Mathematics Applicants 2012

Hiya,

GCSE: 2A*, 1A, 6B, 1C (short course)
AS Levels: Maths, further maths, physics. Taking up geology next year.
Currently predicted: AAB
Considering: G100. Royal Holloway, St Andrews (it's a dream), Edinburgh, Newcastle, Southampton and some others.
Preparation: Attending Headstart course for maths in the summer. Reading Fermat's Last Theorem and two other books after.
Read a lot into the maths side of cryptography - I find it very interesting.

Can anyone recommend any good maths books to read? Can be about anything maths related.

Heya,

Hiya,

GCSE: 11A*
A Levels: Maths, further maths, physics, chemistry, biology, general studies AS
Currently predicted: 4A* in A2, A*/A in biology and A in general studies AS
Considering: one of oxbridge (favouring cambridge at the moment), imperial, warwick, bath, bristol, york
Preparation: background reading, did an OU course, going on Headstart in summer, and a cambridge masterclass hopefully too

Is anyone doing STEP I this year?
Thanks

Which Headstart course are you going on? I'm going on the Durham 1 Maths course.

And welcome to the thread =)

Hi

I'm going to the Royal Holloway one. Chose it as first choice because it's one of my top choices for university.

Hi

I'm going to the Royal Holloway one. Chose it as first choice because it's one of my top choices for university.

Are you planning on going to Royal holloway for 2012 start?
Have you ordered a prospectus yet?

Yeah, I'm thinking about it. Went to the open day in March so I picked up a fair bit of information then.

Anyone else going to the warwick open day on the 7th?

I am! I can't wait, Warwick is one of my first choices

Me too hopefully. Have you booked many sessions? I've booked the MORSE one, the civil engineering one and the two maths ones. I don't know if i'll turn up to all of them though.

I booked quite a few. i booked the maths, MORSE, accomodation, admissions, the lannguage module one and want to book the tour on the day as well. Same, I don't think I left enough time to get to one session to another Are you thinking or doing MORSE as well? I think its really interesting but I'm still deciding between them, or I might just apply to both of them

I'm having the same problem deciding, MORSE looks brilliant but i'm worried that it will be really competitive. I think I'll also be at a disadvantage because I don't have Economics. I was considering booking the accommodation session but you go to them on the tours so I just figured that would be enough.

I'm having the same problem deciding, MORSE looks brilliant but i'm worried that it will be really competitive. I think I'll also be at a disadvantage because I don't have Economics. I was considering booking the accommodation session but you go to them on the tours so I just figured that would be enough.

Anyone else going to the warwick open day on the 7th?

They just have to be difficult don't they. Oxford and Cambridge both have open days for Maths on the 7th and 14th of May so I'm going to both of those and not going to the field Warwick.

I've also just visited Edinburgh and it seems nice so that could be one of my choices

I seem to remember a previous conversation where we discussed the fieldiness of Warwick, and both got negged for it. Oh, and Edinburgh's awesome - if I didn't live here I'd totally apply.

Haha I remember that too, I'll visit it at some point though to see how isolated it actually is. I doubt I'll change my mind though

Edinburgh is full of fields but they're right in the middle of the city so it's awesome But it seems like it would be an expensive place to live, with all the tourists around, even though I don't mind tourists. I'm probably still applying to Manchester even though I live here

The tourists aren't year-round. They swarm in August, but get replaced by a swarm of students in September. Not sure how expensive rent is - I do know that most students seem to share flats in Marchmont (for example) between about four or five people, though.

Well, my house is actually closer to the university than the Halls of Residence, and both my parents are professors there. So I can't really go there unless I want to actually be less independent than I am at the moment!

I too should probably visit Warwick. Or at least get a prospectus and stare at all the pretty pictures of fields .

Ahh cool. See i didnt realise i wanted to go until after march...theres an open day in june but its during school hours so i might not be able to go. and london is a long way away from where i live in york so...

Was the university good?? The castle accomodation looks amazing online!