MAT Prep Thread 2017 [2nd November 2017]

I highly recommend you people to think about Mathematics and Computer Science.
I went to Imperial (Huxley Building)^TM to do my Joint Mathematics and Computer Science interview and got a chance to ask questions to the professors and the current students. The professor said that employers love JMC students. He said JP Morgan^TM gives out 500 GBP to top 15 of the JMC students for absolutely no reason, Goldman Sachs^TM thinks 30 something students is just not enough, Amadeus^TM thinks JMC students are better than MIT students. Students got internships in the United States in Apple^TM in California, Codecademy^TM in New York City, and other European regions. A current student I met did his internship in Facebook^TM. Some students showed me a project they did (Sponsored by Microsoft^TM) and it was basically applying high level computing techniques to fly multiple (100+) drones the most efficient way possible and they showed me a simulation of it and it was really interesting.

It's not all just computer science though. The professor said JMC students do more Mathematics than MIT Mathematics undergraduates and you can basically apply to either Computer Science PhDs or Mathematics PhDs or even Biology PhD programs.

However, if you're the kind of person who does not want lessons / tutorials from 9 AM to 5 PM, it isn't the course for you. Honestly was shocked at the JMC timetable.

@gavinlowe What was the average MAT score for all applicants, now that they have been marked, Thanks for your help

Is there something seriously not right because I haven't heard from Oxford yet and everyone else has. Sorry to ask again but it's kinda torture coz everyone else has heard.

Ah cheers. That's a relief. Is Sunday an official cut off point then?

Yes, they must let the applicants know 7 days before the interview date.

Now I look back to the MAT paper we did I realised how easy it was smh

Same. I wont say easy but rather how "doable" the questions were if I hadnt panicked during the exam!

For real man, its all the time pressure and exam pressure. Question 2 looks so easy now I try it

Yeah. And we were thinking after the exam that this was the hardest paper ever hahaha.
Oh well! Maybe if I perform really well in my IB and in STEP 1,2 I might consider reapplying. Havent give up on the Oxbridge dream yet haha.

I am just concerned that I won't ever get a MAT like this again lol. Just out of interest, why you doing STEP 1,2?

Holy Product Placement, Batman!

Have to say, cynically, that this fits in my (undoubtedly biased) image of Imperial students - far more interested in where they're going to end up working than about their course.

Yeah, "work you hard" has always been Imperial's unoffiical motto.

Just cause I really wanna be in a position where I can consider reapplying to Oxford. If I manage to get good grades in STEP 1,2 then that might even mean that I can consider Cambridge next year if I reapply .
Just don't feel as if I did myself justice after the MAT, really very dissapointed in myself.

Just cause I really wanna be in a position where I can consider reapplying to Oxford. If I manage to get good grades in STEP 1,2 then that might even mean that I can consider Cambridge next year if I reapply .
Just don't feel as if I did myself justice after the MAT, really very dissapointed in myself.

yeah i suppose thats true, isn't it hard for you to cope with STEP with your IB test? Sorry i don't know much about IB, I'm assuming it takes place in June

Just to let you know, you can't apply to Cambridge whilst studying in another university unless you get a letter from the head of school / department.

No the good thing about IB is that the exams are in May, and I have my last exam on the 17th of May and STEP 1 is on the 12th of June.
So I have a full month to prepare only for STEP.