How to Write a First-Class Dissertation/Thesis (85+%)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
  • In this video, I talk you through writing a first-class dissertation/thesis in mathematics and physics. Although this video is specific to mathematics/astrophysics/physics, the points I've made will hopefully be useful to other degrees as well! For context, I obtained 91% in my undergraduate dissertation and 87% in my Master's thesis. If you have any questions, feel free to comment below🌞
    Full source code and dissertation: payhip.com/b/L1V9I
    Timestamps:
    01:36 - How Do You Choose a Dissertation Topic?
    08:27 - Planning/Blocking Out Time
    10:27 - Reading Before Writing
    20:44 - Writing Your Dissertation
    27:54 - Final Touches
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  • @EllieSleightholm
    @EllieSleightholm  8 месяцев назад +3

    For people asking for the source code of my dissertation, you can find it here! payhip.com/b/L1V9I

  • @Jade-sv6mz
    @Jade-sv6mz Год назад +12

    My thesis advisor recommended his method for keeping track of his references and it worked amazing for me. He would create a spreadsheet where he has columns for the article title, authors, abstract, notes/takeaways/summary written in your own words, citation of this paper.
    It was really helpful to keep track of my data and references and made looking up things much faster, so I highly recommend this technique

  • @googoo725
    @googoo725 Год назад

    thank you so much for this! just wanted to let you know you are so pretty and your hair looks absolutely gorgeous!! im starting my disso in a mathematical finance topic soon and i am super confused already but this has helped a bunch! thank you!!!

  • @jackhodgkinson7243
    @jackhodgkinson7243 2 месяца назад

    Currently writing my BSc Mathematics dissertation and this has been SO helpful - thank you so much. I am also off to Cambridge for my MPhil in Population Health Sciences (Health Data Science) so hearing tips specifically for master's has been fantastic also :)

  • @musoseven8218
    @musoseven8218 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you, great information, good to know💜😊👍✌️

  • @lauracracogna4814
    @lauracracogna4814 Год назад

    Hi Hellie. Thank you for your advices I really enjoy your video

  • @tiabuenorra4414
    @tiabuenorra4414 Год назад

    Great video Ellie!!!

  • @SulemanAbbas-jp3im
    @SulemanAbbas-jp3im 2 месяца назад

    amazing

  • @MrEdwardHolloway
    @MrEdwardHolloway Год назад +2

    Hey Ellie. Wondered if u had any advice for people from non Oxbridge backgrounds at under grad. Currently in my third year at Warwick maths, and have offers from Oxford and Cambridge, but didn’t think I would ever get into either. Is there anything you recommend to help with the “imposter syndrome” effect?

    • @EllieSleightholm
      @EllieSleightholm  Год назад +1

      Hey Edward, congratulations, that’s amazing!!! For sure, the imposter syndrome hit me very hard as soon as I got my Oxbridge offers, I wont lie! The important things for me were remembering that you deserve those oxbridge offers; the departments at both institutes clearly thought you were excellent enough to be selected. That in itself is something you should be extremely proud of! I spent too long comparing myself against other people that I didn’t focus on why I was there - I love maths 😂 as soon as I stopped comparing myself to others, I felt a massive weight lifted. There are people at these institutes just as passionate as you are about maths and working with them is such an amazing experience. You worked hard at undergrad and deserve both those offers!! I struggled a lot with imposter syndrome so if you want to message me privately (Instagram is probs best) then please feel free! ☺️

  • @olivia2585
    @olivia2585 Год назад

    Do you recommend any tool for keeping a file on literature we read? I currently use notion pages to write small descriptions for each paper

    • @EllieSleightholm
      @EllieSleightholm  Год назад

      Honestly anything that works for you! I kept mine quite simple and had a word document where I’d just make bullet points for each resource! :)

  • @engineeringmadeasy
    @engineeringmadeasy Год назад

    Which A Levels did you do?

    • @EllieSleightholm
      @EllieSleightholm  Год назад

      Maths, further maths, English lit, financial studies and theatre studies :) bit of a strange mix 😂

  • @lauracracogna4814
    @lauracracogna4814 Год назад +1

    Is it possible for you to show us your dissertation?

  • @MikeFuller-ok6ok
    @MikeFuller-ok6ok 8 месяцев назад

    You would have surely studied John von Neumann's work on hydrodynamics.

    • @EllieSleightholm
      @EllieSleightholm  8 месяцев назад +1

      For sure 🤩

    • @MikeFuller-ok6ok
      @MikeFuller-ok6ok 8 месяцев назад

      @@EllieSleightholm
      Thanks for the reply, Ellie!
      I don't know you but I am proud of you anyway, you've done so well!
      Have a good weekend!
      "There is something very admirable about a decent person doing something good with their life."
      One of my quotes that but I am sure millions of people have and will say that or something similar.
      Have a glass of wine on me. XXX

  • @raffine_9705
    @raffine_9705 Год назад

    Yeah! It would be great if you could share the source code :)

    • @EllieSleightholm
      @EllieSleightholm  Год назад

      Will get on with that!😎

    • @Amathma-fz7eu
      @Amathma-fz7eu 8 месяцев назад

      Is it out there yet? I would really love to see it! ❤I’m currently writing my Bachelor thesis (as a german undergraduate). You‘re structure and set up of the document looks very nice and neat. I already worked with latex but never set up a document on my own (just filling the code in…), so this would be super helpful for me :D

    • @EllieSleightholm
      @EllieSleightholm  8 месяцев назад

      @@Amathma-fz7eu yes! I've put a lot of work into making the source code neat with comments so it's easy for people to amend and use for their own dissertation. I've also included my the pdf version of my dissertation, the images that went along with it and a guide to getting started. You can find it here! payhip.com/b/L1V9I
      Good luck with your Bachelor thesis!! You'll do amazing 🤩

  • @abhisheksoni9774
    @abhisheksoni9774 Год назад +1

    Hey,
    Love from India 🇮🇳
    Can you guide please, what's the whole routine in a day of math phd student, Are they busy or enjoy their life

    • @EllieSleightholm
      @EllieSleightholm  Год назад +1

      Hello! As I only did a masters, I’m not sure on the routine for a PhD student but I know that every maths PhD student I spoke to, loves what they do!!😁

    • @abhisheksoni9774
      @abhisheksoni9774 Год назад

      @@EllieSleightholm Okay, That's great to know 😄