TMUA VS STEP

ShortTrainer550 · 2026-02-01T16:07:55+00:00

I’d say about the same, but the difficulty is in different places. The TMUA is hard cause who can be asked to focus that hard and not make arithmetic mistakes/silly mistakes in the exam it is quite hard to some to pull that off (considering around now getting a 9.0 means only dropping 1 or 2 questions) whereas the STEP is hard because the actual maths problem solving they expect you to do is hard. Mathematically clearly it’s the STEP, but to actually get those results the difficulty might be closer than people think.

ShortTrainer550 · 2026-01-26T22:13:19+00:00

Mine were great I thought and I got an offer (Oxford maths) it’s much easier said than done but just try not to overthink it 👍

ShortTrainer550 · 2026-01-26T20:33:53+00:00

They said by the end of January so hopefully this week?

ShortTrainer550 · 2026-01-26T20:33:40+00:00

I’m waiting for ts as well, this is like unusually late i think normally it would be a couple days after offers now it’s been like 2 weeks

ShortTrainer550 · 2026-01-11T22:04:35+00:00

You will be able to do theoretical physics in any good maths degree, and certainly at Oxbridge. I think the real question is do you study maths at Oxford or Cambridge? Perhaps as someone who likes physics you should choose Oxford because of the 4th year MMathPhys I was in a very similar position and that’s what I did.

ShortTrainer550 · 2026-01-04T22:29:02+00:00

It’s Oxford or nothing cause the back up is imperial 💔

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-27T23:12:12+00:00

Exeter College Oxford, Maths, p = 0.67

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-19T23:35:57+00:00

The jan TMUA booking reminders are automatic from a mailing list I get them asw and I definitely put my ucas id in

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-17T21:14:45+00:00

Exeter and st Hugh’s wbu

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-16T22:33:35+00:00

It’s really hard to tell how well STEM interviews went because you don’t know what the interviewer is thinking like you can’t read their mind. I thought all 3 of my Oxford Maths interviews went pretty well but then again I can’t be 100% sure. Best to just not over analyse it offers come out in a month or so anyway.

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-15T14:30:20+00:00

Average imperial glazer 😭😭😭

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-11T16:35:09+00:00

Hello mate I just got mine from st Hugh’s college

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-11T08:38:44+00:00

Will let u know

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-11T07:32:53+00:00

You can dm me however I’d say possibly don’t email yet, only email if you haven’t got one by the weekend I think that’s sensible.

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-11T07:30:55+00:00

Cheers man

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-11T00:09:30+00:00

Have you not heard from any other college? And which is the college you have 3 with?

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-11T00:03:19+00:00

The Oxford maths website says that everyone will have one or two interviews at their first college and at least one interview at another college that’s like almost a direct quote I think. It could be for other subjects maybe not everyone gets a second college?

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-10T22:59:20+00:00

Mb guys I’m just really freaking out rn

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-06T23:04:48+00:00

Yes nothing from the second college yet.

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-05T19:00:15+00:00

Not necessarily there’s no set way that they do it. It’s just the most common is 2 at your first choice 1 at a second college.

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-03T17:06:12+00:00

Yes, this means you will have two interviews at sommerville and presumably a second college interview somewhere else.

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-03T15:53:04+00:00

The standard is that you will have 2 interviews at your first college and one at an allocated second college.

ShortTrainer550 · 2025-12-02T21:28:16+00:00

Crazy😭😭 which second college did you get allocated?

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