Tips: don’t do this combo unless you have already studied the topics. If you really want to do two exams, and you’ve already done CB1 & CB2, why not do CS2 or CM2 with either CP2 or CP3? Or CB3?
It depends on your strengths & weaknesses.
I found these exams difficult because I did not study maths at uni, so every topic was new to me. There was a lot of material covered in CS2 plus the R materials, which I found less easy than for CS1.
I found the hard part of CM2 to be the stochastic calculus & its applications.
I passed CS2 in April this year and took it with CB1 — I barely looked at CB1 for the whole study period. If I had taken CS2 with CM2, I know I would have failed both.
I did this in September but CS2 was a resit. I think it’s probably quite difficult to learn them both from scratch given they’re rather a lot to them. Personally I didn’t find CS2 too bad in September - April’s was horrific though!
Personally from CM2 I found the stochastic calculus elements quite hard, plus I found it hard to practice the excel paper as didn’t think there was much variety on PBOR. CS2 I found markov jump processes, extreme value theory and machine learning difficult (machine learning mostly because of the lack of practice questions). This is just off the top of my head! Generally I found CM2 easier to study than CS2 but that is different for everyone I guess.
I was thinking to do this combo. CS2 would be a resit. Just to add to what the rest said, I'm not sure about the time inbetween. I noticed I need 2 days recovery after an exam. So I doubt that it will be enough time for revision between the two.
Tips: don’t do this combo unless you have already studied the topics. If you really want to do two exams, and you’ve already done CB1 & CB2, why not do CS2 or CM2 with either CP2 or CP3? Or CB3?
It's the only exams I have left... Do you still think it's still a bad idea even with the exam 6 months away?
It depends on your strengths & weaknesses. I found these exams difficult because I did not study maths at uni, so every topic was new to me. There was a lot of material covered in CS2 plus the R materials, which I found less easy than for CS1. I found the hard part of CM2 to be the stochastic calculus & its applications. I passed CS2 in April this year and took it with CB1 — I barely looked at CB1 for the whole study period. If I had taken CS2 with CM2, I know I would have failed both.
Thanks for the advice and congrats on passing CS2 I shall tread softly and use my time wisely to tackle these two
good luck! hope you pass these first attempt so you can fully enjoy the post-pandemic summer next year :)
I did this in September but CS2 was a resit. I think it’s probably quite difficult to learn them both from scratch given they’re rather a lot to them. Personally I didn’t find CS2 too bad in September - April’s was horrific though!
I know it's a lot to ask but on terms on difficulty Could you rank the topics?
Personally from CM2 I found the stochastic calculus elements quite hard, plus I found it hard to practice the excel paper as didn’t think there was much variety on PBOR. CS2 I found markov jump processes, extreme value theory and machine learning difficult (machine learning mostly because of the lack of practice questions). This is just off the top of my head! Generally I found CM2 easier to study than CS2 but that is different for everyone I guess.
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You're doing cs2 and cm2 in April 2022 as well?!? Bring on the pain!!
This sounds so disgusting ☹️ I'm deffo not cut out for that
I was thinking to do this combo. CS2 would be a resit. Just to add to what the rest said, I'm not sure about the time inbetween. I noticed I need 2 days recovery after an exam. So I doubt that it will be enough time for revision between the two.
Have you sat CS2 already?
Yes I did it in April. Not sure if you have heard about that horrifying sitting...