[jilebinator]

(Original post by Ree69)
was alright, found the step 1 session a bit boring and went to step 2 in the afternoon. (that woman made about 10 mistakes within the first 10 minutes!)

where you the one who said 24^2?

[Ree69]

(Original post by jilebinator)
where you the one who said 24^2?

ah man, you should've told me what you were wearing - i would've said hey!

yeah that was me. well, she asked for the prime factors of 576, and i said "i know it's 24^2, i'm trying to do it in my head now..." or something

[Ree69]

(Original post by MHRed)
Yeah, I went there in the morning too. She looked dead uneasy standing, I thought she was gonna fall on me at one point!

yeah, and she kept looking through her glasses. she didn't read the first part of the question properly!

although her notes/solutions were really good, probably better than the step 2 solutions we got

[jilebinator]

(Original post by Ree69)
ah man, you should've told me what you were wearing - i would've said hey!

yeah that was me. well, she asked for the prime factors of 576, and i said "i know it's 24^2, i'm trying to do it in my head now..." or something

damn, I had a feeling that was you. but no, i went for the other guy!

[MHRed]

(Original post by Ree69)
yeah, and she kept looking through her glasses. she didn't read the first part of the question properly!

although her notes/solutions were really good, probably better than the step 2 solutions we got

Yeah the solutions were good, and I've never thought of using dummy variable, 'g.p backwards' or prime factorisation before, so it was definitely helpful!

(Original post by jilebinator)
what were you wearing?

Erm, jumper/black Charlie Sheen top and dark chinos..

...I was the one at the front who asked 'soldiered on using factor theorem' or words to that effect

[Dan*]

(Original post by MHRed)
Yeah, same [to the first part].

Haha, how come, the session hard? How did everyone else find it?

I only did the STEP 1 sessions, found some of them fairly easy, but others i had no idea how to get past the first part :/

Oh and i thought anne was hilarious, saying things like "If you're fly, you can do these in your head"

[oh_1993]

(Original post by Ree69)
Plus if you get a 1, Warwick will give you half a grand anyway

Where did you hear about this? And is it a 1 in any single paper?

[Ree69]

(Original post by oh_1993)
Where did you hear about this? And is it a 1 in any single paper?

They said so at my interview last year; I think they're running the same 'reward' this year as well (based from what people said who went to the interview).

Yeah, or a distinction in the Maths AEA.

[Roy064]

(Original post by oh_1993)
Where did you hear about this? And is it a 1 in any single paper?

Yeah, a grade 1 in any STEP paper will get you £500 from Warwick granted you apply to do MORSE/MMORSE. It's to get more people doing STEP as they hold it in high regard I suppose.

[oh_1993]

(Original post by Roy064)
Yeah, a grade 1 in any STEP paper will get you £500 from Warwick granted you apply to do MORSE/MMORSE. It's to get more people doing STEP as they hold it in high regard I suppose.

So not for straight Maths then? wtf

[Roy064]

(Original post by oh_1993)
So not for straight Maths then? wtf

No because a grade 1 is actually part of the Maths departments standard offer and I think it's the Statistics department that awards it, so MORSE/MMORSE and MathStat/MMathstat are eligible as long as it's the Firm choice. Also it does include a distinction in AEA.

Maths department might run a similar incentive but I doubt it for the reason above, STEP is optional for Statistics courses whereas STEP is compulsory for Maths courses.

[oh_1993]

(Original post by Roy064)
No because a grade 1 is actually part of the Maths departments standard offer and I think it's the Statistics department that awards it, so MORSE/MMORSE and MathStat/MMathstat are eligible as long as it's the Firm choice. Also it does include a distinction in AEA.

Maths department might run a similar incentive but I doubt it for the reason above, STEP is optional for Statistics courses whereas STEP is compulsory for Maths courses.

I wish they would do it for Maths but with S grades. That would certainly be an incentive.

[8inchestall]

(Original post by Ree69)
Yeah if you got a comfortable 2 last year then you should probably nail STEP this year.

Plus if you get a 1, Warwick will give you half a grand anyway

how so? havent heard about this at all haha might be a bit more motivation to work harder!

e: just read the previous posts, ignore !

just wondering, is anyone able to scan the handouts given on the second step day for step I? i went to the first and was unable to make the second and emailed dr boddison but he hasn't replied

[jj193]

The stats department pay £500 to students with a 1 or S in any STEP paper. I don't know if they still do, or how it works. You get nothing if you do maths. If you get a 1/S in STEP, you'd be best doing real maths anyway.

[DontBeJelBeReem]

bump STEP 1 tomorrow

[like_a_star]

(Original post by DontBeJelBeReem)
bump STEP 1 tomorrow

good luck are u doing any of the other step papers?

[DontBeJelBeReem]

(Original post by like_a_star)
good luck are u doing any of the other step papers?

Yeah i am doing STEP 1 , wbu?

[like_a_star]

(Original post by DontBeJelBeReem)
Yeah i am doing STEP 1 , wbu?

yeah i'm doing step 2 and 3, don't feel ready yet though

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[Overscore]

Had a really bad day in the STEP exam, don't think I'll even get the 2. It's a shame because any other year I reckon I'd have got at least a 1.