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Real numbers from Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, LSE and UCL. Sourced from official statistics and FOI releases. Updated for the 2026 cycle.
TMUA or MAT comes down to your university list: Oxford means MAT, Cambridge, LSE and most others mean TMUA. Content overlap, format differences and sitting both.
10 June 2026 · 1,711 words
The TMUA syllabus area by area for both papers, with the under-prepared corners flagged: proof, logic vocabulary, counting arguments, sequence traps. Plus a self-audit checklist.
10 June 2026 · 1,682 words
No university publishes a hard TMUA cutoff. The most common score in October 2025 was 4.5, and 6.0-6.5+ is broadly competitive. What each university actually does with your score.
10 June 2026 · 1,741 words
How TMUA raw marks become a 1.0-9.0 score, why the conversion moves between sittings, and what a 6.5 roughly means in raw marks. No published table exists; here is what does.
10 June 2026 · 1,452 words
The logic content TMUA Paper 2 actually tests: necessary vs sufficient, contrapositive vs converse, counterexamples and negation, with four worked examples.
10 June 2026 · 1,686 words
Ten specific TMUA errors strong students make at 3 minutes 45 seconds per question: option anchoring, premature algebra, casework slips, flag misuse. Each with the fix.
10 June 2026 · 1,549 words
TMUA 2026 registration opens 20 July at 3pm and closes 28 September at 6pm. The test runs 12-16 October at Pearson VUE centres. Full timeline and prep plan.
10 June 2026 · 1,726 words
The TMUA changed in 2024: computer-based, wordier, more applied. Drilling pre-2023 past papers overfits to a style that no longer exists. How to adapt.
10 June 2026 · 1,566 words
The TMUA's most common score in October 2025 was 4.5 out of 9.0, in a cohort of strong mathematicians. What makes it hard, what does not, and how much scores actually move.
10 June 2026 · 1,708 words
A 16-week TMUA study plan with hours budgets, when to start timed mocks, why re-reading notes fails, and how to handle the no-formula-book problem.
10 June 2026 · 1,848 words
Trinity's Cambridge Maths offer rate is 18-25%, not the folklore 7%. The published data, the source of the myth, and 2026 applicant implications.
20 May 2026 · 1,932 words
Churchill markets itself as Cambridge's CS-friendliest college. 2022 data shows a 4.7% CS offer rate, lowest at Cambridge. Why the brand backfired.
20 May 2026 · 1,871 words
About one in five Cambridge applicants gets pooled. Roughly 13-21% of those convert to offers. What the Winter Pool actually does for 2026 entrants.
20 May 2026 · 1,850 words