I’d rather talk about academics after my third year. There is a wide range of courses to choose from in my third year, and all the fancy concepts I’ve heard before are close at hand. I was told by a great senior that “it’s not the beginner’s classes but the advanced classes that reflect the level of teaching at the school”. Of course, not every class is equally rewarding, but there are enough good classes to go around.

Many students reported that the lectures in freshman year can be a bit bland, but because the course as a whole is relatively simple, and the points that should be taught are not missed, after careful revision, the final is still not affected. If freshman year is an appetizer, so that students can enjoy London life more, then year 2 is the real challenge. All the core statistics classes in year 2 will really give students a feel for how to apply statistical knowledge to solve problems. In particular, in the Mechanical Foundations class, my tutor will recreate the homework problems every week every time he teaches the class, never repeating them, but also laying a solid foundation for the more difficult advanced classes in the third year.

The way that certain departments manage course content, deadlines and exams etc can be to the detriment of the success of students sometimes. This needs to be addressed in order to have students best interests at heart.