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Isaac Senior Physics Challenge 2024

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Reply 80

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by hackinharry22
😭😭😭 I'm so sorry and I suppose I hope you get on the camp tbh...
My motivation is partly that I want to get into Cambridge and I heard this is an easy way in from my teacher who taught people that got into the camp and they all got into the uni. The other part is just that I want to make my rivals suffer : )

Lmao relatable.

Reply 81

Hey guys! Do you know if its just the Master maths and MPQs that don't count or are there other questions that don't count (other than practice Q's)?? (Just want to be sure I am doing enough of the right questions 😂)

Reply 82

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by 1_over_cos(C)
Hey guys! Do you know if its just the Master maths and MPQs that don't count or are there other questions that don't count (other than practice Q's)?? (Just want to be sure I am doing enough of the right questions 😂)

Fairly sure it's just those that don't count.

Reply 83

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by 1_over_cos(C)
Hey guys! Do you know if its just the Master maths and MPQs that don't count or are there other questions that don't count (other than practice Q's)?? (Just want to be sure I am doing enough of the right questions 😂)

hi! pretty sure it's just those...

may i ask how many you have done?

(love the name by the way)

Reply 84

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by hackinharry22
hi! pretty sure it's just those...
may i ask how many you have done?
(love the name by the way)

Cheers😂!! I've done 435 so far but I'm the only one in my tiny school so I think I stand a chance.

Reply 85

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by CelestialMaster7
Fairly sure it's just those that don't count.

Niice ty

Reply 86

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by CelestialMaster7
That was our plan as well, but the people in our school took it as a challenge instead of as a threat. 😭


Hahaha you’ve just gotta flex your pie chart in mid December that’s what I was doing

Reply 87

Do we know where the threshold might lie this year? And also does anyone know what they mean by the fair distribution of physics to maths questions? I’m on 23% maths and worrying it’s not enough

Reply 88

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by hackinharry22
if you're that worried about it, you should ask them. there are genuinely tons of maths questions you can do. even the uni c1's are fairly easy compared to the physics questions, so you can grind as many as you want.


Thanks! Maybe I’ll ask them about it then. Where are these maths questions that I can do? I’ve tried the ones I have left and they’re all impossible haha. (I’ve got about 30 a level ones left)

Reply 89

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by TheSturmanator
Thanks! Maybe I’ll ask them about it then. Where are these maths questions that I can do? I’ve tried the ones I have left and they’re all impossible haha. (I’ve got about 30 a level ones left)

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Reply 90

Do any of you guys know if questions with one part multiple choice and the rest actual question count or not?

Reply 91

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by Bbobgfjjffj
Do any of you guys know if questions with one part multiple choice and the rest actual question count or not?

Pretty sure they do.

Reply 92

Would around 550 questions be enough to make it onto the camp?

Reply 93

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by d3223
Would around 550 questions be enough to make it onto the camp?


I obviously can’t say for certain, but I see this as possible if you’re the only person from your school doing it.

Reply 94

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by d3223
Would around 550 questions be enough to make it onto the camp?

In previous years it definitely would have been, but considering the amount of competition this year, I wouldn't let my guard down.

Reply 95

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by CelestialMaster7
In previous years it definitely would have been, but considering the amount of competition this year, I wouldn't let my guard down.

agreed, I'm on like 850 (overlaps) and i'm still gunning it, but it's different for me because i have internal competition...

Reply 96

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by hackinharry22
agreed, I'm on like 850 (overlaps) and i'm still gunning it, but it's different for me because i have internal competition...

also, I did about 100 c1's and 50 c2s ish before the challenge. how damaging will this be?

Reply 97

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by hackinharry22
also, I did about 100 c1's and 50 c2s ish before the challenge. how damaging will this be?

Good news for you - if you mean before the "academic year" started, I emailed Isaac about that and literally got a response like 10 hours ago saying that "all questions done since the creation of your account will be counted towards the summer school" - hope that helps!

Reply 98

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by hackinharry22
also, I did about 100 c1's and 50 c2s ish before the challenge. how damaging will this be?

Surely your maths physics ratio is messed up at that point.

Reply 99

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by Bbobgfjjffj
Surely your maths physics ratio is messed up at that point.

Nah it still counts those questions in the ratio, and anyways, if you get to the point where you have done most of the questions on the website, your ratio would still be somewhat messed up because I'm fairly sure theres a decent bit more physics than maths.

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