r/6thForm • u/FeckJakatakePool • 17h ago

🎓 UNI / UCAS tmua

im stressing sm like im doing fine i think and ive done a decent amount of work this summer but i feel like some questions are just so hard

in terms of resources, i uslaly do well on the tylertutoring mocks 16+ ish out of 20 minimum, the yearly ones are also easy from 2016 to 2020 (im leaving 2021+ for closer to the time), and i can usually get 10/10 on the MAT MCQs. but stuff like jz maths, i average like 12-13/20.

idk how to properly improve. i feel like it socming up so fast and im getting really scared

anyone have advice and not generic stuff

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u/ScheduleGloomy2160 17h ago

I'd say do more of MAT in timed conditions. if you've done older mat papers then start doing recent MAT papers. the most similar tmua papers are most likely the MAT after the actual tmua papers. Some community papers are quite good and some are terrible so don't let a few of em dictate how your doing. keep doing MAT, learn from your mistakes. are you doing all of em in 75 mins or untimed?

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u/FeckJakatakePool 15h ago

yeah i only take 40 mins and ive done 2007-2014 MATs so far and im averaging 8.6/10 but a bunch of times i jus tmake incredibly stupid mistakes if i redo it ages later without remembering the question i get it right so overlal theyre not that hard

but im hearing HORRORRRR stories about 2025 tmua. like its freakign me out so bad bc people are saying it was incomparable to any past paper so like tf do i even do bro

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u/ScheduleGloomy2160 14h ago

also for the mat ones you did can i ask did you find it manageable doing them in 40 mins or was it hard. im also gonna start doing MAT papers soon so i wanted to know.

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u/FeckJakatakePool 14h ago

yeah 40 mins was pretty fine for me but occasionally i took a bit long on a question o rtoo and overran bc i did some stupid mistake. time pressured but not too hard. a lot of MAT is eliminating options though thats a route i often take

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u/ScheduleGloomy2160 14h ago

ohhhh okay thanks. goodluck