Richest Colleges in Oxford University

yeah - trying to continue the spirit of talking random on this thread. OP has posted some random statistics and the subsequent discussion is meandering all over the place.

interesting - I know SW engineers with 5 years experience earning £100k+ in London - is that not enough to live in / commute to London.

Many finance, management consulting, banking opportunities are in London. How do people on those courses survive?

Some of those papers are for a completely different spec so it's pointless doing that many past papers on irrelevant topics.

interesting - I know SW engineers with 5 years experience earning £100k+ in London - is that not enough to live in / commute to London.

Many finance, management consulting, banking opportunities are in London. How do people on those courses survive?

I won't do all the questions under timed conditions and will utilise the mark schemes with great detail. lol

Some topics are still very similar, so it is only good to practice. It took me 1 week to organise all the past papers for AQA, OCR, OCR MEI, EDEXCEL, CCEA, CIE, WJEC, SQA and IB. So I have the maximum chances of A* success with about 70% or so being an A* grade but I am confident I can achieve A grades in all the 3 papers for Maths as they're about 50% for an A grade.

I can email the papers to you if you like?

I have a whole set of files of papers back to the 1970s in the department ... we don't use many papers from before 2010. A levels went modular in 2000 [P1 to P3] and then the spec changed around 2005 to 4 pure modules [C1 to C4]/2 applied. Then it changed again.

Edexcel have an 'Emporium' online for teacher access which has some even older papers and every paper since 1988

The modular papers were/75 and an A was 80 UMS [no A* at first] the raw mark to UMS varied, In Jan 2009 you had to get 69/75 in C4 for 80 UMS ...

My cousin's tutor has Maths Emporium, so I got all the papers from 1988 to 2020 as well. lol

I am also convinced the papers are all good practice, even if looking at the mark schemes. Because the topics have not changed much. Infact, some questions in Statistics and Mechanics are very similar. Also, on YouTube, some videos of successful A* grade achievers said: "I done all the papers from 2005 to 2018." Then they got the A*.

I think skylark was implying she wouldn't ever want to live in London, regardless of how much she was being paid. It's becoming more and more common now. I spent a while in London and I've left too and plan never to return!

You've misinterpreted what I meant - sure I could/would earn enough to live in or commute to London. I've been headhunted and offered it, more than once. No thanks. I value living in the countryside and having a commute of less than half an hour a heck of a lot more than I value having a six figure salary.

Doesn't mean I'm right, or better than someone who doesn't feel that way. It's a personal choice.

Sometimes the convo's got to flow a little, especially as OP's posts are quite flippant and idealistic.

Above everything, attitude is extremely important in life. Seeing a glass half full than half empty - look on the +ves. Purpose is essential.

Success or otherwise is in your mind. You live your whole life inside your mind. It better be a good place.

On a lighter note, if someone can describe being on TSR as interesting, that is the hallmark of positive attitude. Respect!

That's incredibly sexist - women go to Oxford too.