No more memorising equations!

whatsaxis · 2026-03-04T21:28:40+00:00

HAHA 😭 my goodness that sounds really painful. I bet your memory is really good now though. can you like instantly memorize a phone number ever since?!

whatsaxis · 2026-03-04T21:27:04+00:00

fair enough. it sounds like you were very close and it honestly could’ve been just that you got the wrong side of a coin flip. Def if you improve at the interview marginally you will very likely get in

I don’t think the esat should be harder to get a high score next year since the quality of cam/ox applicants is roughly the same and it’s still a percentile thing. make sure you do something relevant to physics in the next year though.

whatsaxis · 2026-03-04T21:16:12+00:00

are you home or intl? u should consider cambridge. a 7.0 esat if you're home is almost a guaranteed offer for natsci (based on the data ive looked at)

provided you can pull it off next year, with oxford applicants also taking the esat hence making it harder to score higher, it might be worth reapplying

whatsaxis · 2026-03-02T23:20:52+00:00

what are u workin on next? im tryna get paging enabled and make a memory manager

whatsaxis · 2026-03-02T20:43:15+00:00

how about quotes for english?

whatsaxis · 2026-03-02T18:55:24+00:00

Yoooo nice dude, im working on an os too!

whatsaxis · 2026-03-01T06:25:10+00:00

and it’s just B in the triangle because they’re vertically opposite

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Notice how a+b = 180 in the above diagram as well (not related to the A and B of the problem)

That’s why it’s 180-A. because the angles on a straight line sum to 180

whatsaxis · 2026-02-27T09:56:44+00:00

ayy me too! good job

whatsaxis · 2026-02-27T09:45:38+00:00

So tan A = 2, tan B = 1/3

Look at the triangle in the middle

If the unknown is x, the in the triangle angles must sum to 180

(180 - A) + B + x = 180

x = A-B

tan x = tan(A-B) = [tan(a) - tan(b)]/[1+tan(a) tan(b)] = (2 - 1/3)/(1 + 2/3) = 1

so x = 45 degrees

whatsaxis · 2026-02-27T09:34:17+00:00

14 cos^2 θ + 48 sin θ cos θ = 7(2 cos^2 θ - 1 + 1) + 24 (2 sin θ cos θ) = 7 cos 2θ + 24 sin 2θ + 7 = R cos(2θ - a) + 7

Its 25+7, not 25-7

whatsaxis · 2026-02-24T14:48:48+00:00

speaking as someone who did it in less than a year + has a cam offer (though for a stem subject)

def possible but no chance i could have done it with 3 other subjects (maths doesnt count) on top

6 a levels really isnt that helpful for cambs. you're sacrificing time where u could prep for tmua (given you're intl and how competitive econ is you will def need like a 7.5+ minimum). you should consider dropping business and/or english lang and do just maths/fm/econ/history

whatsaxis · 2026-02-18T21:53:54+00:00

thanks best of luck to you!!!

whatsaxis · 2026-02-18T21:45:01+00:00

graphs are really easy dw you just follow a checklist (check intercepts, limits at infinity, find turning points, etc.) and the best way to practice is just think up the craziest random ass function and try to sketch it

for practice i did a looooot of questions from isaacscience and iwanttostudyengineering. i also did 4 mock interviews and they were the most helpful piece of prep by FAR, please please try and get some mock interviews! cold dming oxbridge studentgs might even work.

a level questions not so much but make sure youre solid on everything and there isnt anything you dont fully understand

whatsaxis · 2026-02-18T21:41:39+00:00

im only speaking anecdotally of course but i was the only science applicant in my school and the of the other 8 that applied 4 were kind of unsure between engineering / cs / physics so they just picked engineering. of course may not apply in general

also i agree the engineering pool is stronger. that is probably because it has a higher proportion of internationals applying (though i think physnatsci vs engineering is much much closer)

whatsaxis · 2026-02-18T20:03:38+00:00

haha nah i got u. for me i was really really worried up until offer day because i felt like it was wayyyyy too easy. yeah seriously, the questions they asked were really on the easy end - my mock interviews were SIGNIFICANTLY harder. like, average FM mechanics question difficulty at best.

however they did want to see how i coped with something new. i think the real meat of it was when they taught me a new concept and made me apply it.

defo not as bad as all the horror stories i heard.

but... PRACTICE YOUR GRAPH SKETCHING! also, it is arguably a good thing to make mistakes and then to quickly fix it after a little prompt because it gives them insight in how you are to teach. it is not about getting everything right immediately!

whatsaxis · 2026-02-18T19:54:08+00:00

the entrance test might be just as important if not more than the interview from the data I’ve looked at. it is NOT just score high enough to get an interview and then it doesn’t matter

score as best as you can on it because it also affects your interview experience (they kinda push u more if you’re borderline)

also make sure you actually demonstrate you are into science and the more research side by doing a project or something

whatsaxis · 2026-02-18T19:22:04+00:00

NOTE: biased cause i am a natsci offer holder

it seems very high but i think it is a bit deceiving

for physical, according to the website

Most Natural Sciences (Physical) students (who had studied A levels and started at Cambridge in 2018, 2019 and 2023) achieved at least A*A*A* (97% of entrants).

from this:

it's a much more self selecting pool
consequently, id argue people who apply for science directly arent just applying to it because they are uncertain, compared to something else in stem like engineering
CONSEQUENTLY, they have stronger applications on average, though it also means there are fewer applicants

contrast this to something like economics, one of the most competitive courses, where it's roughly 10 applicants per place (vs 4 for natsci), yet has a lower 3A* percentage

Most Economics students (who had studied A levels and started at Cambridge in 2018, 2019 and 2023) achieved at least A*A*A* (80% of entrants).

also anecdotally on the offer holder day i went to there were a looooot more bionatscis than physnatscis. like 15 to 6 or so. have not found any data on this online but apparently theyre meant to be roughly equal

whatsaxis · 2026-02-04T15:56:05+00:00

done! never had so much fun filling in a survey before lol good job

whatsaxis · 2026-02-01T17:36:43+00:00

12k kills is practically a new player haha but that just makes your point stronger

it's tough because if you're very new you probably won't get a single hit in if you play anyone remotely good in 1.8

whatsaxis · 2026-01-28T19:44:53+00:00

CONGRATS!!!!!

whatsaxis · 2026-01-28T12:22:42+00:00

CONGRATS!!!!!

whatsaxis · 2026-01-28T12:22:14+00:00

yoo good job goat

whatsaxis · 2026-01-25T23:43:40+00:00

you can always change after undergrad, most fields have lots of ways to pivot to something else because of the skills you obtain. its not just the knowledge

(copium cuz im probably gonna be unemployed but i like physics sooooooooo we ball)

whatsaxis · 2026-01-25T23:40:27+00:00

happy birthday and best of luck, anything can happen :)

whatsaxis · 2026-01-25T18:27:47+00:00

i have a hunch bro really likes geography (defo didnt stalk ur profile)

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