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More Step 2 questions

Every time I finish one of your Step 2 sheets I feel that I have gained knowledge and improved problem solving skills but there are then no more questions on the sheet on which to deploy my new skills/knowledge.

I'm sure it takes a lot of time to make the sheets, so if it's not possible for you to make longer sheets, I wonder if you could maybe add some references to similar/relevant questions from past papers. Eg 'If you liked these questions, you may also like Step 2, 2012, Q6, etc...'

Keep up the great work.

We will bear this in mind when we review the modules, which probably won't be for a while (we are working on the rest of the STEP II and II modules at the moment!)

In the meantime, you could try visiting the STEP database and searching for S2 integration (for example).

I'd never heard of the STEP database before, but it's just what I've been looking for. Wading through all the past papers looking for particular types of problems was an impractical task. Thanks very much.

FWIW, it's been mentioned here before: https://maths.org/step/which-step-questions-are-assignments - perhaps it should be advertised more. I've certainly tried to raise it's profile on TSR: very nifty tool indeed, it's only just come out as well, thanks to Siklos's efforts.

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)