Studying Computer Science: Additional requirements for uni

Do you study computing? If so your second year project will have lots of programming it it which you can talk about in your personal statement. I mentioned it in my personal statement when applying for computer science.

So I know the specification for your course has changed slightly from mine but it should be similar. Basically you have to do a project that 'solves a problem'. It's very broad and you can do whatever you wish. In order to get good marks, however, your project needs to be complex - this can be done by implementing some of the following (from mark scheme):

- Non-trivial algorithms, standard or user-defined, e.g. a graph traversal algorithm, recursive
algorithms
- Use of sophisticated features of programming language / complexity of programming
language, e.g. sophisticated data structures, runtime created objects, user-defined OOP
classes
- Time-based simulation
- Development of program solutions for portable devices / games consoles
- Complexity of non-computing field of the problem, e.g. 3-D vector manipulation
- Communication Protocols, e.g. TCP connections
- Image Processing / pattern recognition, e.g. steganography, use of regular expressions
(Also they love relational databases)

I did an IOS app for teachers using a relational database - got full marks in the end

Wow! That's so helpful!!! Thank you!
Well done on getting full marks!
Did you have to publish your app on the app store?

Cheers! No, you don't have to publish your app. You just have to prove to the person marking it (your teacher) that it works and does the required functions, by running it on the simulator. You thinking about doing a mobile app?

Ahhhh, and not sure yet unless I get started with obj-c this summer. We've been taught Python so does that mean we can only use Python for the project next year?

Absolutely not. We were taught VB.NET in first year and even though most people did use it in their second year projects, the project can be done it any language.

In terms of IOS app, I did mine in Swift - it's quite friendly and similar to python.

Oh yeah I heard about Swift at a lecture last year, is Swift easier to use then obj-c?
Also what else did you put on your UCAS application, like did you say what languages you know and what projects you've made?

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