good universities for computer science?

I am aiming for A*AA.what universities should i be looking into?

i had 4 A* 3A in my gcses,my school does not offer more than 8 subjects.

Assuming that one of your A-levels is in Maths, it sounds like you'd be on track for our standard conditional offer. Do feel free to get in touch if you want any information about our courses, etc.

This could be a little misleading. If you look at Oxford's standard offer in the link above it says that CS students must have an A* in Maths, Further Maths, Physics or Computing - which is not certain from your post.

Also take note of the GCSE requirements and their emphasis on the number of A* grades. Oxford apparently place more emphasis on GCSE grades than Cambridge, for example, where they focus more on your UMS scores at AS/A-level.

We do indeed require an A* in either Maths, Further Maths, Physics or Computing - hence the inclusions of the link. Just trying not to bombard OP.

We don't have any specific requirements when it comes to GCSEs. The average no. of A*s we see from our successful candidates is a bit higher than the OP has mentioned, but it's just that - an average.

How much emphasis do Oxford place on contextual information? I ask because I suspect that the OP's school might not be among the best, given that it limits candidates to 8 GCSE's.

When we decide who to shortlist, and ultimately who to offer a place to, we use everything we know about a candidate.
Assuming the candidate is at a UK school the tutors will also have contextual information in addition to the above.

To quote the university's official guidance on this:
"2012 marked the fourth year of the use of a flagging system for contextual data to decide which extra students to invite to interview. The aspects of contextual data looked at were the performance of the candidate’s school at GCSE and A-level; socio-economic circumstances by home postcode; and whether an applicant has been in care.
No matter what contextual information there is on a candidate they will still need to meet the standard conditional offer for a place and be within the top 80% in any pre-interview tests before they are invited to interview.
The University will ‘flag’ a candidate if they have one flag from the prior education and socio-economic background categories, or be flagged for being in care. When a candidate is flagged it is strongly recommended that they are invited to interview.

Contextual information only comes into play in deciding which extra students are invited to interview. It plays no part in deciding who gets an offer, or what that offer is."

This resource tells you more about the information we get, and how it's used.

So it does help us see how a candidate is doing, say compared to the average performance at their school. And if there are extenuating circumstances. Basically we're trying to get an overall idea of a students potential, and contextual information can help us with that.

Thanks - hopefully this will help the OP and others.

One point, the link labelled 'This resource' goes to

http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/about_oxford/codes_and_procedures/contextual_data.html

which links off to POLAR2 - this is now a 404 and needs to be updated. It also looks to have changed now to POLAR3.

Hi,I don't mean to hijack your thread but I too am looking to do computer science.

I am predicted A*A*A* for my course which is an a level equivalent however I only have a GCSE grade C in maths.

I wish to apply to Manchester uni among others and they ask for a B, would
It be worth applying still or is it pointless?

Thanks

I have seen other people on here who have been rejected for similar reasons for other courses. Do you have AS Maths? Are you taking it at A2?

Hi,
I don't have any of them. I just have GCSE.

Currently my choices are Southampton, Kent, Exeter,Greenwich and Canterbury.
Anyone here studied CS at any of them?

Thanks

Are you sure?

My tutors informed me that I would be fine with those. What could I apply to?

I don't have a preference on where I go so anywhere in particular you can recommend I can go? Or I can at least qualify for?

Thanks

Thanks for that I have checked and am I right in saying Greenwich and Kent are Ok?

I am not doing A Levels.

I am at college doing a BTEC Level 3 extended diploma in IT. My tutor has told me its an equivalent A level, I am on course for D* D* D*.