So it's the kind of time I need to start making decisions about where I want to apply if I want to go to Oxbridge. With that in mind, I think right now I want to apply for Maths and Computer Science (at Oxford) or Computer Science with Maths (at Cambridge). The major difference is that there is less Maths in the Cambridge course, I am led to believe, since it is a CS course with maths rather than a joint honours course.
I do love maths which is why I want to do it as a joint honours with computer science, which is a field that really interests me and I think would suit me... but anyway this isn't a personal statement or whatever!
I do Further Maths, Physics, History and Chemistry (AS) and am thinking of dropping Chemistry, results-dependent, because I really enjoy History and I think ultimately between the two there's not going to be a lot of difference in applying for this course as long as I still have Further Maths and Physics.
If I did apply, I would probably apply to a college that does require STEP at Cambridge (and if applying to Oxford I would have to do the MAT). I know STEP is harder, but apparently you don't necessarily have to do as well in it because of that? Also, the Oxford page states an intake of 28 while the Cambridge one has no specific data as far as I can see
edit: What I had understood when writing that paragraph I now know is not quite right. Irrespective of which college I applied to (at either) it seems I would have to do the respective admissions test. Additionally Cambridge indicates an intake of 86 overall, the number of which doing Computer Science with Maths is not specified
Bottom line, which one would you say it makes sense to apply for?