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Reply 2000

Hi just looking for some opinions,
applying for Maths Masters course, at durham, bath and liverpool is my backup. (im predicted A*AA for maths, further maths and physics and plan on sitting step) have 2 spaces to fill with either : nottingham, st andrews, york, birmingham. What would you do ? :confused:

any advice would be appreciated

I'd definately choose york! Its my home town so i'm going to be biased but.....its a great uni, prestigous, very good for maths, in a good location in a lovely city (and one of my friends mum is a maths lecturer there!!) but yeah you should apply there :smile:

Plus i hear nottingham is good for maths...

Good luck :biggrin:

Reply 2001

Farhan.Hanif93

If anyone has killed off most of the Oxford stuff and is looking for more questions then you might want to try these:

Oxford MAT 1992-1995

By the way, some of these questions will be inaccessible if you've only done AS.

Reply 2002

jameswhughes

Original post by 1sas09

any advice would be appreciated

This might not help, but Warwick would be a good choice, with those predictions and that you plan on taking STEP.

Reply 2003

jilebinator

Original post by Xero Xenith

As above. Did you actually get that in a past paper, or are you just asking? :tongue:

(Note that MAT papers are much harder than A-level papers. Most people get more like 60%!)

my highest was 92% (marked by my teacher, i only got two multiple choice wrong),i think it was a one off though, apart from that i average around 65-70%

Reply 2004

fGDu

Original post by Farhan.Hanif93

Thanks for sharing, should I be worried if I can't do some of these? They seem a lot harder than the recent MAT questions.

Reply 2005

jilebinator

what happens if my solutions to questions in the MAT papers are different from the mark schemes.
do i lose marks?

do the papers get scanned? if not, does that mean i can write in pencil?

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 2006

TheMagicMan

Original post by jilebinator

what happens if my solutions to questions in the MAT papers are different from the mark schemes.
do i lose marks?

do the papers get scanned? if not, does that mean i can write in pencil?

As long as they are correct you will get full marks. The guys marking this do know some maths unlike a-level markers :tongue:

Reply 2007

Farhan.Hanif93

Original post by fGDu

Thanks for sharing, should I be worried if I can't do some of these? They seem a lot harder than the recent MAT questions.

No, you shouldn't be.

I wouldn't say they are much harder but there is a noticeable difference in style. Furthermore, back in those days the majority of applicants to Oxford would have already completed Maths and Further Maths A-Levels, so the test is set accordingly. They know that isn't the case today.

Reply 2008

Aristotle's' Disciple

Wow, the MAT looks harder than STEP I imo!

Reply 2009

officeface

Would just like to say, acknowledgement from Oxford came through today! :biggrin:

5/5 acknowledged (although it means nothing, happy all the same!)

Reply 2010

emma.ball11

Just wondering if anyone has had any offers from anywhere other than bath?

Reply 2011

Edwin Okli

Original post by emma.ball11

Just wondering if anyone has had any offers from anywhere other than bath?

Nope, nothing from anywhere including Bath here. I hope I hear something from Bath soon.

Reply 2012

Xero Xenith

Original post by 1sas09

any advice would be appreciated

Nottingham is (apparently) beautiful and very highly ranked internationally as well as here. St Andrews also seems brilliant, but it's Scottish and I refused to apply there purely on that. If they're so keen to screw over us English people, why should I bother applying? England has some great universities that don't have discrimination built in to the finance system.

Original post by jilebinator

my highest was 92% (marked by my teacher, i only got two multiple choice wrong),i think it was a one off though, apart from that i average around 65-70%

That's extremely impressive if you did it in timed conditions. Actually, it's impressive no matter what, but really quite amazing if it was timed! You should be proud, the MAT is tough :biggrin:

65% or thereabouts should be fine. When I was there I spoke to a girl who said she got in with ~55%, but she said she 'must have had a good interview' (so 55% is low).

Best of luck :smile:

Reply 2013

emma.ball11

Original post by Edwin Okli

Nope, nothing from anywhere including Bath here. I hope I hear something from Bath soon.

I only found out yesterday I had an offer so i'm sure you'll hear soon :smile:

Reply 2014

beelz

Original post by emma.ball11

I only found out yesterday I had an offer so i'm sure you'll hear soon :smile:

:O What UMS did you get for each module?

Reply 2015

Intriguing Alias

Original post by TheMagicMan

It's probably automatically generated, or at the very least a stock e-mail. Still it's nicer than imperial who don't even acknowledge you.

I may be being naive but it didn't seem auto-generated or stock email to me :smile:

Just that he said 'Thank you Hassan. Safely received. Please feel free to.....'

Seems it'd be more professional if it was pre-written - or maybe that's all to trick us :wink:

Reply 2016

maths134

Original post by hassi94

I may be being naive but it didn't seem auto-generated or stock email to me :smile:

Just that he said 'Thank you Hassan. Safely received. Please feel free to.....'

Seems it'd be more professional if it was pre-written - or maybe that's all to trick us :wink:

Mine said exactly that =p. Im assuming its a template.