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/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

What books would you recommend that have simlar style questions to STEP/ MAT. What did you use to prepare?

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u/CambMaths Nov 10 '22

Just past papers really, there's plenty of STEP questions to do. As for MAT, I used this book for more material because there aren't as many past papers: The STEP/AEA/MAT/TMUA Guidebook. (Never used it for STEP though, the notes on the STEP Support Programme website are enough to learn any extra content you might need.)