Oxford or Cambridge for Pure math major

[Anonymous]

Inspired by the Physics at Oxford thread, my DS is thinking about adding Oxford or Cambridge on his list.

He has 800 on SAT math, and will need 5 x AP tests (score of 5). Anything else he should know, or prepare for?

Which school is better for Pure Math? or applied math?

[Anonymous]

Cambridge is better, and much harder

[Anonymous]

https://cuhs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/advpcm.pdf


https://maths.org/step/assignments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Inspired by the Physics at Oxford thread, my DS is thinking about adding Oxford or Cambridge on his list.

He has 800 on SAT math, and will need 5 x AP tests (score of 5). Anything else he should know, or prepare for?

Which school is better for Pure Math? or applied math?

How has he done on the AMC? What independent studying has he done? Proof based math? Can he solve a problem like this: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/533157665430568981/1048968261104058419/image.png?ex=68289c52&is=68274ad2&hm=ebcfba1fb79c10eb98bb2f636b3933c14cc26843d0d0a0b9f52a82bf2d503ad1& ?

Saying "I got an 800, how do I get into Cambridge" is sort of like saying "I made varsity, how do I get a full ride to a D1?"

Which grade is he in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cambridge is better, and much harder

Harder as in "harder to get in (of the two)", or overall coursework and rigor will be harder over the 4 years of college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inspired by the Physics at Oxford thread, my DS is thinking about adding Oxford or Cambridge on his list.

He has 800 on SAT math, and will need 5 x AP tests (score of 5). Anything else he should know, or prepare for?

Which school is better for Pure Math? or applied math?

How has he done on the AMC? What independent studying has he done? Proof based math? Can he solve a problem like this: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/533157665430568981/1048968261104058419/image.png?ex=68289c52&is=68274ad2&hm=ebcfba1fb79c10eb98bb2f636b3933c14cc26843d0d0a0b9f52a82bf2d503ad1& ?

Saying "I got an 800, how do I get into Cambridge" is sort of like saying "I made varsity, how do I get a full ride to a D1?"

Which grade is he in?

Junior currently. finished calc bc in sophomore year, completed MultiCalc in college (grade: A). Has been taking a proof-based enrichment class over the last few years. does not like competition math so doesn't do them.

[Anonymous]

The first order of business is to start calling it ‘maths’ instead of ‘math’.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inspired by the Physics at Oxford thread, my DS is thinking about adding Oxford or Cambridge on his list.

He has 800 on SAT math, and will need 5 x AP tests (score of 5). Anything else he should know, or prepare for?

Which school is better for Pure Math? or applied math?

How has he done on the AMC? What independent studying has he done? Proof based math? Can he solve a problem like this: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/533157665430568981/1048968261104058419/image.png?ex=68289c52&is=68274ad2&hm=ebcfba1fb79c10eb98bb2f636b3933c14cc26843d0d0a0b9f52a82bf2d503ad1& ?

Saying "I got an 800, how do I get into Cambridge" is sort of like saying "I made varsity, how do I get a full ride to a D1?"

Which grade is he in?

Junior currently. finished calc bc in sophomore year, completed MultiCalc in college (grade: A). Has been taking a proof-based enrichment class over the last few years. does not like competition math so doesn't do them.

Competition math isn’t the route anyway so good. Id say he has a fairly good shot. It all really depends on interview and prepping for exams. The one kid we know going to Cambridge actually took a gap year in high school to learn the history and read the literature needed for the history exam. With the right kid, it is a great fit, though.

[Anonymous]

Both are very solid math programs. Cambridge probably is slightly better at applied math. Oxford probably is slightly better for theoretical math.

Grads from either program often get jobs as Quants in The City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both are very solid math programs. Cambridge probably is slightly better at applied math. Oxford probably is slightly better for theoretical math.

Grads from either program often get jobs as Quants in The City.

Cambridge is better in pure math. There’s a reason they’re famous for part III.

[Anonymous]

How was he able to take calc bc as a sophomore?

[Anonymous]

Cambridge is MIT equivalent. The only school in the world that MIT has an exchange program with and will accept credit from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cambridge is MIT equivalent. The only school in the world that MIT has an exchange program with and will accept credit from.

Correction credit with letter grade. It accepts credit without grades from a lot of other places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cambridge is better, and much harder

Harder as in "harder to get in (of the two)", or overall coursework and rigor will be harder over the 4 years of college?

Both

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Inspired by the Physics at Oxford thread, my DS is thinking about adding Oxford or Cambridge on his list.

He has 800 on SAT math, and will need 5 x AP tests (score of 5). Anything else he should know, or prepare for?

Which school is better for Pure Math? or applied math?

How has he done on the AMC? What independent studying has he done? Proof based math? Can he solve a problem like this: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/533157665430568981/1048968261104058419/image.png?ex=68289c52&is=68274ad2&hm=ebcfba1fb79c10eb98bb2f636b3933c14cc26843d0d0a0b9f52a82bf2d503ad1& ?

Saying "I got an 800, how do I get into Cambridge" is sort of like saying "I made varsity, how do I get a full ride to a D1?"

Which grade is he in?

Junior currently. finished calc bc in sophomore year, completed MultiCalc in college (grade: A). Has been taking a proof-based enrichment class over the last few years. does not like competition math so doesn't do them.

Have him do these step 1 questions: https://maths.org/step/assignments and the Stephen siklos booklet linked above

Junior year in year 12 in the UK

Have him try past tests from these as well: https://www.usamts.org/

He should also apply to Warwick and Imperial as more realistic options

In the US, there's Ohio University's Honors Tutorial College, where students have no gen ed requirements other than two writing classes, no prerequisites for any class, and they can take tutorials for up to 15 credits per semester, which allows for an exceptional learning environment.

Can you be more specific about the contents of the proof based enrichment class?