. This is certainly the case here in Edinburgh. Back home, as a high school student, I was […]
… by Eunwoo / from Yongin, South Korea / BSc Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) Hello everyone! I am a first-year maths student from Korea. I remember reading the blog posts before coming to university and becoming both excited and nervous about what lies ahead. Now it’s my turn to provide a glimpse to what […]