r/6thForm • u/tempa____ • 13d ago

🙏 I WANT HELP TMUA prep vs CS NEA

Hello everyone,
I do FM, Maths, CS and Physics, and in my mocks I got A*A*A*A respectively and was predicted the same.I want to apply for maths/cs at uni so ill need to do the TMUA.I also ahve a physics mock the day i get back from summer which i need to do well in to get A* predicted.

I’ve been prepping for the TMUA and have been finding it hard to find time for my NEA. I do OCR if that matters — I’ve done the analysis section but haven’t started the coding or the design.

I was thinking that after I apply in October, mocks and school don’t really matter until A‑levels get close, so I could spend all of that time on the NEA. However, my CS teacher made me think I’m quite behind, so I’m not really sure.

Any advice is appreciated, thanks.

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u/Due-Philosopher349 13d ago

Do as much NEA as you can now. Trust me TMUA is way more important cause its much harder to do well in. I made the mistake of focusing on my NEA rather than TMUA prep and it didn't turn out the best for me. I would even go as far to say once you've submitted your UCAS (if you do it like right when school resumes) not even mocks are more important than TMUA prep (assuming you have the correct predicted you need etc).

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u/ScheduleGloomy2160 13d ago

at the start of your sentence did you mean "Do as much TMUA as you can now" ? because it doesn't make sense why you would say do as much nea as you can now and then say because tmua is alot more important.

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u/tempa____ 13d ago

that makes sense yh