STEP Prep Thread 2016

Im really struggling with step i don't think ill get into cambridge

Keep at it. Try STEP 1 2000, it's a nice paper, I managed to get decent solutions for about 5 of the pure questions so it was a good confidence booster.


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This guy???

I am Andrew Wiles god amongst you all

ur just jealous

Man, I am so jealous of you! I wish my life was so cool that I the best thing I have to do on a Thursday night is troll some random maths forum. Teach me your ways? How do you be so cool?

The previous parts of the question used a certain substitution style, can you learn from the previous parts and try out a similar substitution (adapting it to this scenario)?

$x^2-4 x+\sqrt{2 x^2-8 x-3} -9= 0$

Any ideas? without getting a quartic

Is this from a STEP Question? If so, please could you tell me which one?


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I don't have access to the papers right now, but iirc it was STEP 2013 Q1. In any case, it was Q1 of a recent-ish paper!

Is step accepted in germany?

"Accepted" in what sense?

It's an entrance exam specific to Cambridge that has been "hijacked" by a very small number of British universities to allow them to make alternative or more flexible offers. It's not even "accepted" in Britain in the wider sense because most unis won't have a clue what it is, and it really isn't relevant to all but a few top uni courses

Oh thanks for your reply

Oh thanks for your reply

If your question is "can I sit STEP in Germany?", the answer is yes, but you may need to make early arrangements to find somewhere close to you.

Yes, I interpreted the question as "will German universities accept STEP?", but if the OP's talking about sitting STEP in Germany for Cambridge then there must be a (small) number of students who do this each year

If your question is "can I sit STEP in Germany?", the answer is yes, but you may need to make early arrangements to find somewhere close to you.

That's great, I am planning to study there for bachelors next year. My A levels weren't that good, Step might give an advantage to me hopefully

So can we be a bit clearer on this please?

You are a UK resident, but you want to study Maths in Germany - correct?

You will need to check carefully with the German universities what their requirements are. I would be surprised if they recognize STEP, never mind accept it, but that is just an assumption and I am prepared to be corrected

So can we be a bit clearer on this please?

You are a UK resident, but you want to study Maths in Germany - correct?

You will need to check carefully with the German universities what their requirements are. I would be surprised if they recognize STEP, never mind accept it, but that is just an assumption and I am prepared to be corrected