Would I be competitive for Imperial

There are far better places to go to than Imperial for Maths.

Manchester - https://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2024/?k=maths
Warwick - https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/studywithus/ug
Bath - https://www.bath.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-2024/mathematical-sciences/
etc

Wow really? I thought Imperial was like best of the best lol.

Thanks - I'll have a look at all 3. I was already thinking about Manchester and I visited Warwick last year too - lovely campus.

Wow really? I thought Imperial was like best of the best lol.

Thanks - I'll have a look at all 3. I was already thinking about Manchester and I visited Warwick last year too - lovely campus.

Imperial is very good, don't listen to that comment it's completely wrong. In terms of how good unis are considered for maths it goes Cambridge, then Oxford, then Imperial and Warwick. Manchester and Bath are both very good but definitely a step down from Warwick and Imperial. Also I'm at Warwick Maths so AMA if you have any questions.

Kinda disagree….top 3 are so different in terms of offering. Cambridge is very much pure math, Oxford - is also pure but with an option of statistics, and imperial math has the most flexibility where you do pure /core math for 1.5 years and then the world is your oyster : BS vs MS, year aboard, pure math, applied math, statistics and finance, etc. Cambridge and Oxford are very much academia and you’ll need masters to make it relevant for the real world. So don’t hang up on rankings, and decide based on what you would like to do and what kind of employment access you have on campus. But if academia is your choice….there are plenty of masters programs and beyond in math beyond Oxbridge.

Kinda disagree….top 3 are so different in terms of offering. Cambridge is very much pure math, Oxford - is also pure but with an option of statistics, and imperial math has the most flexibility where you do pure /core math for 1.5 years and then the world is your oyster : BS vs MS, year aboard, pure math, applied math, statistics and finance, etc. Cambridge and Oxford are very much academia and you’ll need masters to make it relevant for the real world. So don’t hang up on rankings, and decide based on what you would like to do and what kind of employment access you have on campus. But if academia is your choice….there are plenty of masters programs and beyond in math beyond Oxbridge.

From where have you got the conclusion that Cambridge is "very pure math"? Its famous for its Theoretical Physics options. Sure its also top for Pure Maths but if anything the most biased top uni towards pure maths is probably Warwick. Oxbridge have a higher percentage in academia but its vompletely false you need a masters to apply it to the real world, they have world leading applied maths courses too. If you look at quant firm recruiting numbers Oxbridge is still the most represented (with Imperial third). Dont get me wrong Imperial is brilliant but this advice is bad.

Cambridge is famously known for its offerings in applied maths and theoretical physics. Oxford has very similar options to Cambridge (a few more pure maths, a few less applied).
Pure maths at degree level and beyond has a very different meaning to at A-level. What you call pure maths at A-level is referred to as mathematical methods at degree level.
Also this thread is 11 months old, please don't bump old threads!