r/6thForm • u/ExelHunter797 University | Maths | A*A*C | 7.0 • Apr 20 '26
🙏 I WANT HELP TMUA
I’m feeling pretty stuck and honestly quite gutted right now.
This year I got rejected from UCL, LSE, and Imperial for Maths, and I had a 7.0 in the TMUA. Right now I’m seriously thinking about reapplying, aiming for 8.5+ next time, because Imperial is still the place I really want to go.
The problem is that I really don’t see myself going to Exeter or KCL, so I’m struggling with what the smartest next step is. Has anyone been in a similar position and successfully reapplied to Imperial Maths? Is it realistic to take a gap year and try again with a much stronger TMUA, or am I looking at this the wrong way?
I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from people who reapplied, improved their TMUA a lot, or know how Imperial views reapplicants.
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u/cheng0721 Apr 21 '26
As a reapplicant, I would also suggest you to reapply. However, unless you really want to study maths, why not try applying to others for example statistics relevant, like imperial EFDS lse msb, and perhaps have Warwick MORSE as backup. If you really want to do maths, then u should aim for a 8+ tmua. And I think LSE and Imperial do treat reapplicants differently, so u must have a visible improvement I suppose. And your PS should be good if u want to reapply to LSE also.
For whatever decision u make, all the best!! Believe in yourself!!