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Doing an EPQ in a subject relevant to CS.
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Maintaining a personal blog, which is regularly updated with content relevant to CS.
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Developing programs that you can show your admissions board.
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Doing an EPQ in a subject relevant to CS.
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Maintaining a personal blog, which is regularly updated with content relevant to CS.
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Developing programs that you can show your admissions board.
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Doing an EPQ is certainly a good idea. But do it in something interesting.
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I suspect a blog won't impress admissions tutors very much: we'd prefer to see you doing things rather than just talking.
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Developing programs is certainly good. But you need to be able to talk about what you've done convincingly -- what were the most interesting/challenging parts of the program?
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There's little point in learning lots of languages: it's better to learn one language in a reasonable amount of depth, and then do interesting things with it. I see lots of UCAS forms where people claim to know lots of languages; but then in interview they're unable to talk about an interesting program they've written.
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Don't BS, particularly about knowing languages: you're setting yourself up for an awkward question about an obscure corner of the language.
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Knowing assembly won't impress me much: quit being masochistic, and learn a high-level language, where you can concentrate on the main ideas of the program rather than low-level details; this will make you a more productive coder.
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