The Official Cambridge Applicants Thread 2016 Entry MK II

Original post by Renzhi10122

Lol yeah. Btw, how's the trinity specimen test going along (if you did some today)?

Just got back from school. I am probably going to do some soon. I will say how it goes.

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Original post by tridianprime

Just got back from school. I am probably going to do some soon. I will say how it goes.

Wow, your school day ends early (I didn't realise you had school, cos I'm still on study leave).

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Original post by Renzhi10122

Wow, your school day ends early (I didn't realise you had school, cos I'm still on study leave).

It was short because only m1 left. I didnt have study leave :frown:

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Original post by tridianprime

It was short because only m1 left. I didnt have study leave :frown:

Waaaaa, I was under the impression that everyone got study leave... school has started for us again, but we get a day off before every exam (hence why I'm at home)

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Serine Soul

Original post by Protoxylic

Pretty good, physics is coming together now. Finally getting the AQA awkward wording sorted, that's the annoying bit about AQA. Maths is sorted, Chemistry is sorted. Got my first stint of exams starting tomorrow so you may see my mood slowly deteriorate as the week goes on haha

Hmm, I'll observe :tongue:

Good luck! :h:

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Original post by Renzhi10122

Waaaaa, I was under the impression that everyone got study leave... school has started for us again, but we get a day off before every exam (hence why I'm at home)

Do you know if the trinity questions are supposed to have nice solutions like BMO problems or longer less pleasant solutions?

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Original post by tridianprime

Do you know if the trinity questions are supposed to have nice solutions like BMO problems or longer less pleasant solutions?

They're decently elegant, so yeah, they usually have nice solutions (if you can find them).

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Original post by tridianprime

Do you know if the trinity questions are supposed to have nice solutions like BMO problems or longer less pleasant solutions?

Wel the test is one hour long and most problems are pretty quick as renzhi says. Also i think there was one thread with solutions to them.
I remember a few mechanics ones being very quick and easy.

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username1865079

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Original post by tridianprime

£250 a year for Senior Scholars at Trinity - guess where I am applying? Is it bad that this increases my motivation highly. I think I admire the meritocratic nature of it. Free money for people who do well!!! Id probably blow it on something stupid though - I would go insane and buy a bouncy castle that wouldnt fit in my dorm. Then what would they do???!!!! Mwahahahahahahah! :colone:

as far as I'm aware most (probably all of them?) colleges give out scholarship money to students who gained a first, ranging £150-300. Also many departments (maybe all, too?) give award/scholarship to their students with a first, too, ranging anything between £100-300, I think.

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Number Nine

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Original post by physicsmaths

Wel the test is one hour long and most problems are pretty quick as renzhi says. Also i think there was one thread with solutions to them.
I remember a few mechanics ones being very quick and easy.

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Should I feel bad that I don't know where to start on basically all of them?

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Messier31

Everyone ready for Edexcel C3 on Friday?

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samb1234

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Original post by Messier31

Everyone ready for Edexcel C3 on Friday?

Hopefully. Have to do m2 tomorrow first though.

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Original post by Number Nine

Should I feel bad that I don't know where to start on basically all of them?

Not really, alot of them are C3/4 knowledeg.

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Original post by Messier31

Everyone ready for Edexcel C3 on Friday?

Yh shud be fine

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Messier31

Original post by samb1234

Hopefully. Have to do m2 tomorrow first though.

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Good Luck! Apparently M2 isn't much worse than M1 in terms of difficulty, any truth to that?

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Original post by Number Nine

Should I feel bad that I don't know where to start on basically all of them?

Question 7 shouldn't be difficult (if you've had a look)

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Original post by Messier31

Good Luck! Apparently M2 isn't much worse than M1 in terms of difficulty, any truth to that?

M2 wasnt that bad but it definitely wasnt on the same scale as M1 for easiness.

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samb1234

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Original post by Messier31

Good Luck! Apparently M2 isn't much worse than M1 in terms of difficulty, any truth to that?

Yeah as long as you have a good teacher and ignore certain parts of the text book its pretty easy (seriously if you do m2 at some point ignore the whole statics chapter in there the method they use is awful)

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Protoxylic

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Original post by Renzhi10122

Lol, if you haven't seen it already, try q7 of June 2013. It's different, and harder.

Just finished that paper. Q7(iii) was cheeky, I got 2 answers and had to fiddle around until I realised that the component of P's weight down the slope was canceled by the tension in the string so that isn't included in the weight of the block down the slope. I can see that question catching a lot of people out, other than that the paper was standard.

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