8 tips to applying for Cam maths

• Go to Maths clinics if you really need help, especially during exam period.
• Offer help to others, being a “teacher” helps you speak out during later interviews.
• Often look for more than 1 answers to a question.
• Do loads of past papers – there is no easier way.
• Listen carefully to the interviewer, every word could be the key to the question.
• Unless you’ve been stuck for ages, don’t ask for help or look up answers.
• Customise your workload, because you know well what level you’re at.
• Know what you like about Maths and what you want – attending an open day could help.

 

Teresa Tien, Old Stamfordian 2017.  In her Matriculation Robes. September 2017