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Reply 7980

und

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Original post by ben-smith

yeah I paid something similar for STEP I-->III the other day. Nothing better than paying for your own misery :redface:

How come you're taking STEP I?

Reply 7981

SaraWarah

Original post by Star-girl

I will be - there's no time to waste if you want a good grade.

Don't you spend most of the time thinking?

I remember when I did STEP, I would spend a lot of the time thinking about how to do the question - the working out time wasn't a concern really, it was more about thinking how to get to the answer.

Original post by und

How come you're taking STEP I?

Even if you need II, III, if you took all three and got 1,1,2 then you'd be more likely to be let in, would you not?

Reply 7982

Star-girl

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Original post by SaraWarah

Don't you spend most of the time thinking?

I remember when I did STEP, I would spend a lot of the time thinking about how to do the question - the working out time wasn't a concern really, it was more about thinking how to get to the answer.

I prefer to have my thoughts on the paper - it helps me organise them more.

Reply 7983

SaraWarah

Original post by Star-girl

I prefer to have my thoughts on the paper - it helps me organise them more.

Fair enough :yes:

Reply 7984

und

16

Original post by SaraWarah

Don't you spend most of the time thinking?

One does enough writing in STEP for it to make a difference to how much time you have to think about other problems.

Reply 7985

SaraWarah

Original post by und

One does enough writing in STEP for it to make a difference to how much time you have to think about other problems.

Okay. I don't recall it being an issue for me, but it was a while ago :tongue:

Reply 7986

FO12DY

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So it turns out we're not being taught (or entered for the exam :angry:

) in FP3...

I have the textbook, but does anyone have any worthwhile resources for hyperbolic functions, and anything else that may be applicable to STEP?

Cheers,

Reply 7987

joostan

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Original post by nahomyemane778

thanks for replying in that mechanics thread- but i still dont understand how the tsr solution for the first part of step I 2000 q9 can be correct-

Hope this helps - sorry about my wonky writing :tongue:

Original post by FO12DY

So it turns out we're not being taught (or entered for the exam :angry:

) in FP3...

I have the textbook, but does anyone have any worthwhile resources for hyperbolic functions, and anything else that may be applicable to STEP?

Cheers,

There's these for the OCR (not MEI) Spec.
http://www.mathshelper.co.uk/OCR%20FP3%20Revision%20Sheet.pdf
http://www.mathshelper.co.uk/OCR%20FP2%20Revision%20Sheet.pdf

Reply 7989

ThatRandomGuy

1

Getting to the stage where questions actually seem easy...

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 7990

joostan

13

Original post by ThatRandomGuy

Teach me how to write upside down :tongue:

Lol I rotated the pic, but the thumbnail just LOVES it being upside down :tongue:

Reply 7991

31541

2

Original post by ThatRandomGuy

Getting to the stage where questions actually seem easy...

STEP I or II and III also?

Reply 7992

ThatRandomGuy

1

Original post by CD315

STEP I or II and III also?

I and II. I might give III a go sometime but I haven't done FP3.

Reply 7993

31541

2

Original post by ThatRandomGuy

I and II. I might give III a go sometime but I haven't done FP3.

That's really good. I can't do a lot on II to be honest.

Haven't done any STEP in ages actually as I'm not sure if I'm going to be doing it yet.

Reply 7994

ThatRandomGuy

1

Original post by CD315

That's really good. I can't do a lot on II to be honest.

Haven't done any STEP in ages actually as I'm not sure if I'm going to be doing it yet.

If I may ask what is it that makes you reluctant about Warwick/Imperial?

Reply 7995

Arcane1729

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Original post by joostan

Hope this helps - sorry about my wonky writing :tongue:

Thanks a lot for above post but:
1) for the horizontal motion of the shell why have you used the S=Ut+(1/2)at^2 when there is mutual agreement that the shell STOPS accelerating while the carriage and cannon continue to do so.
2) why is it ok to ignore the initial velocity of the carriage?
3)i dont really get the final paragraph about the relative acceleration.

Reply 7996

BobLoblawLawBlog

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On STEP III 2003 Q8, once you have the general derivative, why can't n+1=-1 be one of your equations and why do you have to divide by the n+1 instead?

Reply 7997

31541

2

Original post by ThatRandomGuy

If I may ask what is it that makes you reluctant about Warwick/Imperial?

The prospect of staying close to home and also being able to focus on getting into a top actuarial job (whilst being certain about it). I also feel like I might struggle at those unis, whilst at QUB I'd be among the best and be able to stand out. They also have this scheme that they've agreed with a number of companies, where they give a summer internship to the top students (you have to apply and interview though, but 20 get selected each year) and firms like JP Morgan, Citibank etc take part.

Reply 7998

ThatRandomGuy

1

Original post by CD315

The prospect of staying close to home and also being able to focus on getting into a top actuarial job (whilst being certain about it). I also feel like I might struggle at those unis, whilst at QUB I'd be among the best and be able to stand out. They also have this scheme that they've agreed with a number of companies, where they give a summer internship to the top students (you have to apply and interview though, but 20 get selected each year) and firms like JP Morgan, Citibank etc take part.

But surely in the grand scheme of things Imperial/Warwick puts you in a better position employment wise? Especially considering Warwick is a huge target uni.

Also a maths degree (especially considering the uni) will put you in good stead for pretty much any job in finance, the same can't be said about an actuarial science degree.

Reply 7999

Genesis2703

5

Just did Q9 on STEP II 2009. I got it all right apart from 2 division errors on the final part giving me a different answer. I hope that wouldnt cost me too many marks, since I did know what I was doing and did do the right thing :tongue:

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