ESAT Maths - How similar is TMUA Paper 1/Paper 2?

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Posting this on results day may get it buried, but I would like to ask-- how similar is the TMUA to ESAT maths, especially maths 2?

The specification is basically identical bar the Logic section for TMUA. The timings are tighter as well, which makes me want to believe it'll be easier than the TMUA, but I don't really want to resort to cope.

I've found the NSAA relatively fine (grades 5-8), but doing the TMUA papers shook me a little. My scores have been as low as 4.5, with a max of 7 (that too, on a 2017 paper). I'm honestly just scared, I was expecting to sit the PAT for Oxford/Imperial Physics, but that's not happening anymore, its the stupid ESAT, and if the maths is like TMUA I'm so cooked.

Honest answers appreciated :]

Thanks in advance and if you're reading this on results day, I hope you made your offers!

Posted Aug 13, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC

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