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Are there any years left as past papers?

I would like to leave some years as past papers in May, so I wanted to check: are there years you have left out of the modules?

With the STEP II/STEP III modules we restricted ourselves to the years 2005-2012. I think with the foundation modules there may be one or two from more recent years - I'll check!

2016 and 2017 have not been used at all.

In the STEP II modules there is one 2012 question (in the stats module) and the rest are 2011 and earlier, which leaves you 2013-2017 as past papers.

In the STEP III modules there are two 2013 questions in the "mixed" module. The rest are 2012 and before.

In the foundation modules there are a few later questions (i.e. after 2012). These are:
Assignment 11 - 2012 STEP I Q1
Assignment 16 - 2015 STEP 1 Q2
Assignment 18 - 2014 STEP I Q2
Assignment 22 - 2015 STEP Q1

In each case the question number is on the webpage blurb.

In the "Mixed STEP I Pure" module there is 2014 STEP 1 Q1, 2013 STEP 1 Q3 and 2013 STEP 1 Q7
In the "Mixed Statistics" Foundation module there is 2015 STEP II Q12

Hope this helps!

Useful Links

Underground Mathematics: Selected worked STEP questions

STEP Question database

University of Cambridge Mathematics Faculty: What do we look for?

University of Cambridge Mathematics Faculty: Information about STEP

University of Cambridge Admissions Office: Undergraduate course information for Mathematics

Stephen Siklos' "Advanced Problems in Mathematics" book (external link)

MEI: Worked solutions to STEP questions (external link)

OCR: Exam board information about STEP (external link)

AMSP (Advanced Maths Support programme): Support for University Admission Tests (external link)