申请指南｜牛津剑桥数学专业

2. 剑桥大学数学系关于录取参考标准的表述如下

In selecting mathematics undergraduates, we seek three qualities:
1. Mathematical knowledge and skills
Students should have suitable background knowledge in mathematics, on track to start our course. Students must also have good general skills in mathematics to be able to apply their knowledge in solving problems.
2. Mathematical ability and talent
Students should have the ability to think mathematically. This includes having the creativity to make connections between different mathematical ideas, and the flexibility to understand new concepts quickly and use them to solve challenging problems.
3. Motivation for studying mathematics
Students should have the commitment to study mathematics at university level, and be ready to work hard and persevere. Considerable interest in and enthusiasm for the subject are important, and can be expressed in many ways.

We look for evidence of these qualities using many sources of information. These include existing and predicted grades, school reference, personal statement, and what we learn at time of interview. We do not simply grade and sum these sources separately. Instead we use all available information together, taking individual context into account, to form a picture of each applicant.

STEP is an important part of our conditional offer; it enables us to compare applicants directly, and addresses all three qualities above to some extent. All Colleges use STEP for mathematics, and a typical offer is grades 1 in both papers 2 and 3. However, only about two-thirds of our places are filled by those who achieved these grades. For the remaining one-third of our places, Colleges review the full applications (now including STEP marks and scripts) of those who missed their STEP grades.

大致解读一下，剑桥主要看三个方面：

第一，数学知识和技能。要有足够的数学知识储备和解决数学问题的能力，才有可能完成大学课程。

第二，数学能力和天赋。要具备数学思维能力，包括把不同的数学思想创造性的关联起来，以及能快速理解新的概念并将其应用于解决具有挑战性的问题。

第三，学习数学的动机。要对数学有相当强烈的兴趣和内驱力，从而能在大学期间持续努力的学习数学知识。

招生官会通过预估成绩、学校推荐信、申请文书、面试表现等多个维度考查候选人上述三方面的品质。在评估候选人的时候并不是给上述维度评分再求总分，而是把所有信息综合在一起、结合候选人的个人情况对其画像。

STEP成绩是录取条件的重要组成部分。 通常各学院都会要求STEP 2和3的成绩达到等级1， 但实际上每年正式录取的学生中只有2/3左右真正符合STEP成绩要求。还有1/3左右不符合STEP成绩要求的候选人，是在各学院重新评估他们的申请材料（包括STEP分数和试卷）之后才决定正式录取的。

3. 剑桥大学数学系给出的一组关键数据如下

Typical Mathematics entrants
(A Level and IB)
For 2017, 2018 and 2019 entry, the majority of entrants from an A Level background achieved at least A*A*A* (85% of entrants). All of these successful applicants took Mathematics and Further Mathematics, 91% took Physics and 53% took Chemistry. For the same period, the majority of IB entrants achieved at least 44 points overall and/or grades 777 at Higher Level. The majority of entrants achieved grades of at least 1, 1 in STEP II and III.
This information is intended to give you a sense of the academic standard of our typical A Level entrants. We welcome applicants from a range of qualification backgrounds.

上述关键数据翻译如下：学习A Level的学生85%都是A*A*A*以上的成绩，而且全部学了数学和进阶数学课程，91%学了物理，53%学了化学。 而同期IB学生大部分都是总分44分(HL 777)以上的成绩。 大部分被录取的学生的STEP II和III的成绩至少是等级1以上。

所以，常规录取要求只是作为参考，真正想要拿到数学专业录取，参考剑桥官方给出的这组数据更有实际意义。

牛津剑桥数学专业历来都是中国学生申请的大热门专业， 哪个更容易申请？ 来分析一下往年的录取数据就知道啦~