[Timmy12321]

Just finished my gcses and I wanted to know, what things can I do to prepare for the maths ?

[DPLSK]

(Original post by Timmy12321)
Just finished my gcses and I wanted to know, what things can I do to prepare for the maths?

There's not a great deal you can do, but if you'd like to get ahead then I'd try studying the textbooks for your course independently.

Also, find out what kind of provisions your local university offers. They may put on sessions for people like yourself to persuade you to do A-Level mathematics.

I know it's not much, but I hope it helps.

Darren

[Mr M]

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/proje...up/default.htm

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[JTeighty]

(Original post by Timmy12321)
Just finished my gcses and I wanted to know, what things can I do to prepare for the maths ?

Prepare for the course or the exams?

I would take a look at the syllabus and past papers to get a drift of what is covered and the difficulty of the subject. Saying that, just because something looks hard it doesn't necessarily mean it'll be hard. Remember you just finished GCSEs and you have a lot to learn before you sit the exams.

I cant vouch for the OCR course but for the Edexcel one I recall C1 and C2 being very easy and similar to GCSE (calculus in AS is very basic). S1 was also GCSE sort of level. Mechanics, A2 and Decision were totally new concepts so were a lot harder. Saying that Decision maths was very easy but dont under rate it..

Are you gonna take Further maths? FP1 is very easy and S2 is very enjoyable (not tedious). M2 was hard, but D1 and D2 were easy.

Any questions dont hesitate to ask.

JT80

[Snakefingers13]

C1 is essentially GCSE with differentiation added. If you could get your hands on a textbook you'd be able to give yourself a basic grounding on the module. Otherwise practice quadratics, simultaneous equations, inequalities, indices, surfs and circles. All of those were GCSE topics just covered in a little more detail.

You could also find out what option module you'll be doing next year (probably S1 or M1) and have a look at those. Getting your hands on some reading material would be the best way to prepare.


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[Thebestgod]

You can't do anything to prepare for Maths exams.

They are designed to test innate ability, unlike lesser A levels.

You can't polish a turd can you?

[The Polymath]

(Original post by Timmy12321)
Just finished my gcses and I wanted to know, what things can I do to prepare for the maths ?

Forget about these head-start maths courses and everything - I went from GCSE to A-level and self-taught C1. Over summer you've got like 11 weeks after year 11 I told myself I'd do C3 but never got round to opening the book if you can discipline yourself and do an hour a day (no more is required) then you'll have done C1 by the time you come back. Then again, there's no point unless you're taking the exam early, which is pointless as it's not like you'll finish C2 by January as well - you'll still finish your AS in June. So now I'm disagreeing with myself and actually recommending that you spend that time to sort out your hobbies and things so that they don't stress you out during term - get those tennis strings strung, enter those tournaments, find that piano teacher, buy those reading books etc. and also spend loads of time reading around your subjects to get a feel of what you want to do at uni - you won't have so much time to read around your interests again until you've applied, so make the most of it now.

There you go, my random thoughts.