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Stem smart residential

Hii so I’ve been doing this stemsmart programme and I haven’t gotten 100% completion on every assignment. I have like 18 at 100% and then 19 not fully completed (mean of about 70%). I’ve attended almost every single zoom meeting but missed 2 mentor meetings. I’m a bit worried I haven’t done enough to get into the residential so uh does anyone know the criteria? I know it’s based off of participation but idk if I’ve participated enough

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Reply 1

Original post by yourdesktopfan
Hii so I’ve been doing this stemsmart programme and I haven’t gotten 100% completion on every assignment. I have like 18 at 100% and then 19 not fully completed (mean of about 70%). I’ve attended almost every single zoom meeting but missed 2 mentor meetings. I’m a bit worried I haven’t done enough to get into the residential so uh does anyone know the criteria? I know it’s based off of participation but idk if I’ve participated enough

hi im about the same ive missed 2 mentor meetings and havent completed all 100%, ive heard as long as you attempt most questions dont have to be all correct then you should be fine- which subjects are you doing?

Reply 2

Original post by lola028
hi im about the same ive missed 2 mentor meetings and havent completed all 100%, ive heard as long as you attempt most questions dont have to be all correct then you should be fine- which subjects are you doing?


I’m doing double maths and physics ^^ wbu?
I’ve attempted most of the questions but istg I’m some of them feel like they’re written for geniuses

Reply 3

Original post by yourdesktopfan
I’m doing double maths and physics ^^ wbu?
I’ve attempted most of the questions but istg I’m some of them feel like they’re written for geniuses

ahhh im doing maths and chemistry
no honestly i read some and question if ive actually taken chemistry a level its mad
hopefully we both get onto the residential omg
for a few assignments its annoying im like 98% or 1 question off so it builds up in unfinished

Reply 4

Original post by lola028
ahhh im doing maths and chemistry
no honestly i read some and question if ive actually taken chemistry a level its mad
hopefully we both get onto the residential omg
for a few assignments its annoying im like 98% or 1 question off so it builds up in unfinished


Yeahh I mean for one of those super long last matrices questions it’s never ending. I really do hope we get into the residential because it seems like fun 😭😭 I wish they had a maths section for the residential but they didn’t 💔

Reply 5

Original post by yourdesktopfan
Yeahh I mean for one of those super long last matrices questions it’s never ending. I really do hope we get into the residential because it seems like fun 😭😭 I wish they had a maths section for the residential but they didn’t 💔

oh i didnt know they didnt have a maths section but tbf i havent looked fully into it yet haha
yeah the never ending questions do get to me a bit haha
its also annoying when like part a of a question is hard and theres about a thousand other parts which i struggle with bc the first bit is difficult
yeah honestly im dying to go

Reply 6

Original post by lola028
oh i didnt know they didnt have a maths section but tbf i havent looked fully into it yet haha
yeah the never ending questions do get to me a bit haha
its also annoying when like part a of a question is hard and theres about a thousand other parts which i struggle with bc the first bit is difficult
yeah honestly im dying to go


Yeahh I mean I’ve tried my best in the assignments I hope it’s enough for them 😭😭 lowkey was embarrassing when I got stuck on a stats question

Reply 7

Hey, I used to be a Mentor and the criteria is just participation and effort. 2 is a very normal number to miss, so please don’t worry about it. If there are more people who’ve participated enough than there are slots, I expect it would be randomised, so you’ve done everything you can. Really hope you get it!

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Original post by yourdesktopfan
Hii so I’ve been doing this stemsmart programme and I haven’t gotten 100% completion on every assignment. I have like 18 at 100% and then 19 not fully completed (mean of about 70%). I’ve attended almost every single zoom meeting but missed 2 mentor meetings. I’m a bit worried I haven’t done enough to get into the residential so uh does anyone know the criteria? I know it’s based off of participation but idk if I’ve participated enough

I'm also on it rn!! I do just single maths and physics all of my assignments are completed apart from 3 maths ones all above 90% 😭 I think I've missed 3 tutorials or so but I hope we both get in ‼️‼️

Reply 9

Original post by yourdesktopfan
Yeahh I mean I’ve tried my best in the assignments I hope it’s enough for them 😭😭 lowkey was embarrassing when I got stuck on a stats question

Stats humbled me so much 🥲

Reply 10

Original post by yourdesktopfan
Yeahh I mean I’ve tried my best in the assignments I hope it’s enough for them 😭😭 lowkey was embarrassing when I got stuck on a stats question

literally like im thinking oh i couldve completed more but some i just dont get which is a bit awkward especially chem bc i wanna do a chem degree probably
just hoping its enough ig ahh

Reply 11

Original post by lola028
literally like im thinking oh i couldve completed more but some i just dont get which is a bit awkward especially chem bc i wanna do a chem degree probably
just hoping its enough ig ahh


REALLL like I wanna do a maths degree and I struggled on some integration questions. Which were obv hard but damn 😭

Reply 12

Original post by memmaproblema
I'm also on it rn!! I do just single maths and physics all of my assignments are completed apart from 3 maths ones all above 90% 😭 I think I've missed 3 tutorials or so but I hope we both get in ‼️‼️


Aaaaa sometimes with the physics ones I think I have the right answer but no I had it to the wrong power of ten 😭

Reply 13

Original post by yourdesktopfan
REALLL like I wanna do a maths degree and I struggled on some integration questions. Which were obv hard but damn 😭

literally ive been trying to do a few qs this evening and are stuck on ones that seem so basic its mad

Reply 14

Original post by yourdesktopfan
Aaaaa sometimes with the physics ones I think I have the right answer but no I had it to the wrong power of ten 😭

NOO thats actually so annoying 😭😭 I literally always do that man

Reply 15

Original post by memmaproblema
NOO thats actually so annoying 😭😭 I literally always do that man


You don’t know how happy I am to know that at least I don’t struggle alone 😭😭

Reply 16

Original post by yourdesktopfan
You don’t know how happy I am to know that at least I don’t struggle alone 😭😭

The amount of hours I've wasted cause of a silly mistake. 💀🥲

Reply 17

Original post by yourdesktopfan
Hii so I’ve been doing this stemsmart programme and I haven’t gotten 100% completion on every assignment. I have like 18 at 100% and then 19 not fully completed (mean of about 70%). I’ve attended almost every single zoom meeting but missed 2 mentor meetings. I’m a bit worried I haven’t done enough to get into the residential so uh does anyone know the criteria? I know it’s based off of participation but idk if I’ve participated enough

Hello guys, has anyone heard back from them yet?

I do single maths, biology and chemistry.

I haven't got 100% on all my tasks. I aim to achieve at least 80% on all assignments and attempt all the questions but I have fallen behind as I had to study for my mocks which I had on the last week of term.

I'm scared I'm not going to get into the residential as I have missed about five meetings and 2 mentor meetings but I have emailed every time.

Hopefully, we will heard back from them soon

Reply 18

Original post by Anonymous
Hello guys, has anyone heard back from them yet?
I do single maths, biology and chemistry.
I haven't got 100% on all my tasks. I aim to achieve at least 80% on all assignments and attempt all the questions but I have fallen behind as I had to study for my mocks which I had on the last week of term.
I'm scared I'm not going to get into the residential as I have missed about five meetings and 2 mentor meetings but I have emailed every time.
Hopefully, we will heard back from them soon


I haven’t yet. I think they said they’d be in contact mid way through this month?

Reply 19

Original post by yourdesktopfan
I haven’t yet. I think they said they’d be in contact mid way through this month?

They said June 7th we'll find out or at least my tutorial teacher did 😭 so hopefully then!

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