Computer Science at Oxford

At the moment, I'm predicted to meet Oxford's entry requirements for Computer Science, but there's only a 5% acceptence rate. I'm still not entirely sure I even want to go to uni, but my school's making everyone apply just in case. Is it worth applying there as if I do go to uni, I would prefer to commute, and oxford's only a 30 minute drive from my house, but I've heard there's a lot more work and pressure than other unis

note: you must live within 25 miles of Carfax Tower [1] if you want to commute. 30 minutes could easily be within that but it's a bit borderline so it might be good to check

[1]: ox.ac.uk

I just checked, I'm 33 miles away from that. I would ideally like to stay at home, so I guess is it worth having to move out on top of the extra pressure worth it to go to Oxford

it depends: is there any particular reason you want to go to Oxford? if you'd like to give it a shot, you could apply then decide whether you'd like to accept a potential offer later.

Not really. As I said, I'm not sure I even want to go to uni but I have to apply just in case. I just know it's supposed to be one of the best and I thought it was local enough to commute to

What about Brookes then? You could also do a year in industry ...

At the moment, I'm predicted to meet Oxford's entry requirements for Computer Science, but there's only a 5% acceptence rate. I'm still not entirely sure I even want to go to uni, but my school's making everyone apply just in case. Is it worth applying there as if I do go to uni, I would prefer to commute, and oxford's only a 30 minute drive from my house, but I've heard there's a lot more work and pressure than other unis

I have looked into that aswell, but the entry requirements are BCC and im predicted way higher than that