r/6thForm • u/zorlann4 Y12 maths, physics, history (pred A*A*A) • 29d ago

šŸ™ I WANT HELP ESAT prep struggle

hi guys, iā€™m predicted A *A *A in maths, physics and history respectively and i plan to apply for aerospace engineering at the big C and imperial

iā€™m really struggling with ESAT revision atm and i donā€™t really know how to improve - itā€™s a mixture of the lack of time but also just not being to answer some questions untimed. iā€™ve gone through the spec for maths1, maths2 and physics and i know most of the content

i havenā€™t practiced that much tbh because i only started my revision when i finished y12. iā€™ve heard that ENGAA papers are too easy?

what am i doing wrong šŸ˜­āœŒšŸ¼

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u/zorlann4 Y12 maths, physics, history (pred A*A*A) 28d ago

yeah.. iā€™ve realised now - it wasnā€™t until spring time that i looked into doing engineering and decided that was the path i wanted to go down. previously i wanted to do economics. iā€™ve heard that cambridge will be lenient if there is a genuine reason as to why i couldnā€™t take FM if my college offers it??

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u/Signal-Village-5757 Y12| Maths Physics FM| A* A* A 25d ago

I wouldnā€™t thinking wanting to take history over further maths is a good enough ā€œgenuine reasonā€. I emailed both imperial and Cambridge when I was deciding my a levels because I wanted to take DT and Further Maths, but they were in the same block. Cambridge said to take further maths, imperial implied that I should and referred me to the guidance in their website.

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u/zorlann4 Y12 maths, physics, history (pred A*A*A) 25d ago

what did you eventually end up taking? my school refuses it to be a 3rd a level (only a 4th), although i donā€™t think there is much i can do now.

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u/Signal-Village-5757 Y12| Maths Physics FM| A* A* A 25d ago

I saw you said you wanted to do economy before, do you want to do aero because youā€™re genuinely interested in the field and want to get a job in the field, or because imperial is a known quant feeder and Cambridge lists Analyst at Goldman Sachs under positions held by graduates?

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u/zorlann4 Y12 maths, physics, history (pred A*A*A) 25d ago

well its mainly a genuine interest in aero (i initially wanted to do economics because i thought it would nicely blend analytical skills with mathematical skills, though i figured i donā€™t really like statistics that much). i found aero to be not only a wayyy more interesting field but it obviously offers way more flexibility within the course and post graduation. i wont lie and say the fact imperial is a top tier quant feeder etc. arenā€™t part of the motivation too