Oxford Applicants for 2012 Entry

yeah but all that stuff is minor compared to sending it off and applying. Won't know if we're being interviewed till the last minute.

For people doing the maths test:

How many marks is each part worth? Also, do you have to answer every single question, or just pick a few to do well?

Wadham, porque estoy una chica desenfrenada y liberada :P
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Still waiting for my useless and inconsiderate Head of Year to send my flooping reference & final application though

The multiple choice are worth four marks each - you either get four marks or nothing. You then answer four long questions (there's no choice, but it depends on the degree you're applying for) each of which is out of fifteen - the precise way these are marked is not known.

This means the multiple choice should take you about 6 minutes each, and the longer questions 22.5 minutes each.

I think you should certainly try every question (of the one's for your subject), but you certainly don't need everything right to get a "good score".

thanks, what advice would you give to prepare for the test?

So my referee mentioned pre-interview tests to me when sending off my application yesterday and I assumed I'd be able to register through my school and take it there... But she didn't mention anything... It's the TSA I'm taking but yeah. Now I'm all confused and there's no way I can get into contact with her I don't think as we are on holiday next week

For people doing the maths test:

How many marks is each part worth? Also, do you have to answer every single question, or just pick a few to do well?

Just to do all of the past papers and make sure you understand the answers that oxford give. Looking over the C1/C2 textbook might be a good idea if you're feeling rusty on anything.

What subject are you applying for?

I am applying for maths (single honours); ive just finished A level maths so it was quite a while since I did c1 and c2

I am applying for maths (single honours); ive just finished A level maths so it was quite a while since I did c1 and c2

Which is exactly why you should look over it, unless you remember everything from that aswell as C3,C4 and applied units

Yeah that's exactly my situation. Some of the finer points of C1/C2 have been forgotten....

One thing I particularly need to memorise is the formulae for summation of geometric series...

Aint no formula sheets for MAT I'm guessing. Ah don't you miss the days when all you had to remember was the quadratic formula.

Nope Although to be honest there's not much in the MAT that needs formulas (other than the series thing I just mentioned).

For both Maths and Physics A level they give you practically all of the formulas though Of course from doing lots of questions they end up engraved in your brain. And of course not looking them up saves time!

Is that Sn? = n/2(2a+(n-1)d) or something along those lines

Yeah exactly that. I can remember that one for arithmetic progressions (like 1,6,11,17...) - especially as you can write it as $\frac{n}{2}(a+l)$

But I struggle to remember the geometric progressions (e.g. 2, 20, 200, 2000) formula... although today I've 'learnt' the formula for summing to infinity when -1 < x < 1. I'll have it sussed for November 2nd though.

I just did it on Wednesday in FP1 Series & induction. It's been a long time since C2 for me and we only just struggled to piece it together.

Ah yes, the arithmetic is alot shorter yipee

Ahw I love the sum to infinity, when we proved it I was just like....

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