In light of the MAT changes this year, will a new sample paper/s be released? I understand that many MAT revision resources exist, but it may be helpful to help people get a feel for the new format - e.g what 2 or 3 mark multiple choice questions might look like, as well as timings for the exam.
As per the slides around the 10:00 mark, there will be practice test on the website soon, to give people a feel for the format. This uses past MAT questions. ^James
There are Pearson VUE centres in pretty much every country in the world; I believe you can get more info about registering and whatnot on Pearson's website when they upload info about the Oxford Admissions Tests.
Will the 2-mark and 3-mark multiple choice questions be designed to be quicker and/or easier than the 4 mark questions? Will the 4-mark questions be a similar difficulty to past multiple choice questions and the 2/3 mark questions easier/quicker? Or is another system being used?
No comment on the difficulty of the questions, sorry! I'll note that we compare candidates' scores to the average score, so that if the average score ends up being a bit higher or lower than the previous year, that doesn't make any difference to the admissions process. ^James
at 41.25, i believe that the answer should be (1+root 5)/2 it cannot be (1- root 5)/2 since root 5 > root 4 (2) and 1- root5 /2 will be a negative no the question is only asking for positive roots
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1:29:46 note that you dont have to take the factor of -6 out of the constant term, it'll work just the same, makes it simpler for me personally
That's a fair point! ^James
In light of the MAT changes this year, will a new sample paper/s be released? I understand that many MAT revision resources exist, but it may be helpful to help people get a feel for the new format - e.g what 2 or 3 mark multiple choice questions might look like, as well as timings for the exam.
As per the slides around the 10:00 mark, there will be practice test on the website soon, to give people a feel for the format. This uses past MAT questions. ^James
How will people from outside of UK give the MAT then
There are Pearson VUE centres in pretty much every country in the world; I believe you can get more info about registering and whatnot on Pearson's website when they upload info about the Oxford Admissions Tests.
Got it thanks a lot
I realised later that my city has a few centres too
Will the 2-mark and 3-mark multiple choice questions be designed to be quicker and/or easier than the 4 mark questions? Will the 4-mark questions be a similar difficulty to past multiple choice questions and the 2/3 mark questions easier/quicker? Or is another system being used?
No comment on the difficulty of the questions, sorry! I'll note that we compare candidates' scores to the average score, so that if the average score ends up being a bit higher or lower than the previous year, that doesn't make any difference to the admissions process. ^James
at 41.25, i believe that the answer should be (1+root 5)/2
it cannot be (1- root 5)/2 since root 5 > root 4 (2) and 1- root5 /2 will be a negative no
the question is only asking for positive roots
is too late to start prep for mat?
No. You have over 10 weeks lmao