Mega A Level Maths Thread MK II

Original post by joostan

I thought applying to Trinity

I'd hate to be at Trinity for maths :redface:

Imagine being in the same college as the entire UK IMO team and several international IMOers :redface:

I'd feel like an infant :rofl:

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L'Evil Fish

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Original post by Robbie242

Hmm yeah but I really wanted to go Cambridge rather than Oxford

Ah, I see...

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Original post by Felix Felicis

I'd hate to be at Trinity for maths :redface:

Imagine being in the same college as the entire UK IMO team and several international IMOers :redface:

I'd feel like an infant :rofl:

Presumably you'd be an IMOer yourself to get in in the first place, so that'd be a great thing!

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Original post by PrinceyJ

Presumably you'd be an IMOer yourself to get in in the first place, so that'd be a great thing!

Not necessarily - there are a lot of people on TSR who I've seen have Trinity offers and none of them are IMO. xD

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Original post by Robbie242

Hmm yeah but I really wanted to go Cambridge rather than Oxford

Also, if I'm right, Oxford places more emphasis on GCSEs.

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Original post by Felix Felicis

Not necessarily - there are a lot of people on TSR who I've seen have Trinity offers and none of them are IMO. xD

Haven't you just contradicted yourself? hahaha.

The majority of the maths people aren't in trinity anyway.

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Original post by PrinceyJ

Haven't you just contradicted yourself? hahaha.

The majority of the maths people aren't in trinity anyway.

No...you don't necessarily have to be of IMO standard to get in to Trinity but once you're there, I'm saying, you'll be living with people on the same course as you who are in just a completely different league to you...I dunno, I just find the prospect of that to be demoralising. xD

I know, but most of the highest caliber ones will undoubtedly be :redface:

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Original post by PrinceyJ

Haven't you just contradicted yourself? hahaha.

The majority of the maths people aren't in trinity anyway.

How so? He says that while it's not necessary to be an IMO (or of that standard) to gain entry, a significant proportion of the students will be in a different league.

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Original post by reubenkinara

Also, if I'm right, Oxford places more emphasis on GCSEs.

Yes, but if your AS UMS isn't that high, Oxford may be the place to apply for - you can still control how things go if you do well on the MAT

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Original post by Felix Felicis

Yes, but if your AS UMS isn't that high, Oxford may be the place to apply for - you can still control how things go if you do well on the MAT

I see! What college are you considering? Pembroke, like many others?

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Original post by reubenkinara

I see! What college are you considering? Pembroke, like many others?

Almost definitely Pembroke but I have a few others in mind... :wink:

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Original post by reubenkinara

How so? He says that while it's not necessary to be an IMO (or of that standard) to gain entry, a significant proportion of the students will be in a different league.

Not a direct contradiction but he basically hints that he'd be the odd one out and then says that loads of non-IMO people go there too.

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Original post by Felix Felicis

Almost definitely Pembroke but I have a few others in mind... :wink:

I'm not 100% sure where I'll apply. But I'll definitely make an application to a college as opposed to an open one :smile:

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If I self-studied D1 to replace M1. Could successive mechanics modules be cashed in for further maths or do you need to have done them in order?

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Original post by Felix Felicis

Yes, but if your AS UMS isn't that high, Oxford may be the place to apply for - you can still control how things go if you do well on the MAT

Is the MAT like STEP I? apparently Imperial now want you to either do the MAT, or STEP II/III :colonhash:

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Original post by reubenkinara

I'm not 100% sure where I'll apply. But I'll definitely make an application to a college as opposed to an open one :smile:

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If I self-studied D1 to replace M1. Could successive mechanics modules be cashed in for further maths or do you need to have done them in order?

You mean, say, can you use M1, M2, M3 for further maths? Your board will arrange your applied modules to give you the best grade for maths then further maths - DJMayes posted a while ago about it on this thread - see if you can dig that up.

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Original post by Felix Felicis

You mean, say, can you use M1, M2, M3 for further maths? Your board will arrange your applied modules to give you the best score for maths then further maths - DJMayes posted a while ago about it on this thread - see if you can dig that up.

Oh, I know I can do that :smile:

I mean Could M1 be completely disregarded. Could I use D1, M2, M3. With M1 not used for anything.

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