Oxbridge Maths People

Incidentally, and not assuming anything here, if you're looking for an indication of the mathematical level you need for oxbridge, i wouldn't worry about ums, rather step grades, anything other 550+ ums is indicative of high ability, but i wouldn't call a 595 mathmo better than a 560, you simply can't tell.

Dudes:

I know it was a LONG time ago, now, but can you remember your individual, or, if not, your total marks for maths and further? If you can, and don't mind displaying them here, I'd be mucho gratified

T

I agree - just look at the scores of that guy who's name I've forgotten ( ) who's got golds in the IMO. Most of the people on his thread have as good/better a-level scores than him, but he's in a completely different league.

Paul Jefferys won gold last year at the IMO, I wonder what he's got this year... I'll ask him if I ever meet him at Cambridge. Anyway, I did the BMO when I was still first year. Got into the 2nd round, which means I was in the top less than 100 for a year. I am never bothered about full marks on any papers. People who goes arround showing off their full marks at A'Level are shallow and so are those going around showing off their As in General Studies. If any of you are interested in tough maths problems, do a search on google uk. Plenty past papers to be found there. (I am no longer a maths whore, however.)

I can't even remember if I ever got my score, though it was back in 2001. I got an Exam Board "Top 5" Award for both Maths and Further Maths, so it must of been 95%+ or something. But I agree with what has been said above, when I was doing the BMO2/FST stuff, not everyone had 100% on their A-Levels. At the higher end of the scale (above 90%, say) UMS is a pretty poor indicator of differing abilities.

People who are clever, like that friend of mine who's got an S on STEP II, are normally careless when it comes to easy questions. I guess that really explains it.

I agree with you, guys. The first maths modules are the easiest, but they are also the most difficult to get 100.Everybody is doing well on these papers, so dropping a single raw mark would mean you miss it.( Oh, my boring time spent on perfecting my answer, searching for every possible slips and adding a lot of redundant stuffs that save you just a few marks ) However, some later modules are also difficult to get 100, but in a different sense.( The recent P6 paper (edexcel ) was really challenging ). I like the types of maths in the BMO and Steps, but I am also delighted to see many 100 in my result. Isn't it nice ?
Mine is:
P1: 98 (retook)(98)
P2:100
P3:100
M1:100
M2:100
M3:100
total: 598

P4:100
P5:100
P6:99 ( retook)(96)
M4:100
M5:100
M6:100
total:599

I agree with you, guys. The first maths modules are the easiest, but they are also the most difficult to get 100.Everybody is doing well on these papers, so dropping a single raw mark would mean you miss it.( Oh, my boring time spent on perfecting my answer, searching for every possible slips and adding a lot of redundant stuffs that save you just a few marks ) However, some later modules are also difficult to get 100, but in a different sense.( The recent P6 paper (edexcel ) was really challenging ). I like the types of maths in the BMO and Steps, but I am also delighted to see many 100 in my result. Isn't it nice ?
Mine is:
P1: 98 (retook)(98)
P2:100
P3:100
M1:100
M2:100
M3:100
total: 598

P4:100
P5:100
P6:99 ( retook)(96)
M4:100
M5:100
M6:100
total:599

Dudes:

I know it was a LONG time ago, now, but can you remember your individual, or, if not, your total marks for maths and further? If you can, and don't mind displaying them here, I'd be mucho gratified

Cheers,

T