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surprisingly low tmua score. feel like there was a mixup

I got 4.3 in the tmua even though i was expecting at least 7+ as i was averaging 8-8.5 in the tmua papers and 9/10 in the MAT MCQ's. I took the tmua last year whilst I was ill and knew I performed awfully yet scored 3.9. I felt very confident after taking the test this year and know I am good at maths since I achieved A*'s in both Maths and Further Maths Alevel last year. I feel like my score must've been mixed up with someone cos there's no way that I basically got the same even though I could barely answer any of the questions last year but this year it felt like a breeze and double checked everything. does anyone else feel the same?

Reply 1

Sorry about this. Did you take in January ?

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by WhiteDreams
Sorry about this. Did you take in January ?

yeah I took it on the 9th of January 2026

Reply 3

same here!! 62/100 MAT (it was extremely hard this year so its a decent score), shortlisted by oxford, but 3.9 TMUA january

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by mintnhomun
same here!! 62/100 MAT (it was extremely hard this year so its a decent score), shortlisted by oxford, but 3.9 TMUA january


Were you expecting a better score after the exam or was TMUA very hard?

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by jawan5486
I got 4.3 in the tmua even though i was expecting at least 7+ as i was averaging 8-8.5 in the tmua papers and 9/10 in the MAT MCQ's. I took the tmua last year whilst I was ill and knew I performed awfully yet scored 3.9. I felt very confident after taking the test this year and know I am good at maths since I achieved A*'s in both Maths and Further Maths Alevel last year. I feel like my score must've been mixed up with someone cos there's no way that I basically got the same even though I could barely answer any of the questions last year but this year it felt like a breeze and double checked everything. does anyone else feel the same?

i feel the same, got 3.7 and was expecting a 5 worst case scenario, was averaging 6 comfortably. found p2 especially easier. score distribution looked a bit odd too imo, but uat doesn't allow appeals which sucks.

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by jawan5486
I got 4.3 in the tmua even though i was expecting at least 7+ as i was averaging 8-8.5 in the tmua papers and 9/10 in the MAT MCQ's. I took the tmua last year whilst I was ill and knew I performed awfully yet scored 3.9. I felt very confident after taking the test this year and know I am good at maths since I achieved A*'s in both Maths and Further Maths Alevel last year. I feel like my score must've been mixed up with someone cos there's no way that I basically got the same even though I could barely answer any of the questions last year but this year it felt like a breeze and double checked everything. does anyone else feel the same?

Hi, so you did actually improve quite a bit. This year's grade boundaries have gotten much worse so your 4. 3 this year would have maybe been a 5 last year. It really sucks, I know.

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by amelia1o1
Hi, so you did actually improve quite a bit. This year's grade boundaries have gotten much worse so your 4. 3 this year would have maybe been a 5 last year. It really sucks, I know.


Could you pls explain how you can tell that grade boundaries changed this year?

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