AEA Prep Thread - 25th June 2015 (Edexcel)

What I dont really understand is why people think AEA is significantly easier than STEP. I honestly think if you gave me any STEP 1 paper I am 100% sure I would get a high 2 and really I should get a 1 (would be disappointing if I didnt), whilst if you gave me an AEA paper I would be getting a low merit each time, no way is a 2 equivalent to a Distinction in AEA, a 2 is much easier. I guess they are both different styles of mathematics but still.

Everybody has their own opinion about it...
The best way to assess it is to put 2 able students without any preparation on both papers.
My feeling is that
... to achieve lower grades AEA is easier.
... to achieve high grades AEA is harder.
I also feel that STEP is more predictable in the type of questions, so you can prepare/train better.
Finally AEA has no choice.

It is just that TSR is full of Cambridge hangers on and Cambridge wannabes that worship anything which remotely associated with Cambridge.

I think personally AEA is a good exam, I think is as hard if not harder and possibly better assessor of ability than STEP I, and I will be truly sad to see AEA go.

PS. Isn't strange that people do STEP II and STEP III reasonably well and could not get 100% on the EDEXCEL FP3 the other day...

U talkin bout me madas matey.


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Firstly have some respect, as to how you address me ....
Secondly your usename has not been mentioned in any shape or form.

Chill. I was joking lol.


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I thought you were so there is no hard feelings...
...and no I was not referring to you.

For (B) on this would I be penalised for taking the cross product (which is FP3 knowledge) rather than doing the C4 method?

Thought so hehe. Also I thought I did ok in FP3 given i learnt the two big chapters the day before.


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For (B) on this would I be penalised for taking the cross product (which is FP3 knowledge) rather than doing the C4 method?

definitely not

No, they mention being OK with people using integrating factors in one of the reports.

I didn't think I would be, but thanks for the reassurance!

no worries ...
hasn't the AEA taken place already?

Tomorrow


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For question 3 in the 2014 paper, any specific strategy on approaching the sketches? I mean there's nothing wrong with part (i) but not really sure how to approach parts (ii) and (iii)