Seeing that youve done IMO prep, Id recommend putting more time into that if youre planning on doing Olympiads, as the IMO can take you much farther than Further (itd be useful not only when applying for colleges, but also potentially for internships). Overall, Id actually consider Further as something thats not actually that impressive, to be honest.ĭoing well in major mathematics competitions, such as national Olympiads, or better yet the IMO, are much, much, much more impressive (and difficult) than doing Further. Top UK colleges also require STEPMAT exams, especially for mathematics degrees, which are quite different from Further (Further gives you additional breadth of knowledge, while those exams test your skills in proof construction and problem solving, which are much more important).ĭespite covering significantly more content than 4-unit in the HSC, its viewed as being equivalent, so its mostly a waste of time compared to 4-unit. Granted, I only received a 6, which may have impacted my chances, but I suspect it was more due to my shoddy interview performance (I had no real passion for engineering). I applied to Cambridge and Imperial (Engineering for both) with Further, and got rejected from both. So even if you find SAT math 2 easy, that does not mean HL and further math is within your grasp.Ĭontinue this thread level 1 Alumni 43 3 points 2 years ago edited 2 years ago Honestly Not really worth it, if you ask me. This is because although they test you on a lot of topics, they literally scratch the surface for each. The level of content in there is similar to SL Math or even slightly easier if you ask me. My opinion (take it from a SL math scrub): Do the SAT math II test and see if its too hard. If you are thinking about going to Oxbridge, self studying the A Level Further maths syllabus would be better than doing IB further maths. You should also study for STEP and MAT if you want to go to Oxbridge(respectively). If you want to show youre good to universities, math Olympiads are the number one thing you should go for. If youre doing a bilingual diploma (2 language A subjects) with the addition of further maths then there would be no time for social life or CAS. In context of UK colleges (particularly Oxbridge), would taking Further Maths be impressive Is the idea of taking 5 HLs a good one 25 comments share save hide report 100 Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best level 1 8 points 2 years ago I can only say that it will be a lot of work. I have background in Geometry, Calculus, and Discrete from IMO training, AP Calc studying, and Competitive Programming respectively, which leaves just set theory, linear alg, and stat to study a ton for.
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