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Imperial College London Computer Science
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MSc Computing 2020/21 - Has anyone recieved an offer??
Starting this discussion on 8th June 2020 - hoping to find information from other applicants and offer holders.
In early March I applied for the MSc Computing (Software Engineering) course at Imperial. However I have not heard back from them now 14 weeks since my application - only that they are still waiting to decide.
I've tried contacted them via email and phone but they haven't replied for 3 weeks. I am sitting the GRE test next week (based in UK so previously wasn't able to due to COVID).
Other applicants and offer holders
- Could you please share your experiences?
- Has anyone heard back and what were the terms of your offer/ rejection?
Any help and advice with this would be amazing. My problem is that I have a job offer in starting September, but the Imperial course looks really good so would prefer to do that. Thanks![Image]()
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MEng Mechanical engineering ICL
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Imperial vs UCL for machine learning
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Hi, I've received an offer from both Imperial College London and UCL for their MSc in machine learning. Both courses are similar in terms of modules, and I have no real preference over the two. Which one do you feel like is the better university for AI and Machine Learning?
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Imperial vs Birmingham chemical engineering
go to Birmingham, for several reasons for masters you can obtain a high GPA, Also it also has a good reputation in Chemical engineering, much cheaper and you may have some difficulties these days to pay your tuition fees and living expenses and you must not rely on any family financial support this time, Once you finish your degree as a Chemical Engineer you can find a well-paid job and you can work for two years in the UK if you are a foreigner, then that will boost your knowledge in the felid and make you an expert then you might win a scholarship to do a PhD, by this you can create a great future and you will be able to fulfil your dreams, to prove it to you look at a lot of famous professors and doctors and CEOs you can find them holding a degree from not highly universities like oxford or camb This is only and way to look to positives and negativities much different than your way of think and I hope that helps you to take a productive path for your future and career
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Changing masters degrees
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experience with uplift in classification
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The Imperial March: 1st-year Physics by Sinnoh
Exams are over update
Hello there. This thread is a thing still. It's been a month. I think I wrote an update two weeks ago but I closed the tab.
Main stuff that's happened outside of uni work: very little. I met up with friends from school last week for the first time since... February? but other than that I've just been at home nearly all the time. Occasionally doing Discord calls with friends from uni too. But... yeah. Uneventful.
Mathematical Analysis exam
I had crammed hard for this. Post-covid lectures just consist of the lecturer talking through his notes and it was unbearably boring enough that I just made my own notes and did problem sheets using those.
The exam itself wasn't bad. It could've been worse. Format was that we picked 3 out of 5 available questions to do, and 3 of them did indeed have topics I was kind of familiar with. Question 2 was on proof, both by contradiction and by induction which was mostly fine except for the last one. I didn't want to just look up questions I didn't know, but I since found out that there was the answer for it in the given lecture notes somewhere. Q3 was on sequences and convergence, Q4 was series and convergence tests. I'm quite confident of the answers I gave, and most weren't reliant on factual recall so hopefully I won't be drastically affected by any scaling due to the open-book format.
In hindsight had I know what was going to happen back in January, I'd totally have picked Advanced Electronics. Their course was pretty much over by the start of the summer term because it was impossible to continue it.
Problem Solving exam
This one was kind of fun actually. I'd been worried about having to do disgusting analogies* but there wasn't any of that. First question was something about gravity and calculating properties of dark matter from the rotation curve of galaxies. I got something close to what they were asking to show, which is... nice.
The other question we could choose, I (and many others) went for one about supernovae. Some fun calculations... like trying to work out 290. Apparently that was worth 25% of the practical physics module, which is worth 25% of the first year. So worth surprisingly much.
Spoiler:Show
*like the 2013 paper which compared the producing the Higgs boson from colliding protons to finding a needle in a haystack.
...therefore estimate the size of the haystack given the probability of producing the Higgs and how long it would take someone to search through it.
Relativity
I finished the lectures a while ago but there remains a mini programming project to do about it which is due a week from now that I should probably start...
Statistics of Measurement
There's another project for this one, to be done in our seminar groups, the one meeting of which I unknowingly missed. But I don't think there's that much to do in it. I think. I should check.
There was also an online test with a load of stats MCQs which I swear to god seemed rigged to always give 12/20 (we needed at least 13/20...). It took quite a few attempts. The content of the module has been quite similar to things you'd find in FS1 and FS2, liketests, errors, various distributions. Some more theoretical stuff there like Bayesian probability and the axioms of probability.
Summer Project
I realise I haven't mentioned this and yet it's also nearly done. Whilst we were initially going to do it on simulating gravitational lensing, we've pivoted it a bit because with general relativity it's like there are these islands of 'easy and makes sense' in a deep sea of 'what the hell is a Christoffel symbol'. Right now we're looking at using time delay caused by gravitational lensing to work out the Hubble constant, basically doing what some other paper did in 1999 but with mocked-up data. Seems like there is nothing new to do under the first-year sun.
Every project has to produce a video aimed at school-leaving level and a brief report. Under normal circumstances I'd have chosen a practical project, but I really didn't fancy trying to run a remote practical project and having to budget it.
I'll be honest I'm looking forward for the end of term.
Okay that's all folks, have a day.
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Official MSc Petroleum Engineering 2020/2021 Thread
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Imperial VS Oxbridge Computing
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Could I apply for MSc Finance Technology now? T
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Accomodation for postgraduates?
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Imperial College London
I don't do medicine so I can't answer anything about that course, but I think the whole 'uni experience' is pretty good. The halls in North Acton (Woodward and KP) are likely to be the most sociable being the largest and Woodward had quite a few hall activities too. Ignoring the location, they're the best halls, but then again the location is quite hard to ignore. It is a hassle travelling back to South Kensington when there are events there in the evening.
Thing with Imperial is everyone who got in will probably have been top in their class so I'm sure that has some effect but I wouldn't say that most people are introverted. If you're outgoing you'll easily find similar people.Quote:
Also I've heard that people in the uni are quite introverted so it's hard to make friends, and that people only really care about their uni course not extracurriculars
People are definitely interested in their societies and stuff like that. I don't know many people at all who only do their course and nothing else. Sports societies are quite active, plus there's Horizons for extra-curricular classes (like languages or history or politics, things like that). Quiz society had a bit of a boom in membership following the University Challenge win ;)
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Tips for upcoming interview
Hi. Today I got an email inviting for an interview. I applied 8 weeks ago to MSc in environmental technology for the option of business and environment. Any tips for the interview ? From what I know, it’s a short informal interview and I would expect questions like why I want to study that MSc, what are my career goals and past achievements . Any tips on best answers ? Any other questions I should consider ? Has anyone else been accepted to that program ?
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Imperial Postgrad Accommodation?
Hi there,
Incoming Computing MSc student at Imperial and I'm really stressed out about finding accommodation. I would ideally not want to live in a studio apartment as that's a bit lonely, but on the other hand I wouldn't want to live with completely random strangers as that's risky.
I was wondering if you guys have any advice of where to apply, or if there are any other Imperial students looking for a flatmate?
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Yr 11 Imperial stem summer school
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MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures: Applying with a Science Degree
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MSc Sustainable Energy Futures
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imperial jobs doing a chemistry degree
Hi, well done on your offers! I just about finished my MSci Chemistry degree at Imperial and I personally didn't work because I had a rather long commute and other responsibilities (and well...I wasn't an international student!), but I know a lot of people that did at least in the earlier years. I think in 1st year working would be easiest since labs are in the morning and only 3 hours long (plus there's not that many labs). 2nd year is a year everyone finds most difficult and with how much work there is to do, you might find it difficult to work unless you have a weekend job unfortunately. I think 3rd year is another year where you have enough time to work, lab weeks and lecture weeks alternate and there are no more tutorials so you could feasibly watch all your lectures online and do a lot more actual work during lecture weeks. Lab weeks are a lot more intensive though with work from 9-6 (though you're never really there for that long most days). If you're doing an MSci, 4th year is definitely NOT the year to be working, you'll be in the lab constantly and have a lot of work to do with your write up, preparing for your viva etc. In every year a lot of people worked in the summer but part time summer work doesn't necessarily pay that way (and again the additional costs of living in London can't be ignored).
I can't really comment on St Andrews vs. Imperial but of course they're both very good universities, while the course at Imperial might be a bit more prestigious living in London is definitely a lot more expensive and that is something you will have to consider. I hope you work things out and won't have a difficult time, good luck with your chemistry degree (it's a good one!).
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I'm a 4th year MSci Physics student at Imperial College London - Ask Me Anything!
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Hi Sophie,
What do people mean when they say the social life at Imperial is not good? Would you agree with this generalisation?
Edit: Also do you think there is a reason for the low student satisfaction at Imperial? What's your experience?
Thanks!
My name is Rebecca and I'm a 5th year medical student at Imperial as well as an official student rep. When I was applying to Imperial, I too heard the rumour that the social life at Imperial was lacking. However, in my experience this was a misconception. Imperial is situated in West London with lots of things to do in the immediate surrounding area as well as travel links to all over London. In my first year a lot of students took advantage of the vast array of available clubs for the nightlife. In South Kensington there's several museums to explore as well as a variety of restaurants and bars too. Additionally, Imperial has hundreds of clubs and societies so you're bound to find something you enjoy and likeminded people to socialise with. In terms of student satisfaction, I'm not entirely sure how league and ranking tables obtain that information but in my experience I have been very happy with the course and my time so far at Imperial has been enjoyable.
Hope this helps!
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