[Der_Melon]

Hey guys, I am considering to study mathematics at university, however last thursday I attended Imperial College Open Day and I was totally sold by their Computer Science talk, and are seriously weighing my options in CS.

However I am only willing to apply for CS at Imperial as their department is head and shoulders above everyone else, however I am considering the possibility of applying to Joint mathematics and computer sciences courses elsewhere.

The options which I am considering now are:
JMC-Oxford
Computer Science-Imperial
Mathematics-Warwick
Mathematics-Bath
JMC-Bristol

Are these the right options to go for? And if so how should i structure my personal statements so that I'm not presenting myself as indecisive, any advices would be appreciated thanks

[Oxford Computer Science Dept]

(Original post by Der_Melon)
The options which I am considering now are:
JMC-Oxford
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And if so how should i structure my personal statements so that I'm not presenting myself as indecisive, any advices would be appreciated thanks

We offer some advice on filling out the UCAS form for prospective computer scientists on our website here and here. We're not looking for any specific computing knowledge (but we are looking for a genuine enthusiasm for the subject. We're really looking for students who have really developed their mathematical thinking, so from the CS we too are interested in hearing about both your maths-related activities.

We're quite used to seeing candidates apply for joint degrees at one institution and slightly different combination at an other. We'll just ignore anything that isn't relevant to us.

Edit: It's also worth noting that if you were interviewed for the joint maths and computing course with us and, for example, didn't quite make it on the maths side, but were strong enough on the CS side, you could be offered a place on the straight computer science course. Or vice versa.