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I just looked at STEP. Holy crap.

How do people even get more than half the questions?
You have to think creatively ... and extremely fast...
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Original post by CancerousProblem
How do people even get more than half the questions?
You have to think creatively ... and extremely fast...

Welcome to my world. You start to get used to it after a few months.

You only need to answer 6 questions in the paper. My approach is to learn FP3-FP4 (just finished) and M3 to be able to answer a lot of the questions. You could do S3 instead if you wanted to.
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Original post by morgan8002
Welcome to my world. You start to get used to it after a few months.

You only need to answer 6 questions in the paper. My approach is to learn FP3-FP4 (just finished) and M3 to be able to answer a lot of the questions. You could do S3 instead if you wanted to.


You'll need to delve quite a bit deeper than further if you wish to be successful in STEP III, IMO. Some useful booklets lying around here on hard problems etc.
Original post by Phichi
You'll need to delve quite a bit deeper than further if you wish to be successful in STEP III, IMO. Some useful booklets lying around here on hard problems etc.


Like what? I need a 1 for cambridge but i want to aim as high as possible! An S is unlikely though lol.


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Original post by CancerousProblem
How do people even get more than half the questions?
You have to think creatively ... and extremely fast...


Some, very few people do get 6 solutions in step 3. I know madness roght.
If you are a good mathematician it is doable in step 1 with hard work and persistance.


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Original post by morgan8002
Welcome to my world. You start to get used to it after a few months.

You only need to answer 6 questions in the paper. My approach is to learn FP3-FP4 (just finished) and M3 to be able to answer a lot of the questions. You could do S3 instead if you wanted to.


Do you need step 3 aswell? What is you requirement, and for what uni?


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Original post by physicsmaths
Do you need step 3 aswell? What is you requirement, and for what uni?


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I don't need them. It's more of a personal challenge. It may also be useful to get into unis just in case.
Original post by Phichi
You'll need to delve quite a bit deeper than further if you wish to be successful in STEP III, IMO. Some useful booklets lying around here on hard problems etc.

I was going to look at all of that stuff too.
Original post by morgan8002
I was going to look at all of that stuff too.


What booklets is he talking about? Where are they available from?


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Original post by physicsmaths
What booklets is he talking about? Where are they available from?


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I assumed he meant the ones on the STEP prep thread.

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