STEP Prep Thread 2015

How much do you want to bet? Don't assume I don't listen. Maybe she just worded it wrong but she definitely said 'the way it works, you won't be allowed to sit STEP I'.

Yes it makes sense, but that's not what she said.

edit: just asked my friend, he agreed with me.

lol what is this guy doing on a step thread. You're everywhere i go !!!!!!


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Perhaps she meant that you couldn't do STEP I as part of your offer? As in, the offer will involve STEP II and III.

She wasn't talking to me personally, just the entire maths class. So she doesn't know I'm NatSci I don't think

2%. I think AEA is 5%

So getting a 3 in any STEP means ur top 2% of maths a level candidates?


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So getting a 3 in any STEP means ur top 2% of maths a level candidates?


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How do you input tex into tsr?

Same as if you were writing in it, but with [ tex ] [ /tex ] around it, obviously without the spaces

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I know people who haven't studied maths since GCSE that could at least make a start on questions)

You know some exceptional people.

You know some exceptional people.

And I've come across very easy step questions (including a STEP III question an AS student should be able to do, and possibly some GCSE students too. Will try to find it when I get back home on Friday)

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I think you're confusing required knowledge with difficulty. For example, I'd wager that only a relatively small amount of GCSE students could prove that the square root of 2 is irrational, despite the proof being quite simple.

The required knowledge was AS, hence why most AS students (who had done M1) should be able to do it, and a particularly competent GCSE student who had perhaps done some further reading or who applied themselves and actually thought about it I would also expect to at least be able to have a good stab at it. Either that or I have too much faith in the competenet.

I have to say, there have been a few questions I've seen which I could have done in year 11 (this years' I/1 for one).

Looking at it I reckon at least some would be able to also make enough progress on 4, 5 and maybe 9 (among others, after all, they can play around with 6) to be able to get a 3 [looking at the boundaries, I'm very sure at least some would get a 3, maybe some of the more exceptional ones a 2]. And 9 looks to be very similar to the STEP III question I was referring to, possibly slightly harder in the wording, although it was quite a while ago I did that question so I may be wrong on that last detail.

but again, maybe I have a little too much faith in the capabilities of some people.