[ubuntu-uk] Advice for the future

[Chris Fox]

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Dave Walker wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 23:04 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote:
>> I'm eighteen years old and I am on the second year of a BTEC National
>> Diploma for IT Practitioners. I'm looking at achieving either a DDM
>> (320 UCAS points) or DMM (280 UCAS points) at the end of the course. I
>> want to do Computer Science at University but I all of the good ones
>> want A level maths (which is something I don't have).
>>
>> I'm wondering if I should take a university that doesn't need A level
>> maths, take A level maths and then University afterwards or just
>> generally give up and take another direction in life... I'm feeling
>> pretty lost and I figured that some of you must have gone through a
>> similar education path in the past.

> Whatever you chose, don't get despondent - if you want to go to
> university there is normally a way in.  Keep us posted on what happens,
> and good luck.

Just to throw an alternative out there - For reasons failing
understanding I stupidly studied Law at uni before I realised that I
actually didn't want to be a lawyer and that I should have studied CS
instead.

So, I'm currently doing BSc (Hons) Computing[1] with the Open
University. The course mostly teaches OOP and Java, with some more
theoretical CS included too. There are no entry requirements and
obviously because it's the OU you can take it at your own pace (for
example, if you wanted to work or do some internships while you study).

It'd be nice to hear from anyone on the list who has any opinions about
OU degrees compared to degrees from residential universities, especially
with regards to how they're viewed by employers.

Cheers,

Chris

[1] http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01B29
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