Oxford MAT 2013/2014

Maybe, you'd have to ask your referee though to be sure.

Plus an interview is a very different scenario from a tutorial. The power dynamic is very different, and the actual objectives are different too.

In a tutorial, you often want to put your "worst foot forwards"; that is, avoid the areas you're confident about, and draw attention to the areas you're unsure about. This is essentially the opposite of what you'd want to do in an interview!

I can't see it being that high!

If it is something in the 60s I am almost certain I will get an offer from Imperial- the multiple choice is a gift- 40 marks comfortably in the bag usually from my past paper practice

I get the impression that q5) although everyone is supposed to do it should be only for comp-sci applicants- It always has something to do with some kind of algorithm or program.

e.g Pn means move forward , left , forward ,right.. etc or something like that

Agreed. My lowest has been 36 on multiple choice but thats only after a few papers.

I agree. Those are the sorts of questions that I dislike - sometimes I'm completely stumped. There are just particular types of maths problems that don't agree with me.

Hopefully they don't expect my result to be seriously higher due to me being on a gap year.

Same- q5 can be annoyingly sticky- but is sometimes quite easy too- there was one about lockers and closing every nth multiple (2008 i think)

I do not think you will be disadvantaged too much- I recognise your username over the past months from the 2013 step thread
Did you apply to Cambrige, and narrowly miss your offer and now are applying to Oxford?

Here are a few:
Paper I 1994 Q7
Paper II 1994 Q1
Paper I 1996 Q3
Paper I 1997 Q1
Paper I 1998 Q1

Generally, Q1 will be fairly accessible in paper 1.

Hi.
Do we have to mention under 'Additional Admissions Test' on the UCAS application that we're doing the MAT?
If so, when will the 'Qualification Date' be?

When I went to enter it as an additional admissions test, I actually couldn't find an option for it in the drop down list so just left it.

I know, but there a box underneath the drop down menu that enables you to enter any other additional admissions tests. So I'm not sure if I should just use that to enter in the MAT.

How do i mark my MAT practice paper i did at home?

can anybody help me on q3(i) on oxford entrance preparation sheet 1?
I can see how to do it by differntiating a finding the maxima, but i cant see how to do it using only c1/c2 knowledge

The 2008 paper is such a nice one! (Would get 86 or 90 depending on whether I'm forgiving about the fact that I ignored 1 as a factor of 1000 in Q5...) I'm not sure whether the fact that my scores have been going up as I do most papers is due to correlation or by improvement and patience.
Also, I haven't done many past papers timed which is worrying and I only have 2 left. Woops.

Differentiation is the way to go. Bare in mind these sheets might be quite old and the syllabus was probably different when they were produced. Having said that, they're worth doing anyway as the thought process is probably as important as the material.

Edit: I've just checked briefly and from what I can tell Q3 and 4 of sheet one are the only offending questions.