Mathematics Applicants 2012

Anyone else applying for Oxbridge but not Warwick, or are anyone_can_fly and I the only ones?



Still not completely sure about it though, I mean it's an extra year of fees



I think for some universities you have to take some language modules



http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ugprospectus/facultiesanddepartments/mathematics/mathseuropecourses
Bristol stupidly doesn't tell you, and I haven't looked at any other unis

Thanks for the links.
I have never visited Warwick, but do not need STEP next year for them. So it seems stupid not too... Why are you not applying?
BTW, which Oxford college are you applying too?

Also, a general question to all applying early (i.e. for Oxbridge). What dates should send of our apps? Does it matter (as long as it is before the deadline) with any unis?

What makes you think you don't need STEP next year for Warwick? Often, even if you've made the grade already in year 12, they'll ask for a STEP grade in conjunction with your other A-levels in year 13.

When I applied to Warwick (this was for 2009 entry) I had a 2 in STEP I already when their standard offer was AAB+2. I was asked to repeat STEP and get at least a 2 in STEP II/III.

Things could have changed since then, though.

When I applied to Warwick (this was for 2009 entry) I had a 2 in STEP I already when their standard offer was AAB+2. I was asked to repeat STEP and get at least a 2 in STEP II/III.

Things could have changed since then, though.

Thanks for the links.
I have never visited Warwick, but do not need STEP next year for them. So it seems stupid not too... Why are you not applying?
BTW, which Oxford college are you applying too?

Also, a general question to all applying early (i.e. for Oxbridge). What dates should send of our apps? Does it matter (as long as it is before the deadline) with any unis?

your UMS shouldn't matter in that respect but, obviously, they will make it harder for you to get an A* but by no means impossible. If you don't fancy retaking then don't because you don't need too.

welcome to the thread btw. where are you applying?

I haven't visited yet but I just don't like the idea of studying at a campus university surrounded by fields. As you can see all of the universities in my sig are city universities

Probably Worcester, maybe Balliol.

Won't make it harder to get an A*. As long as you get at least a B, getting an A* is just as difficult to get no matter what you get in AS (that's a B or above). Since you need 90% average over A2, and 80% average over all of A-level. If you get a B at AS, you are forced by the first condition to fulfil the second condition anyway.

Hey, I feel like introducing some banter/small talk in the light of people becoming edgy as AS results are in and 15/10 draws near.

What is your reason for wanting to do mathematics?

I had an epiphany today on exactly why I like mathematics and it's that I find the experiments and practicals in the other sciences dull compared to theory. I find knowing why (proofs, etc.) better than knowing how things work (independent/dependent variables...). It's hard to explain but I hope you get what I mean. I've always known that sciences (in the general term) is always what I wish to pursue rather than the arts but I've found out that the reason above is why I have singled out mathematics last year. Would you guys say that's a decent reason for my choice (since the physical sciences overlap heavily with mathematics anyway)? And of course I enjoy the problems, etc. (although they're not much different from physical sciences so that's not my main argument).

What about you guys?

Hey, I feel like introducing some banter/small talk in the light of people becoming edgy as AS results are in and 15/10 draws near.

What is your reason for wanting to do mathematics?

I had an epiphany today on exactly why I like mathematics and it's that I find the experiments and practicals in the other sciences dull compared to theory. I find knowing why (proofs, etc.) better than knowing how things work (independent/dependent variables...). It's hard to explain but I hope you get what I mean. I've always known that sciences (in the general term) is always what I wish to pursue rather than the arts but I've found out that the reason above is why I have singled out mathematics last year. Would you guys say that's a decent reason for my choice (since the physical sciences overlap heavily with mathematics anyway)? And of course I enjoy the problems, etc. (although they're not much different from physical sciences so that's not my main argument).

What about you guys?

Interesting I do understand what you mean; however, I have not always had my eye set on Science/Maths.

My mind is a strange one. By the end of my GCSEs I was insistent that I would end up studying either Physics or Music at University (Or Music college, maybe). That changed a lot though throughout the course of my AS levels.

Surprisingly, I only took to Maths in the past year. Before I had used it as a tool really. I had never been in the top set for Maths, just the second set and I didn't have the option in GCSE to sit the A* module so I opted to study at lunchtimes and after school sessions to do it. I did and I got an A* which made me very happy. But as I say, it wasn't until part way through AS that I started enjoying it

Surprisingly, I only took to Maths in the past year... it wasn't until part way through AS that I started enjoying it

Same here. GCSE was infuriatingly dull.

I know I liked it at middle school - our teacher used to make us race to complete a random 9x9 times tables grid and I got really competitive about it

Who's doing Further Maths here?