Oxford MAT 2013/2014

Figured I could make a thread here since there wasn't one :333

This is for discussion of the Oxford MAT used for admissions to the university, for those taking it in November 2013.

How's everyone feeling about it? I've been going through the past papers but I'm really struggling with the trigonometry questions :frown:

( Just can't get my head around them...

Here are some past papers to help you out.

JosephML posted some practice entrance sheets here.

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alexmufc1995

Original post by megiddo_

( Just can't get my head around them...

Hey

I'll be taking the test this year too! Very, very nervous to be completely honest :s-smilie:

Some very tricky questions on the past papers!

Which college are you applying to? And how did your AS Levels go? :smile:

Hopefully we can attract a few more people into this thread, seems a bit quiet at the moment!

Reply 3

joostan

I shall be taking MAT for Imperial. I have been meaning to start prep for a while now, perhaps I shall begin :smile:

Reply 4

alexmufc1995

Original post by joostan

I shall be taking MAT for Imperial. I have been meaning to start prep for a while now, perhaps I shall begin :smile:

Oh, do any other Universities, excluding Oxford and Imperial, use the MAT?

How did your AS maths/further go? :smile:

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joostan

Original post by alexmufc1995

Oh, do any other Universities, excluding Oxford and Imperial, use the MAT?

How did your AS maths/further go? :smile:

Just those two I think. A few others use STEP.
I did AS and A2 Maths this year. I got an A* 589/600 :smile:

UMS breakdown:

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What about you?

Reply 6

alexmufc1995

Original post by joostan

Just those two I think. A few others use STEP.
I did AS and A2 Maths this year. I got an A* 589/600 :smile:

UMS breakdown:

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What about you?

Wow!

Kudos to you my friend - those scores are truly incredible! Are you taking AS and A2 Further Maths next year then?

My UMS (Edexcel BTW):

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Reply 7

joostan

Original post by alexmufc1995

Wow!

Kudos to you my friend - those scores are truly incredible! Are you taking AS and A2 Further Maths next year then?

My UMS (Edexcel BTW):

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Thanks. . . That's pretty good too :tongue:

Yes, I am. I presume you are too?

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alexmufc1995

Original post by joostan

Thanks. . . That's pretty good too :tongue:

Yes, I am. I presume you are too?

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Cheers

Well I'm doing it the other way around - I've done AS in maths and AS in further and I'm doing A2 in both this year!

Let me know if you have any problems - which, looking at your UMS scores, is probably unlikely :tongue:

Hopefully we can get MAT candidates posting their unsolved questions on this thread too :smile:

Reply 9

joostan

Original post by alexmufc1995

Cheers

Hopefully we can get MAT candidates posting their unsolved questions on this thread too :smile:

I prefer to work out any problems on my own, no matter how long it takes :tongue:

Could well do. . . :smile:

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megiddo_

oh wow, some people appeared!

I'm thinking of applying for Balliol right now, still not entirely sure though...

AS Levels were AAAB, plus two modules for FM because I missed the first one :frown:

They're in Maths, Physics, Computing and Spanish respectively.

UMS and stuff:

C1 - 98
C2 - 100
M1 - 100
FP1 - 91
S2 - 92

Reply 11

joostan

Original post by megiddo_

oh wow, some people appeared!

I'm thinking of applying for Balliol right now, still not entirely sure though...

AS Levels were AAAB, plus two modules for FM because I missed the first one :frown:

They're in Maths, Physics, Computing and Spanish respectively.

UMS and stuff:

C1 - 98
C2 - 100
M1 - 100
FP1 - 91
S2 - 92

Yes we have indeed appeared :tongue:

Nice - did you take S2 without S1?

Reply 12

alexmufc1995

Original post by megiddo_

oh wow, some people appeared!

I'm thinking of applying for Balliol right now, still not entirely sure though...

AS Levels were AAAB, plus two modules for FM because I missed the first one :frown:

They're in Maths, Physics, Computing and Spanish respectively.

UMS and stuff:

C1 - 98
C2 - 100
M1 - 100
FP1 - 91
S2 - 92

Hey, nice grades :smile:

which AS levels are you taking into next year?

I had a look at Balliol as well when I went down to Oxford on an open day and it looks amazing! That being said I think I'll be applying to Merton as it has a good maths tradition - note: I'm applying for maths & philosophy :biggrin:

How many MAT papers have you tried? I don't want to exhaust them to early, since the past paper resources aren't exactly vast... :colondollar:

Reply 13

joostan

Original post by alexmufc1995

Hey, nice grades :smile:

How many MAT papers have you tried? I don't want to exhaust them to early, since the past paper resources aren't exactly vast... :colondollar:

There's a fair few here. :smile:

Reply 14

alexmufc1995

Original post by joostan

There's a fair few here. :smile:

Ah cheers! That should keep me going for a while :biggrin:

Reply 15

joostan

Original post by alexmufc1995

Ah cheers! That should keep me going for a while :biggrin:

No problem :smile:

Reply 16

megiddo_

Original post by alexmufc1995

Hey, nice grades :smile:

which AS levels are you taking into next year?

...

How many MAT papers have you tried? I don't want to exhaust them to early, since the past paper resources aren't exactly vast... :colondollar:

Just maths, further and physics; the classic three :tongue:

I think I've briefly looked at all of them and done a couple of questions on those but I definitely have one I made sure I haven't done.

Original post by joostan

Yes we have indeed appeared :tongue:

Nice - did you take S2 without S1?

Yup, though I had no clue what to do given Var(3-2X) in one of the exam questions...only a couple of marks dropped though. Self teaching S1 this year.

Reply 17

joostan

Original post by megiddo_

Just maths, further and physics; the classic three :tongue:

I think I've briefly looked at all of them and done a couple of questions on those but I definitely have one I made sure I haven't done.

Yup, though I had no clue what to do given Var(3-2X) in one of the exam questions...only a couple of marks dropped though. Self teaching S1 this year.

Impressive, and mildly unfortunate. . . Seems a bizarre way to do things :tongue:

I do prefer S2 though :smile:

Reply 18

alexmufc1995

It's the last question - i.e question 5 - on every paper which I find the most difficult. They have some crazy context for those questions which, although the solution is reasonably straightforward, catches me out almost every time :redface: