AS Maths (M1....) or (S1....)?

I hope to do engineering at uni but my 6th form dont do M1/2 they do statistics instead (but i am taking physics)...
Will this be okay??

Reply 1

bk9752579742398

M1 is piss, S1 is piss just more

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Reply 2

Plagioclase

Original post by Chlo.Harr

I hope to do engineering at uni but my 6th form dont do M1/2 they do statistics instead (but i am taking physics)...
Will this be okay??

Obviously it's better to take Mechanics units (at least for the specifications I did, the mechanics units in Maths were much more advanced than what we covered in Physics) but as long as the university doesn't specify that you have to have taken Mechanics units, you probably will be fine. If I recall correctly, some Engineering courses at Imperial require you to have taken M1, but I haven't heard of any other cases. You might want to consider looking through the content of M1 and M2 though, even if you don't sit the exam. M2 is fairly straightforward once you've understood M1.

Reply 3

Andy98

Original post by Chlo.Harr

I hope to do engineering at uni but my 6th form dont do M1/2 they do statistics instead (but i am taking physics)...
Will this be okay??

Yeah it'll be fine as long as you do OK in physics. I didn't even think universities see the individual units you do, just the end grade

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Reply 4

Kevin De Bruyne

Self-teaching is an option, albeit a tougher one. :smile:

Reply 5

Chlo.Harr

Original post by SeanFM

Self-teaching is an option, albeit a tougher one. :smile:

Yeah i have the revision guide for M1 and M2 just waiting .... "/

Reply 6

jonnypdot

nah u good, if u wanted to do engineering and werent doing physics and did maths s1 then there would be an issue as some unis want u to have mechanics, M1 covers topics from unit 1 physics(G481) and unit 4 which is A2 physics unit 1 good luck on ur AS Levels

Reply 7

Chlo.Harr

Original post by jonnypdot

So i should be alright
....and also not doing FM does this mean i cant get into top unis?

Reply 8

Andy98

Original post by Chlo.Harr

So i should be alright
....and also not doing FM does this mean i cant get into top unis?

Further maths helps, but tbh unless you're doing a maths degree it doesn't really matter.

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Reply 9

Chlo.Harr

Original post by Andy98

Further maths helps, but tbh unless you're doing a maths degree it doesn't really matter.

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You sure?

Reply 10

Andy98

Original post by Chlo.Harr

You sure?

From what I've been told yeah - further maths is apparently basically the foundation year for a maths degree (obviously stripped down a little). In fact, I think unless you're going to do a pure maths, or pure science degree you can get away with A-Level Use of Maths (arguably this could be seen as more helpful for an engineering student ).

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Reply 11

ethanstoddart

For engineering, it's a bit of a no brainer to take M1, plus it's super easy, much more so than stats since no one likes the boring subject itself (trust me, I've done both S1 and S2, they suck). Also as has already been mentioned, you should take further maths due to the course you want to take.

Reply 12

Flame Alchemist

M1 would obviously be preferable, but as long as you're doing physics anyway, you should be fine.

However, you should definitely make sure to choose the 'Applied Physics' option module.