Want to apply to Cambridge for engineering and I really do want to get in. Predicted grades will (with fingers MASSIVELY crossed) be on my side as 4A*, incl. maths, FM, physics. Extra/supercurriculars not so much. No competitions. I'm going to read a lot of books and do a lot of personal mini projects over the summer but I don't know what else to do to make myself stand out. Sounds like everyone else has done so much and now I'm really stressed.
Also my problem solving skills are absolute *******e. A level maths questions are doable, even if the harder ones need going over. Anything beyond that and I'm terrible. I did a past NSAA paper (because that's what the ESAT will be like) and I scraped a 4 - admittedly I think that will come with practice. But I mean problem solving in terms of the type of stuff I might be asked in my interview, I'm pretty bad at that. Are there any other places in which good problem solving skills will even be relevant, though?
Anyhow, I just generally feel like I will be lost in the sea of applicants who have good grades but are crap otherwise lol. Any advice would be appreciated.