Tips and thoughts on preparing for TMUA

[@improvisedexcellence7286]

Thank you so much for the tips man. Really appreciated the advice and your videos for TMUA and MAT. I am sitting my TMUA this Wednesday and I feel confident thanks to you!

[@Sara-mi4hq]

Me too, good luck!!

[@Hectillion]

I would say another important thing to do is to get a good nights sleep before the exam at, science says that you do actually need 10 hours to function at your peak, also eat well the night before and in the morning leading up to the tmua you should do some easy tmua questions to warm up your brain before going into the exam.

[@matthewmoses6882]

So real

[@griefwnl7641]

love your entire channel

[@kausarlolz]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video! Do you have any predictions for this years TMUA paper, also the fact that economics applicants have to take it as well?

[@rtwodrew2]

Not really, they haven't announced any changes in the spec or course as far as I understand. I'd like to think though that some of the early questions *might* be made more accessible considering there are applicants for non-maths courses now. However, based on the difficulty of the old ECAA, I doubt it

[@hustler168]

I don’t know if I’m exaggerating but ECAA is just TMUA with less time.

[@rtwodrew2]

A little, ECAA advanced math is very similar to TMUA paper 1, but TMUA paper 2 is very different

[@gassinggruffalo1514]

Thanks so much for this

[@Oliveoil12345]

I feel horrible because of the lateness, but is 8 days long enough if I spend all day every day at it?

[@t7acta806]

what did u get in the end?

[@Oliveoil12345]

@@t7acta806 cant remember now but it wasn’t great. Wasn’t horrendous but was slightly below the average mark. Pretty sure it was the main reason I didn’t get an offer tbh

[@ryrygoogoo]

@@t7acta806 he def failed lol

[@andrewwee7458]

Why work backwards rather than forwards?

[@iiihhhaaa1]

I'm year 13 and have 1 week until the exam. If I do a paper back to back each day, could I get a good grade?

[@jamsi1066]

so.. howd u do

[@matthewmoses6882]

Hey, any idea on question difficulty relating to number (since questions will be picked randomly from a larger stock pile) with the new system under PearsonVue ??

[@ericrodrigues1600]

i have 10 days left. do you have any advice on how much i should do per day? i found a paper 1 past paper quite challenging and paper 2 a little bit better but still difficult

[@rtwodrew2]

Try to get as many of the past papers done both papers 1 and 2 as you can

[@ericrodrigues1600]

@@rtwodrew2 your videos are extremely useful. if i get into cambridge ill buy you a drink👍

[@hawadoh]

grind hard bro

[@ericrodrigues1600]

@@hawadoh cmon my guy

[@hal7088]

@@ericrodrigues1600 how did you do? I have mine in 10 days…

[@sooovo_]

Apart from papers what other resources are there for practising?

[@rtwodrew2]

If you're talking about paper 2 logic, not a lot. For just general maths questions, the first 10 of MAT and the old ECAA (advanced math section) papers are good. Honestly though any maths is good, UKMT, AEA, the challenge questions out of the pearson textbooks. Bear in mind that a good score here most often simply leads to an interview, which requires a different sort of maths that also needs practising.

[@MichaelZou-o3b]

Hi there, is it essential to go through the syllabus before doing the real paper?

[@SirMarteenio]

It is recommended because that way you don't waste the practice papers (to test you knowledge) on things which you know you don't know

[@jeddslade3540]

is a month long enough to prepare

[@rtwodrew2]

If the question is 'Should I have started earlier', then the brutal answer is probably yes. But spending the next month preparing is still a whole lot better than not doing anything at all for it, and the earlier you do start the better

[@hustler168]

Depends. If you spend the whole day then yes but you probably have other things to work with too.

[@nayonikaarora10]

How did you do?

[@eyesocket6241]

Can I ask if you went through with it?

[@prickjills6497]

YES SIRRR

[@shanyewest2009]

Do you think i should start preparing now? And if so then how should i? Im currently in year 12 and i am going to do the TMUA some time around the summer i think

[@rtwodrew2]

TMUA is taken in early November. You could well start doing some paper 1 questions now, since it is just year 12 maths which you will have learn most of

[@jackzhang2642]

Hi, what grade would you say that I need to get in TMUA from 1 to 9, to have a high chance of being invited to an interview.

[@rtwodrew2]

www.uniadmissions.co.uk/tmua/guides/tmua-scoring-and-results/ This seems to suggest that 24/40 is a good score. Of course what score achieves an interview depends on the course, and university

[@Emma-vc2om]

i know its a bit late now but for anyone in the future, avg cambridge compsci score for offer holders in 2021 was 7.1 i believe? or very similar

[@rtwodrew2]

@@Emma-vc2om The average required will be less to gain an interview, and then if you are someone who interviews well (or has practised a lot) you might be able to gain an offer with a slightly lower score than average, so dont worry too much about hitting 7.1

[@rosettegolda232]

what is a good score out of 40?? like 30? the scores from 1.0-9.0 dont make sense and I can't tell how well I am doing

[@rtwodrew2]

www.uniadmissions.co.uk/tmua/guides/tmua-scoring-and-results/ This seems to suggest that 24/40 is a good score.

[@rosettegolda232]

@@rtwodrew2 thank you sososo mucuh

[@chaska8144]

what did you end up getting?