School/Uni Help Thread

Looking to stay in Aberdeen afterwards I take it :icon_mrgreen:?

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That obvious ehh

I am in my final year doing joint Economics and History so its not a big step to do petroleum.

 

You must have had a good experience then mate. Maybe I just had a bad one, however I my fellow weegie colleagues that worked up there mostly thought the same.

Do you live in a shed mate?! Or is it student halls? Nah maybe I should have looked for privately owned owners renting it out themselves. I looked long and hard and the best place I could find which wasn't a * hole was 650 a month. and it was tiny. I pay the same here and it is 3 times as big.

 

It's very literally the place to be in the coming years mate, very wise choice imo

I always got high marks for Economics modules, but I'm no fool - I realise it was because I always chose the social side of Economics for modules/essay topics rather than the proper mathematical stuff. It's a useful subject though and I did enjoy what I done of it

 

I should really start looking at post grads for next year. I don't have a clue what I want to do though. too focused with my dissertation atm.

 

Right anyone done Experimental Economics before, university 4th year? Got a problem set i am having trouble with and the notes don't really help at all.

2) An experiment on voluntary contributions to the provision of a public good involving six players proceeds as follows. In each of five periods, each participant gets 10 tokens to allocate between a private and a public good. The return from investing one token in the private good is £1, while the marginal per capita return of investing one token in the public good is 20 pence.
a) In equilibrium how many tokens will each subject allocate to the private and public goods? In equilibrium, how much money does each subject earn per period?

So the margin per capita return i think is 0.2 or twenty pence, the equation to find the optimal combination is no. of tokens - no. invested + value of contributions made by the players.

So 10 tokens are provided per player so lets say (10-1) + (6*0.2) = 10.2

The problem i have is finding the equilibrium amount so that each individual no longer benefits from investing 1 more token in the public good, yet if the individual invests 10 tokens its better for them than keeping all 10 tokens since (10-0) + (6*0.0) = 10, (10-10) + (6*10*0.2) = 12

Anyone help me with this?

 

Aye I'm the same mate. Been looking at teacher training and other stuff. My supervisor has mentioned about doing a Masters as well but unsure if there's a point unless I intend to stay right on through a PhD and that.

 

If anyone needs help with US and Latin American history/geography/politics just let me know!! I have a B.A in history with a minor in both geography and political science. My main focus' are Europe from 1000-present, US/North American History 1492-Present, and many other things.

 

You stay on after your undergrad mate ?

 

I think I'm the only History student ever not to look at going into teaching. All my mates have applied, I've never even considered it. I'm the same about a Masters as well. Strathclyde has no history post grads that interest me, but if I was to do a post grad I'd love to stay at Strathy. So I don't really know what I want to do yet.

 

I am planning to go to Grad School soon. I will be going for a M.A in International Relations and a M.B.A in International Economics.

 

Welcome to the club man!!

 

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It's something I've always fancied tbh. Thing is with History/Politics it really doesn't come with automatic job prospects. Transferable skills and all that, aye. But not directly applicable jobs to what you've done at uni unless you go into teaching/academia or to a certain extent government work.

Considering doing a postgrad on something which does lead to an actual job though, unsure as to what

 

Ahh right, good luck to you mate. What you doing in the meantime ?

 

Thanks, I am working a seasonal job, while waiting on a gov't job, I have a few security clearances going on right now.

 

Business Economics test today worth 30% of my grade. I * HATE economics..

 

Had about 4 hours sleep from doing my criminology essay last night, it'll feel good to hand it in

 

Good luck mate Crim's * easy though so I've no doubt you'll have done fine

 

I sort of miss this time of the year with finals taking place haha