Oxford MAT 2013/2014

Just re-read that. How about apologising to the rest of us?

I thought it might be beneficial to do some MAT questions to brush up on some maths I haven't done in a while so I decided to have a go at the 2012 paper. Long story short, can somebody drop me a hint for dealing with the question?


I'm struggling to find out what the graph of the function sin(sin) would look like.

So I did the 2012 paper there in more or less timed conditions - I got 75/100. The average score of successful Oxford candidates that year was 68 - however, for Imperial, would this sort of score be likely to get me an offer? I'm assuming I'll need higher since I'm post A-level.

I did overhear my tutor at the Oxford open day telling someone who has just finished their A-Levels he'd want to see a higher score. If 75 was a good score on that paper for those admitted to Oxford, it only makes sense that would also be a good score for Imperial.

Just re-read that. How about apologising to the rest of us?

I hope so. I've also been informed that Imperial actually don't require the MAT - a STEP offer can be used in replacement. I'm so confused with it all at the moment

Why would I apologise to everyone? how does that offend you so? - Being narrow minded only hurts me.

For every mindless comment you make which annoys me, the less inclined I am to try to help everyone else. Basic decency would suggest that if you make a comment which you no longer stand by, the least you can do is to apologise.

Is anyone else here really struggling with the longer questions? I seem to getting more or less full marks in all of the multiple choice questions, but have been getting extremely low marks across the rest of the paper

And more importantly, has anyone managed to significantly improve their ability to answer them? (getting really worried as I've applied for both Oxford & Imperial )

Me

How are you now managing to get such high scores? Getting 75 in your last paper is impressive

I seem to be getting more or less the same (low) scores in all of the papers I've attempted so far. Did you do anything specific in order to improve from paper to paper? (sorry for all of the question )

You just need to keep doing them, and STEP questions as well. Pretty much all degree questions (both on problem sheets and in Oxford's exams) are at least as long as the long questions on the MAT so it's definitely worthwhile spending as much time on them as you can.

You just need to keep doing them, and STEP questions as well. Pretty much all degree questions (both on problem sheets and in Oxford's exams) are at least as long as the long questions on the MAT so it's definitely worthwhile spending as much time on them as you can.

What's closer to degree standard; MAT or STEP? In terms of style I mean.

Is anyone else here really struggling with the longer questions? I seem to getting more or less full marks in all of the multiple choice questions, but have been getting extremely low marks across the rest of the paper

And more importantly, has anyone managed to significantly improve their ability to answer them? (getting really worried as I've applied for both Oxford & Imperial )

Im the opposite! I get 7 or 8 on multiple choice but usually get fullmarks on atleast 1 if not 2 of the longer questions and then ~12 on the rest.

With multiple choice theres not much guidance so if you dont get it youre screwed, but with longer questions you have been given more informstion generally