Yay! It's nice to know there's another girl here who wants to do Maths at uni. I've heard things about the male/female ratio for subjects like Maths/Physics/etc. but I'm sure it's not as bad as I think it is.
really, i didn't think the ratio was that bad tbh. but hey nice to meet you.
Apologies, there was no gender symbol by your name. But the Cambridge summer school sounds good, i'm guessing it's way too late to apply?
I'm not to sure about applying because our school was given three places for the summer school. So anyone who was interested in applying for oxbridge was told. So I'm going for physics since there was no maths option. So I don't know anything about applications. Maybe if you ask your school?
I'm not to sure about applying because our school was given three places for the summer school. So anyone who was interested in applying for oxbridge was told. So I'm going for physics since there was no maths option. So I don't know anything about applications. Maybe if you ask your school?
Ok thanks, im not interested in oxbridge anyway but that's mainly because i have no chance at an offer. It would just be good to add to my personal statement.
I heard in some places it's like 70/30 but I could be totally wrong. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
By the way your GCSE's are amazing, how come your not thinking of applying to any of the 'bigger' maths uni's like Warwick?
70/30, XD dear god lol, liking those odds oj.
Thanks, your results are brilliant XD and you have so much stuff prepared!! action-packed summers, loving this.
Cuz I have doubts about whether I'm good enough for those places at times, and then other times I don't XD I have fears of mucking up interviews and all that other stuff. But I've still got a couple of months to boost the ol' self-esteem.
Ok thanks, im not interested in oxbridge anyway but that's mainly because i have no chance at an offer. It would just be good to add to my personal statement.
Lol, hence why I'm going, for the experience of cambridge and so I can write it down on my p.statement.
Yay! It's nice to know there's another girl here who wants to do Maths at uni. I've heard things about the male/female ratio for subjects like Maths/Physics/etc. but I'm sure it's not as bad as I think it is.
It could be worse, you could be doing computer science or engineering
Sorry to hijack the thread . Did not see the point iof starting a new one
For those in the know,do you need an innate mathematical ability to be able to do
university level maths,or is it something that can be learn't through 'skull sweat' ?
I think most people who love maths do have a natural ability for it. I was reading this book, it was an introduction to Mathematics, and it was talking about why a lot of people really dislike maths. It said because a lot of people don't have the natural ability to linking technique A and B together to solve a problem and find it hard to learn more upon what they already know in Maths. As they can't connect A to B they begin to dislike the subject because they simply can't keep up with it at GCSE/A level... onwards. So yes, I think the majority of people who do go on to study Maths at university are people who love the subject and therefore are likely to have a natural ability in it to a certain extent.
I think most people who love maths do have a natural ability for it. I was reading this book, it was an introduction to Mathematics, and it was talking about why a lot of people really dislike maths. It said because a lot of people don't have the natural ability to linking technique A and B together to solve a problem and find it hard to learn more upon what they already know in Maths. As they can't connect A to B they begin to dislike the subject because they simply can't keep up with it at GCSE/A level... onwards. So yes, I think the majority of people who do go on to study Maths at university are people who love the subject and therefore are likely to have a natural ability in it to a certain extent.
I was wondering because LSE don't run a pure maths course anymore =(
It's 75% mathematics so it would not be a problem adapting my PS slightly towards economics. LSE's a brilliant uni so this small tweak would be worth it.
It's 75% mathematics so it would not be a problem adapting my PS slightly towards economics. LSE's a brilliant uni so this small tweak would be worth it.
A while ago I was asking around whether it be okay to apply for Maths with Economics and Maths. What I got back was that if you put anything else but maths in your PS for somewhere like Oxford that they will see it as you haven't made your mind up and aren't committed 100% to maths (unless you blend the Economics part in very very well). So I don't really want to run the risk of sacrifcing my application for say Oxford when the competition at LSE is just as high or higher and I might not even get a place there at the end of it all. But I guess if you REALLY wanted to go to LSE then of course go for it.
It's 75% mathematics so it would not be a problem adapting my PS slightly towards economics. LSE's a brilliant uni so this small tweak would be worth it.
Hey, out of interest any idea whether it is really competitive like straight economics is at LSE?