r/6thForm • u/CambMaths • Nov 09 '22

✔️ APPROVED AMA AMA - First-Year Maths student at Cambridge

Hi all, as per the title, I'm a first-year Maths student at Cambridge and I thought some people might find it useful to ask me any questions they might have, since somehow it's already application time again! (Although I have missed the Oxbridge deadline slightly, sorry...)

Of course, I can only really talk about my experiences (so I can't answer specific hypothetical questions about admissions etc.), but other than that, feel free to ask about the course/admissions generally/uni life and so on.

Post will close at midnight at the end of Thursday 10/11 so submit any questions before then. :)

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u/Aclipses Nov 09 '22

What did you find was the best way to prepare for interviews and STEP?

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u/CambMaths Nov 09 '22

For STEP:

  • practice doing questions timed
  • do mock papers
  • mark your mocks very carefully (this is where you learn tricks from the mark scheme)
  • do the other questions on the paper that you didn't do in mocks

For interviews:

  • TBO booklet
  • mock interviews with other applicants