Who did Maths at A-Level?
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Anyone got any tips for someone who is currently doing A-Level Maths? I teach myself and I'm just going through the modular books. I've nearly finished C2 but I need to go over M1 again and only 1 month to do it.
Also how much do you use the maths in an electrical engineering related course at uni or is it a step up?
Also how much do you use the maths in an electrical engineering related course at uni or is it a step up?
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M1 is basic physics, just added to the Maths module, if you end up having any questions about it when your doing it im more than happy to help (use my trust email). I'm currently tutoring GCSE maths at the local school, but I do have a doctorate in physics.
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I don't think you understand, it's nothing to do with a career, or my CV. Wherever I go, if I get a good degree in mathematics, it's going to look fantastic on my CV and I'll likely end up in a great career. However, on the same note, I wouldn't think of it as wasted time and money if I end up as nothing more than a shop clerk, because I do just want to study maths further. And I happen to prefer the course structure of Cambridge and Warwick. That's not to say I'm discounting Bristol - I have yet to receive an offer from them, and I have no idea how well I'm going to do in the STEP papers yet. It's just that I'm not sure whether Bristol will be a low enough offer to be a sensible backup choice, and I loved Cambridge so there's no way I'm taking that off my first choice unless I stand no chance of fulfilling the offer. You are only allowed two choices, so if I pick two of my highest offers and then balls up even slightly, I can't go to my lower offers either.
Just a bit of tactical planning, which is subject to change closer to the time
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A* GCSE, A and B in Maths/Further Maths A-levels, currently in the final year of a MMath at Reading.
Fun times...
Fun times...
All I can say, and this applies to whatever you take or wherever you go, is that whatever you think you will like, you probably won't and your interests will change.I don't think you understand, it's nothing to do with a career, or my CV. Wherever I go, if I get a good degree in mathematics, it's going to look fantastic on my CV and I'll likely end up in a great career. However, on the same note, I wouldn't think of it as wasted time and money if I end up as nothing more than a shop clerk, because I do just want to study maths further. And I happen to prefer the course structure of Cambridge and Warwick. That's not to say I'm discounting Bristol - I have yet to receive an offer from them, and I have no idea how well I'm going to do in the STEP papers yet. It's just that I'm not sure whether Bristol will be a low enough offer to be a sensible backup choice, and I loved Cambridge so there's no way I'm taking that off my first choice unless I stand no chance of fulfilling the offer. You are only allowed two choices, so if I pick two of my highest offers and then balls up even slightly, I can't go to my lower offers either.
Just a bit of tactical planning, which is subject to change closer to the time
I was very keen molecular science and microbiology and I soon realised that it was totally redundant and uninteresting when viewed in micro by itself and only exciting when viewed as a broad concept with larger implications.
Good luck with whatever you choose
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All I can say, and this applies to whatever you take or wherever you go, is that whatever you think you will like, you probably won't and your interests will change.
I was very keen molecular science and microbiology and I soon realised that it was totally redundant and uninteresting when viewed in micro by itself and only exciting when viewed as a broad concept with larger implications.
Good luck with whatever you choose
Thanks
Maybe my interests will change, but certainly maths has always been the thing I've kept coming back to. Career-wise I originally wanted to be a pilot. Then scrapped that and decided just to do maths. Then I wanted to be a doctor, and carried on with chemistry into A2, and I've since gone back to maths again. I enjoy maths in and of itself, the applications of it aren't the main part for me, but I'm fairly certain that an interest in mathematics will be something that will stick with me 
From what i remember of the M modules, just practice loads of questions, especially the exam ones. Once you have done a lot you realise it's just a case of knowing how to resolve forces (basic trig) and knowing the physics identities.
I remember getting used to the vector notation was a pain but I think that was down to the way it was tought. I didn't really get my head around some of the basic algebra untill university.