The 2013 STEP Prep Thread!

Original post by shamika

I'm impressed anyone even attempted it! :biggrin:

Ok, rather than x^6, try it with x^4...

thanks,
Don't have anything better to do on a Tuesday evening-except oh wait- finish the philosophy essay that is due before term begins. Procrastination is my speciality..

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Here's a nice problem :smile:

The seven dwarfs walk to work each morning in single ﬁle. As
they go, they sing their famous song, “High - low - high -low,
it’s oﬀ to work we go . . . ”. Each day they line up so that no
three successive dwarfs are either increasing or decreasing in
height. Thus, the line-up must go up-down-up-down- · · · or
down-up-down-up- · · · . If they all have diﬀerent heights, for
how many days they go to work like this if they insist on
using a diﬀerent order each day?
What if Snow White always came along too?

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Lord of the Flies

OP

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Original post by shamika

I'm impressed anyone even attempted it! :biggrin:

Ok, rather than x^6, try it with x^4...

*cough*

RahulS

Lord of the Flies

\displaystyle\int \frac{1}{1+x^4}\;dx

remember this from somewhere.....oh yh my interview :colone:

Original post by shamika

Please tell me you're kidding? I never got asked anything near as long or as tedious as that!

(edited 11 years ago)

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Original post by Lord of the Flies

*cough*

This isn't an interview :biggrin:

PS: did I ever tell you what a great job you did on the first post? It was very easy to find something today when I needed it!

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und

Should I put my marks for my AEA on UCAS or just leave it as the grade?

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Original post by Lord of the Flies

*cough*

lol...Shamika...shame on you :tongue:

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Lord of the Flies

OP

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Original post by shamika

This isn't an interview :biggrin:

PS: did I ever tell you what a great job you did on the first post? It was very easy to find something today when I needed it!

(but it still is tedious :tongue:

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Good! And thanks! :smile:

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SParm

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Original post by und

Should I put my marks for my AEA on UCAS or just leave it as the grade?

I think it depends on whether you're putting your UMS for all your modules; you want to be consistent with these things. If you are; fine. If you aren't...maybe ask to have it on your reference?

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und

Original post by SParm

I think it depends on whether you're putting your UMS for all your modules; you want to be consistent with these things. If you are; fine. If you aren't...maybe ask to have it on your reference?

I put it down for all my A level modules, but AEA is different due to it being a whole qualification rather than just a module. Putting 87/100 would be a bit like putting 596/600 for maths instead of A*. Anyway, I've sent it off now. :biggrin:

I think I'll get my referee to put it on. Is 87 a mark worth mentioning in your opinion? I know someone with 100 in it which kind of gives me a skewed view of things sometimes...

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Original post by Blutooth

lol...Shamika...shame on you :tongue:

It's not that bad!

Spoiler

...alright I'll admit it, asking that was mean!

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Original post by und

I put it down for all my A level modules, but AEA is different due to it being a whole qualification rather than just a module. Putting 87/100 would be a bit like putting 596/600 for maths instead of A*. Anyway, I've sent it off now. :biggrin:

I think I'll get my referee to put it on. Is 87 a mark worth mentioning in your opinion? I know someone with 100 in it which kind of gives me a skewed view of things sometimes...

No harm either way... I think it's the distinction that matters, rather than the actual score at that level. What it really tells me is that AEA is too easy for both you and the dude getting 100, and STEP would be a far better indication of ability. (Similar to how the A level doesn't really tell us much about the ability of anyone active this thread...)

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Original post by shamika

It's not that bad!

Spoiler

...alright I'll admit it, asking that was mean!

Unfortunately, I think that video is pitched a bit above my level of understanding :frown:

. Looks interesting though-might have to drop in on some of the mathmo lectures to see how it's done while i'm at uni :smile:

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TheMagicMan

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Original post by shamika

It's not that bad!

Spoiler

...alright I'll admit it, asking that was mean!

This takes me back about a year when I was doing a project on complex analysis ( and the residue theorem had a cameo in my interview :colone:

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