Mathematics Applicants 2012

Thought I'd be a bit keen and start it off a bit early. Who's applying for Mathematics in 2012 and where are you thinking of applying to?

GCSE: 2A*, 5A, 3B
AS Levels: Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry
Considering: (G101) Nottingham, Warwick, Southampton, Imperial, KCL, UEA and a few others.
Preparation: Reading mathematics related books, Practice STEP papers, finance related work experience, going to mathematics lectures.

Current Prospective Applicants:
IcedTea&PotNoodle
ben-smith
ilovedubstep
chibi_oc
Roscosmos
maths134
dnumberwang
Hoody93
hassi94
laughylolly

Edit: Everyone seems to be doing it anyway but post GCSE's, AS Levels, Possible Universities and how you are preparing for your application.

Hmm interesting: why the neg?

Sounds interesting. I read a bit about it in this book I'm reading. It was discussing how models are used to predict population growth. Then it went on to discuss modeling the behavior of gases... then brains and computers...



I wrote a post about mine above ^ ^

oooh what book is that?

I would agree but I did hear some people did get asked very specific things about their application - could have been a book they read (in my case it was my interest in mathematical demography which obviously sticked out like a sore thumb because not that may people care about it ).

I'm doing finance related work experience... closest related to Maths that I could find. And yay another girl! How come you are not thinking of applying to oxbridge, your GCSE's look pretty damn good.



Yay and another girl! What reading lists did you look at/which books did you buy?



And girls.


Has anyone started doing Oxford exam prep? Have you tried any of the extended questions (not multi-choice) and how are you finding them?

The books I mentioned on my PS were all on the Oxford reading list, so you'd think you're more likely to be asked about them, I wasn't.

The problem with maths is the fact that you really do need to give the entire cohort the exact same interview in order to properly compare applicants against each other. At New I had 3 interviews, and everyone had identical interviews (with the exception of some pointless playing with dominoes and playing cards which changed over the course of the week) but due to the interviews being so short, they couldn't really go into a discussion about anything.

Just a few books from the Oxford reading list haha. I haven't had the time to start reading them though I was going to start during the summer. I've got got:
Simon singh's cracking code book and fermat's last theorem
Paul hoffman's the man who loves numbers
Marcus du sautoy's music of primes and finding moonshine
Ian stewart's does god play dice

How about you? And have you started reading yours?

Oxford physics department

How did you pull that off? Would love to get one at a mathematics department in one of the London universities. Do you know what you will be doing there?

Do you have to have done work experience or read up on the subject of maths to get an offer?

Thanks I was thinking of applying to Cambridge but my UMS scores for my biology and chemistry exams weren't so good so i don't think i will get in and i don't want to waste a uni option applying there

Obviously this is nothing to base whether or not to apply to Cambridge on, but I got 240/300 in as physics and 165/200 in both of computing and general studies.

Obviously this is nothing to base whether or not to apply to Cambridge on, but I got 240/300 in as physics and 165/200 in both of computing and general studies.

I got a work placement at the Cavendish labs at Cambridge. I just emailed someone there and asked if I could shadow someone for a week in the summer and they said yes! I did email Imperial and some other London unis but none of them replied...

That's incredible, I think i might try that at a couple of the UoL colleges. Do you think It would still look good if I applied to the physics department rather than mathematics?

So I would imagine for myself a compromise of either mentioning two or three books. What about you guys?

I would probably only put 2 or 3 as well but would talk about them and not just mention them. Some people (admission staff) who I have talked to said to not just mention stuff that you have done but talk about how it shows your interest in maths or for books what you think about what has been written. That shows that you're not just doing it for your PS but because you actually enjoy maths.