Talk:Mathematics Admissions Test

Imperial
How much attention is paid to the MAT score for entry to IC? Their website says candidates have to take it, but does not say whether they need to score anything in it. My experience is that loads of UK universities advertise that they require A* A* A (or lower at A A B) at A-level for entry to their degree courses, however the actual score their accepted students achieve is more likely to be much lower at around CCC (a population average) or even lower. After all, there are highly unlikely many candidates that achieve A* A* A or above for "hard" academic A-levels. If UK universities really only accept candidates with the grades they advertised as "required", then they will probably have too few students to survive. How about UK universities be a bit more truthful and publish the actual A-level grades their students obtain rather than what they were asked for. 213.1.8.114 (talk) 01:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

How useful is it as measure of a person's future mathematical ability?
The whole point of universities teaching mathematics or any other subject is that people interested in the subject are able to receive professional instruction in their chosen subject. Looking at the Oxford site, it seems the average score is around 45%, and those who were eventually successful average around 65%. Shouldn't places go to people who are genuinely enthusiastic about their chosen subject, rather than what they score in a paper test at one moment in time? After all a candidate who can score 100% in the test probably does not need to go to Oxford or any other university to study maths because he/she can do it at home and save on the school fees. A person who is genuinely interested in maths (but from a poor school) and score 40% in the test, but works steadily in his own time, surely deserves a place at Oxford as much as someone from a good (perhaps private school)school with good teachers who scores 65%. 213.1.8.114 (talk) 02:01, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

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Mathematics
What is the square root of 625. Sween awinja (talk) 06:13, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

25 Sween awinja (talk) 06:16, 2 February 2020 (UTC)