skip to content

STEP Support Programme

Discussion 2016-2017

STEP exams and Feedback

12 June 2017

Well done to everyone who has sat STEP I and/or STEP II this summer, and good luck to anyone who has yet to sit STEP III.

If you have a few minutes to spare we would be very grateful if you would fill in the (very short) questionnaire which can he found here.
We really appreciate your comments and any suggestions on how we can improve these resources for next year will be very welcome.

Good luck for the results!

Read more

READ THIS: Prioritise your STEP Preparation

9 January 2017

The STEP Support team would like to make some helpful suggestions about what we think is the best way to prepare for STEP, to help you get the most out of this site.
The STEP Support Modules have been designed to give you a broad coverage of the STEP specification, together with lots of opportunities to practise questions.

Read more

grade boundaries

22 June 2017

When are the STEP grade boundaries released? Also at what exact time can you check your results on results day?

Read more

Thank You

22 June 2017

I just wanted to say a quick thank you for the hard work of all the mentors and staff, you've helped me immensely over this past year and I couldn't have even attempted it without your support.

Read more

Good luck for STEP III

21 June 2017

Good luck to everyone sitting STEP III tomorrow!

After you have finished all your exams we would be very grateful if you would fill in the (very short) questionnaire which can he found here.
We really appreciate your comments and any suggestions on how we can improve these resources for next year will be very welcome.

Best of luck!

Read more

sketch diagrams/graphs

20 June 2017

Would I lose mark if I use my pencil to sketch the graph? Or I should use my pen instead of pencil?

Read more

STEP III mixed Pure solutions

15 June 2017

There are now solutions to all the questions from the "STEP III mixed Pure" module available.

Please let me know if you find any errors (it's quite a long document and I fully expect there to be some!)

Good luck for next week!

Read more

A question about questions

13 June 2017

In STEP II yesterday, I was supposed to evaluate an integral in part (i) of a question but didn't until I needed to in part (ii).

Would I lose marks? I did what was asked, just later in the question.

Read more

Step II grade boundaries

12 June 2017

Hello. In my STEP II paper I am pretty sure I got 3 complete answers, I answer that was basically complete but about half of the last part was missing and two where I got about half the question. Will this be enough to get a 1?

Read more

STEP 2 Strategy

11 June 2017

I am taking STEP2 tomorrow. I have read that we are advised not to try more than 6 questions. Does anyone disagree with this? What are the chances of getting a 1 if i do 8 questions half-way, completing only 2 or 3? Is there any other particular strategy you would recommend?

Read more

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)