Advanced Higher taken Early- Edinburgh University

I took higher maths in S4 and advanced higher maths in S5. I’m currently taking advanced highers in mechanics, physics, and two other subjects in S6. I have an unconditional for comp sci from Edinburgh. I don’t know how it works if you’re two years ahead though. I’d contact admissions and ask.

Can you contact your local university and ask them if they can help in any way regarding extending your maths skills? Otherwise, I’m not sure. Perhaps the school has ill advised you to take these qualifications so early even if you’re capable.

I’ll try contacting a university or asking my teachers- I don’t blame the school considering it was me/my parents who pushed so hard to go ahead in maths, and sitting the qualifications was a natural consequence. Also, it’s only Edinburgh university who has this policy.
“Why don’t you not apply to Edinburgh?”
My plan is to apply to English universities (probably Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE) and two Scottish universities for second year entry (I can only find Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews offering this). Also, Edinburgh >= StA > Glasgow personally. Hence my wish to apply to Edinburgh.

Be careful about applying to all highly prestigious courses and not having a lower-regarded back up. Everything is so much more competitive now and stellar applicants with top grades are coming away with no offers.

I applied to Cambridge, St As, Edinburgh, Durham and Glasgow and got a post interview rejection from Cambridge, unconditional from Edinburgh, low offer from Durham and didn’t hear back from the other two and withdrew in April as I wanted to firm Edinburgh.

For context I had 7 highers band A1, 1 advanced higher band A1 (taken in S5) and 4A1s predicted this year for advanced highers. I had won international coding comps, received numerous awards and done loads of extra curricular stuff and thought I would have four or five quick offers especially as I go to a state school. This wasn’t the case.

Good luck!

That’s pretty terrifying- only thing I could possibly speculate is by extracurricular do you mean things not directly related to Computing?
Cambridge doesn’t really care about anything except the interview; the others are just whack.
I struggle to see how 40% (at least for Glasgow, if not more) could beat that application, to be honest.

Are there any coding competitions you’d recommend entering, and how might I begin?