Current Year 12 Thread Mark VI

yes OCR MEI so it isn't that big an achievement I suppose

I did a complete set of 2010 past papers for all subjects... Mixed results. I got 82/120 for STEP I, which I was pleased with until it turned out to be a 2 What more do they want

Also, how am I meant to mark an EngLit paper when the markscheme is so vague?

Eyy, don't be hating. This 'kid' 'aint no badderman IRL. Me likes reading, not riding bike.

Ah okay, we have one further maths class with no girls in it at all

How the hell is 82 not a 1. A few more marks, creeping into the 90s and I would've thought that would be an S. Are the boundaries in I a lot more higher than II and III?

I and II are almost always equivalent, there is a weighted deviation of roughly 2% between them. III is normally about 10 marks lower for each respective boundary.

For some reason, 2010 was higher than most years. It was probably because questions 1 and 4 were very easy. But I got 82/120 by only doing the applied questions and q6. In truth, I probably got more than 82, but I always mark ultra-critically, and STEP has no official (public) markscheme or documentation of how marks are allocated per part of the question.

Still, I am disappointed and a bit depressed at my mark. I don't plan on telling any universities my mark, regardless of what it is, but I want to feel comfortable with that level of maths. Not because I want to apply for maths, but because I want to prove to myself that I'm not choosing not to apply for maths because it is too difficult for me.

is anyone taking STEP this year by the way? I found out today that the deadline for entries is 26th May or something so would it be worth giving it a proper shot this year?

Watch how you get an S in June. Are you jut doing STEP I or are you doing II as well? If not are you doing any next year?

What are you applying for then?

is anyone taking STEP this year by the way? I found out today that the deadline for entries is 26th May or something so would it be worth giving it a proper shot this year?

Perhaps. I wouldn't advise doing so unless you've already covered all of A level maths. I would also advise to do a few past papers under timed conditions.

I'm doing STEP this year. But it's a personal challenge, I don't plan on putting on UCAS.

I contemplated it but decided it would be better to concentrate on my summer modules and maximise those instead. I am doing AEA, though as a sort of compromise and it will be a good stepping stone into STEP, although I do STEP I questions for fun and will properly go for it over the summer.

If you haven't already started preparing for it, I advise against it - STEP I is on June 18th this year, which is earlier than AEA and wouldn't give you a whole lot of time to prepare if you haven't been already.

You could give AEA a shot, though - it's a heck of a lot easier but will still be enough of a challenge for you.

AEA does seem like a good compromise, if I do well will it be worth mentioning on UCAS? Also do you need to have done C3 and C4 for AEA or not?

Thanks

You were talking like a 'badderman' so I can only infer that if anything you are a 'wanna be gangsta'. Stop talking like that and then maybe that judgement of you shall no longer prevail.

A bit of Yiruma, a bit of Christopher Norton, Ludovico Einaudi and some videogame music - mainly the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time music.

That sounds lovely.



I have often had that thought. I really wonder why...

:O you have amazing music taste.

To all those talking about OCR MEI. Their FP2 and especially FP3 are the hardest out of all the boards.

Your point is?