[shamika]

(Original post by Rahul.S)
maths with econ....75% maths

LOL! Definitely Imperial (let's hope this is a moot point and you just get into Trinity like you actually want to)

[Dog4444]

(Original post by Rahul.S)
maths with econ....75% maths

Economics is for pussies.

[fruktas]

Imperial, because that's my insurance haha. Althought I am very sad that I didnt insure warwick

[fruktas]

Tomorrow is wednesday which means it's time for another mock! This time STEP III. Only need a 2 :P

[ben-smith]

(Original post by fruktas)
Tomorrow is wednesday which means it's time for another mock! This time STEP III. Only need a 2 :P

don't rub it in

I'm actually doing better on III than II. apparently it suits me more

[Rahul.S]

(Original post by fruktas)
Imperial, because that's my insurance haha. Althought I am very sad that I didnt insure warwick

(Original post by shamika)
LOL! Definitely Imperial (let's hope this is a moot point and you just get into Trinity like you actually want to)

(Original post by Dog4444)
Economics is for pussies.

I would of firmed Warwick if I got rejected by Trinity......economics is for PUSSIES....I AGREEE!

i guess i know what to do thanks guys

[Rahul.S]

(Original post by ben-smith)
don't rub it in

I'm actually doing better on III than II. apparently it suits me more

I thought II was harder than III.....but I reckon it was mainly because I started III after getting use to how to tackle STEP questions But now I think its the same difficulty

btw ive seen alot of people that get more marks in III than II....one guy last year got 70ish in II but 100+ in III

[fruktas]

(Original post by ben-smith)
don't rub it in

I'm actually doing better on III than II. apparently it suits me more

hahaha! If I am honest, I'm doing better on III too, for some bizarre reason it seams more straightforward (I dont know if this word can ever be in used in the context with STEP but ah well) .

[Xero Xenith]

(Original post by fruktas)
hahaha! If I am honest, I'm doing better on III too, for some bizarre reason it seams more straightforward (I dont know if this word can ever be in used in the context with STEP but ah well) .

I think the questions on III stretch you less (and/or guide you more) but use more advanced content.

Remember some people would be just finishing FP2/FP3 as they go into those exams, then have to sit STEP III a week or so later... poor souls.

[bananarama2]

(Original post by Xero Xenith)
I think the questions on III stretch you less (and/or guide you more) but use more advanced content.

Remember some people would be just finishing FP2/FP3 as they go into those exams, then have to sit STEP III a week or so later... poor souls.

I'll know that feeling next year. That said I'm self teaching it over the summer.

[Rahul.S]

(Original post by Xero Xenith)
I think the questions on III stretch you less (and/or guide you more) but use more advanced content.

Remember some people would be just finishing FP2/FP3 as they go into those exams, then have to sit STEP III a week or so later... poor souls.

well one guy I know learnt fp2 fp3 very near to his STEP III exam and got an S.......Im guessing the content was fresh in his head

btw guys insured Imperial.....and ofc firmed Cambridge

[Xero Xenith]

(Original post by Rahul.S)
well one guy I know learnt fp2 fp3 very near to his STEP III exam and got an S.......Im guessing the content was fresh in his head

btw guys insured Imperial.....and ofc firmed Cambridge

Damn straight

(Original post by wcp100)
I'll know that feeling next year. That said I'm self teaching it over the summer.

Very good idea. I also self-taught OCR FP2 over the summer of year 12 and did it in January, which gets rid of some stress for June

But maybe check the specification for your exam board and match it up to the STEP one - out of FP2 and FP3, one has more relation to STEP III than the other, but which one it is depends on your exam board (I think usually the one with vectors and matrices is the one with less relation to STEP.)

[bananarama2]

(Original post by Xero Xenith)
Very good idea. I also self-taught OCR FP2 over the summer of year 12 and did it in January, which gets rid of some stress for June

But maybe check the specification for your exam board and match it up to the STEP one - out of FP2 and FP3, one has more relation to STEP III than the other, but which one it is depends on your exam board (I think usually the one with vectors and matrices is the one with less relation to STEP.)

I don't think I would be allowed to do any modules early. But at least I'd have the knowledge. Also considering I think it's only me doing FP3 then the one to one lessons may be more productive. I know my teacher likes STEP; occasionally slipping one into the lesson.

FP3 has all that in it, but it also have the hyperbolic functions and integration techniques in it. I have done most the exercises in the M4 book so that might help with STEP III. I might have to explain myself a little more.

Whilst I haven't officially studied any modules other than C1 I've self taught since GCSE so that why my self teaching and official learning don't match up.

Edexcel BTW.

Edit: I'm doing FP2 and FP3

[Extricated]

(Original post by wcp100)
I don't think I would be allowed to do any modules early. But at least I'd have the knowledge. Also considering I think it's only me doing FP3 then the one to one lessons may be more productive. I know my teacher likes STEP; occasionally slipping one into the lesson.

FP3 has all that in it, but it also have the hyperbolic functions and integration techniques in it. I have done most the exercises in the M4 book so that might help with STEP III. I might have to explain myself a little more.

Whilst I haven't officially studied any modules other than C1 I've self taught since GCSE so that why my self teaching and official learning don't match up.

Edexcel BTW.

Edit: I'm doing FP2 and FP3

That sure is impressive, are you applying for maths then? How hard are M3/M4 compared to M1/M2?

[Xero Xenith]

(Original post by wcp100)
I don't think I would be allowed to do any modules early. But at least I'd have the knowledge. Also considering I think it's only me doing FP3 then the one to one lessons may be more productive. I know my teacher likes STEP; occasionally slipping one into the lesson.

FP3 has all that in it, but it also have the hyperbolic functions and integration techniques in it. I have done most the exercises in the M4 book so that might help with STEP III. I might have to explain myself a little more.

Whilst I haven't officially studied any modules other than C1 I've self taught since GCSE so that why my self teaching and official learning don't match up.

Edexcel BTW.

Edit: I'm doing FP2 and FP3

IIRC Edexcel M4 isn't that useful for STEP III. (Or maybe it's M3?) I do know M5 can be useful though.

(I have an MEI M5-M6 textbook - half the book is on using FP2-3 results in mechanics. Motion in polar co-ordinates? Angular momentum as a cross product? Kufufu. )

You sure are lucky having teachers that throw STEP questions in to normal lessons

[bananarama2]

(Original post by Extricated)
That sure is impressive, are you applying for maths then? How hard are M3/M4 compared to M1/M2?

Nope. I'm applying to do engineering. It's just STEP has always fascinated me. It might be nice to do it without the pressure a lot of people here have. To be honest they are a great deal harder. The jump from m2 to m3 is bigger than the jump from m3 to m4. The latter two requiring just that bit extra maths knowledge. M4 certainly requires FP3 integration to solve the differential equations.

[bananarama2]

(Original post by Xero Xenith)
IIRC Edexcel M4 isn't that useful for STEP III. (Or maybe it's M3?) I do know M5 can be useful though.

(I have an MEI M5-M6 textbook - half the book is on using FP2-3 results in mechanics. Motion in polar co-ordinates? Angular momentum as a cross product? Kufufu. )

You sure are lucky having teachers that throw STEP questions in to normal lessons

I'd love to have done MEI. Have you seen the FP3 It's nice.

I'll go over M5 in the summer too. I haven't done anything on angular momentum and only ever briefly looked at moments of inertia. I did us the cross product for a vector moments question in M1 whilst doing soloman. It cut the working down so much

It's only one. I think the others disapprove

[Xero Xenith]

(Original post by wcp100)
I'd love to have done MEI. Have you seen the FP3 It's nice.

I'll go over M5 in the summer too. I haven't done anything on angular momentum and only ever briefly looked at moments of inertia. I did us the cross product for a vector moments question in M1 whilst doing soloman. It cut the working down so much

It's only one. I think the others disapprove

Yeah... I've been trying to get hold of their FP3 book (or even the old S5-S6 for Markov chains which is now in FP3) but it's not anywhere for cheap - though Bookboon seem to have some good explanations in their free PDFs. edit: no they don't.

I'd prefer the actual book but I don't have £20 spare and if I did I'd spend it on chicken anyway.

[B Jack]

(Original post by Xero Xenith)
Yeah... I've been trying to get hold of their FP3 book (or even the old S5-S6 for Markov chains which is now in FP3) but it's not anywhere for cheap - though Bookboon seem to have some good explanations in their free PDFs. edit: no they don't.

I'd prefer the actual book but I don't have £20 spare and if I did I'd spend it on chicken anyway.

I'm doing MEI FP3 at the moment It's awesome but to be honest I wouldn't go out of my way to get it for STEP; the only really useful STEP content is some of the stuff in the vectors chapter; matrices are no longer in STEP papers so there's no chance of Markov Chains coming up, and there are long longer STEP questions based on groups

Despite prefering the pure STEP questions, I've found doing the most advanced modules in the MEI syllabus that the biggest help has been learning circular motion, SHM, moments of inertia, expectation algebra and pgfs and mgfs; it's helped me from getting from grade 1/2 last year in STEP II and STEP III to at least a grade 1 if not an S in all the mocks i've done so far this year for both STEP II and STEP III; so hopefully Cambrdige here I come

[safmaster]

Are people here re-doing STEP papers/questions? I'm planning to re-do some (especially the questions that I did a few months ago) to help with speed and improve understanding; only this time under full timed conditions. Is anyone doing the same?