Cambridge Maths Students and Applicants

Hmm, perhaps I'll post here until my rejection. I started looking at STEP I (and a bit of II) last year, although I didn't enter myself for the exam, which I partly regret. I don't expect to get an offer; I'm applying more with the attitude of "because I can" than "because I'll get in".

Hmm, perhaps I'll post here until my rejection. I started looking at STEP I (and a bit of II) last year, although I didn't enter myself for the exam, which I partly regret. I don't expect to get an offer; I'm applying more with the attitude of "because I can" than "because I'll get in".

What's F38? Does it stand for Forum 38 or something?

Yes? And the URL of the maths forum is http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=38

How much maths have people done who are applying for 2009 entry? There are stories of those who have taken C1 etc really early, which makes me slightly worried as my school is very strict about when we do modules. I have done C1, 2, M1, S1, and FP1, and in January I'll be doing C3, 4 and S2. Also, I have only tried STEP I questions in school so far (with reasonable success), as they think we should wait until after (potential) offers for starting STEP II and III.

I sent my application off for Maths at Trinity today

Congratulations! My tutor says he's still checking mine and has almost finished writing my reference, although when I go onto UCAS it says "Your referee has not yet looked at your application" and "Your referee has not yet started your reference." Hmmm....

I have sent my application to Trinity College for Mathematics, as an 'affiliated student' (already holding an undergraduate degree).
Will they interview me on telephone?
I wrote them back in May, 2008 and was told that they won't be calling too many Overseas students for interview at Cambridge. Infact, they told me that applicants applying as 'affiliated students' (already holding an undergraduate degree) are usually not called for the interview.

i was told that if i went to cambridge to do a maths degree, many of the top banking and actuarial firms would look to scout the maths students. i was wondering if this true at cambridge and what proportion of the students who wanted a job where able to get it,

thanks

to be individually headhunted you'll likely need to be getting starred firsts.

ok, can I just ask, I recently read that for maths you need to have maths and further maths a-level. if you didn't have further maths a-level you have to take an AEA in maths. because A*s are coming in and AEAs are coming out, what happens if a candidate wanted to do maths, the school didn't offer further maths, and you can't do an AEA in maths. what happens? what could this applicant do apart from self-studying and registrating as an external applicant?

what wold you do?

Firstly, I'm not sure where you got the AEA information from. As far as I'm aware Cambridge will ask people to take STEP I & II if they haven't taken further maths. I suspect this will continue with the A* grades