worth it? mind on comments and details frm anyone who done/did/doing this course?

To me, UOL external are a great way if you want a better degree and do not a high budget for it

Oh really? I hear it's really hard and the number of actual graduates is pretty low,yet their entry requirements are really low too. I'm planning on doing credit transfer after a year of the UOL external exam to any other UK uni's including LSE is possible.

Hi, are you sure its possible to do a credit transfer to other unis in UK after 1st year in UOL? What are the normal requirements? and what are the odds?

Requirements are good grades (probably a good 2:1 at least).
Of course chances will not be especialy high because it depends on the number of places available - most of the top UOL colleges' undergrad students are from direct first year entry, and they do not exactly encourage 2nd year entry.

It is possible, without a doubt - a simple check will tell you so.

My lecturer teaches the UOL programmes, he said its tough and you need to work extra hard, especially since it is 100% exam based.

Yup. Thats what I heard too. But if you know that you have paid attention in class and do constant revision, it would be no problem

Hi,

I am an ex-UOL student (did it at HELP University College) that graduated last year with a degree in BSc Economics.

The program is really good but also extremely tough since its purely 100% examination based. Furthermore, you have to cover 2 semesters worth of material for a 3-hour final exam

I remember my first semester where my classes had 40-50 students but by year 2, the numbers reduced my at least half. So yea, if you're planning on taking this program, you have been warned !

As for the transfers to UK universities, it is possible providing you have at least a 2:1 or second upper for your first year results. Besides that, they all require your pre-U results (A-Levels / STPM / etc)

Ohh and one last thing, UOL provides study materials (A study guide and past year papers + solutions. The solutions, more often than not, isn't that great) to complement whatever other materials you are using for your study.

Ask here or feel free to PM me if you need to know more about this program.

did u transfer to lse?

Thanks for the tips bro, I'm starting my sem this coming 21st of march, doing BSc Econs too haha

Can you recommend me some good reference materials for maths,statistics and econs ?

Nope, only managed a 2:2 for my first year.

No prob
If you're taking BSc Econs, your first year subjects should be Mathematics 1&2, Statistics 1@2, Intro to Economics and "something else". If Dr Goh is teaching you Math 1&2, then you're really good hands. Your Statistics lecturer may be Professor Teh who is quite good too but he can be a bit blur at times . A good book for it though is Statistics for Business and Economics by Newbold. As for Intro to Econs, the one by Lipsey is good.

Lastly, always read your subject guide and never depend solely on your lectures !

This post has been edited by Nostalgia: Mar 21 2011, 10:47 PM

Yeah i've got Dr Goh and Professor Teh as my lecturer, Chandra for econs.

Bro what do you do mean by subject guide? you mean those reference books?

Never had Chandra so I can't comment.

As for subject guides, they are actually materials that UOL give out to their students to help them study. It gives a summary of the material you need to cover and the books that you may or may not want to read. UOL should be sending your copies to HELP but it takes forever to arrive!

So, go HERE
and look for your subjects. There you can download the subject guides for whichever subject you're taking.

And on the left side of that same webpage, you can also see Exam Papers & Exam Reports that you should download. Only the last 3 years are available.

During my time, all these came , either at the end of semester 1 or at the beginning of semester 2 so yea, you should get these stuff ASAP.

EDIT: Oh, it seems the online versions of the subject guides only cover the 1st 4 chapters but that should be good enough to get you through semester 1.

This post has been edited by Nostalgia: Feb 16 2012, 09:55 PM

Ahh i see. Thanks so much! Really appreciate all the awesome inputs!

I think that should give a better head start for me.

No prob and good luck!

If there's anything else, feel free to ask

hey i would like to ask one thing, is it possible to retake your first year if you aren't satisfied with some results? or u can only retake the ones you've failed.

Unfortunately, you can't.

That mean i can't even retake the exam even i failed it?

As you said, this program is full exam based. Will it be like lack of practical and what we learn during the whole course is just study the book?

May i know whether this course is well recognised by the employer and it's graduated can get a job overseas such as Singapore easily?

Besides, will it be easy to score 3A out of 4 subjects? Of course that person must be hardworking.

Hi anyone did UOL external programme in law degree and do self-study here?

besides HELP University College, is there any other collges offer UOL degree progrgam?

or is there any degree course which is 100%　exam based offer by other college?