Extracurricular activities Maths

I am currently in year 12 studying Maths, Further Maths, Physics and History. My GCSE grades are 9999888887 , including 9s in Maths(full marks), Further Maths(full marks), English Language and Physics (the 7 was in spanish),from an extremely average state school. My A-Level target grades are A*s for all subjects. I am thinking of applying to UCL and Imperial for mathematics, and maybe even Cambridge. I will be attending the It All Adds Up course for maths at Oxford on january 14th, however i really need some more extracurriculars. Please could you recommend some to me and any work experience you have done. I am currently thinking about a career in finance but I am completely unsure. Thankyou!

I really recommend the courses by Leaf. Applications for the winter cohort close December 14th, and it was so so useful for me. I'm a year 13 who's applied to Cambridge, not for maths, but it was by far the best supercurricular I did. It involves a lot of online, group discussions and you can access the content even if they don't accept you for the discussion part. I did the bio one, but I have friends who did the maths one and said how good it is. It's all oxbridge style teaching and is led by oxbridge students and tutors. Obviously I can't give advice for finance, but a lot of oxbridge maths applicants at my sixth form have used it as an alternative to relevant work experience (mainly to get the careers advisors off their backs but you get my point). In combination with good work experience, if you can get some, it would be great for a maths application since it gets very in-depth and quite abstract with the topics each week.

hey thankyou ! i’ve seen this a lot however my school don’t offer it. if i do sit it next year is it possible to do it independently, or shall i ask my maths teacher about it. i think he will be willing to start it up again, as our school used to do it however for some reason stopped

hey thankyou ! i’ve seen this a lot however my school don’t offer it. if i do sit it next year is it possible to do it independently, or shall i ask my maths teacher about it. i think he will be willing to start it up again, as our school used to do it however for some reason stopped

What books have you read and what maths have you looked at outside the curriculum?

I have read Fermat’s Last Theorem (obviously), A brief history of time, A Mathematicians Apology, The man who only loved numbers, Applied cryptography, The man who knew infinity, Alan Turing The Enigma, Chaos, Finding Moonshine:A mathematician’s journey through symmetry, Euler’s pioneering equation, Archimedes’ Revenge, Calculus for the Ambitious, Reaching for infinity, A mathematical mosaic and many many more as I am a huge reader. My aim is to complete the Cambridge reading list for maths, which I am on track to do early next year. I have discovered many parts outside of the curriculum through the books I have read , and also I have began to look at MAT and STEP questions.

A list of books you've read isn't what is wanted - you need to reflect on why they interested you and what follow -up you've done.
Have you teachers guided you on wise things to do?
You can only sit UKMT competitions through a registered centre. Have you watched any of Vicky Neale's lectures or read her books?

I’m sorry if i misinterpreted the question however you did simply ask me “What books have you read”. I have reflected upon the books, I have a word document dedicated to each one that includes a detailed insight into my perception of the book and the parts which interested me most, as well as quotes that stood out to me. I am now aware that I need a registered centre in order to sit the UKMT as the person above me told me to ask my maths teacher about it , which I have done. My school have provided me with a plethora of “wise things to do”, and I am attending multiple events associated with mathematics - including the Oxford It all adds up programme in January. I have also secured work experience , applied to the sutton trust summer schools , entered essay competitions as I also study history A Level. Unfortunately, I haven’t came across Vicky Neale, however I will research her now.

I am currently in year 12 studying Maths, Further Maths, Physics and History. My GCSE grades are 9999888887 , including 9s in Maths(full marks), Further Maths(full marks), English Language and Physics (the 7 was in spanish),from an extremely average state school. My A-Level target grades are A*s for all subjects. I am thinking of applying to UCL and Imperial for mathematics, and maybe even Cambridge. I will be attending the It All Adds Up course for maths at Oxford on january 14th, however i really need some more extracurriculars. Please could you recommend some to me and any work experience you have done. I am currently thinking about a career in finance but I am completely unsure. Thankyou!

Vicky was a well-known author and lecturer at Oxford - involved with UKMT and PROMYS. She was very inspirational ..

Vicky Neale is my daughter's favourite UKMT solutions 'presenter' and was really quite upset when I told her that she'd died. I've just bought her Vicky's book but are there other things my daughter can see of hers? It's not my world but I can tell it was a very sad loss for the maths community.

Vicky Neale is my daughter's favourite UKMT solutions 'presenter' and was really quite upset when I told her that she'd died. I've just bought her Vicky's book but are there other things my daughter can see of hers? It's not my world but I can tell it was a very sad loss for the maths community.

I am currently in year 12 studying Maths, Further Maths, Physics and History. My GCSE grades are 9999888887 , including 9s in Maths(full marks), Further Maths(full marks), English Language and Physics (the 7 was in spanish),from an extremely average state school. My A-Level target grades are A*s for all subjects. I am thinking of applying to UCL and Imperial for mathematics, and maybe even Cambridge. I will be attending the It All Adds Up course for maths at Oxford on january 14th, however i really need some more extracurriculars. Please could you recommend some to me and any work experience you have done. I am currently thinking about a career in finance but I am completely unsure. Thankyou!