St John’s student named as top University of Cambridge mathematics undergraduate

The Mathematical Tripos is famously difficult

A position described as "the greatest intellectual achievement attainable in Britain" has been awarded to a student at St John’s College. The Cambridge undergraduate mathematics course, or Mathematical Tripos, is famously difficult and it is considered highly prestigious to be named as the ‘Senior Wrangler’. The Senior Wrangler is the person who achieves the highest overall mark among the Wranglers, the students at Cambridge who gain first-class marks in mathematics.

Timur Pryadilin, a fourth-year student at St John’s, was named as the ‘Senior Wrangler’ in the Mathematical Studies Tripos Part II in Michaelmas Term 2024. As part of being awarded the status, Timur received the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize.

Trinity and St John’s are the two Cambridge Colleges with the most recipients of the award on record.

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