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Computer science Personal statement

I want to study CS at Cambridge and I want to know how to include good stuff on personal statement. I already do tons of super curriculum computer science stuff but I feel as if people without passion for the subject can just put the same stuff as me and I won’t seem any better. I’m only in year 10 but I can program at university level and I’m ranked highly in the country in competitive programming competitions. Assuming that I do achieve the highest grades how do I stand out. I’ve done tons of project Euler, leetcode, codechef, cryptography, hacking, capture the flags, etc…

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I want to study CS at Cambridge and I want to know how to include good stuff on personal statement. I already do tons of super curriculum computer science stuff but I feel as if people without passion for the subject can just put the same stuff as me and I won’t seem any better. I’m only in year 10 but I can program at university level and I’m ranked highly in the country in competitive programming competitions. Assuming that I do achieve the highest grades how do I stand out. I’ve done tons of project Euler, leetcode, codechef, cryptography, hacking, capture the flags, etc…

could you please guide me on this how do i get supercurricular things done i just completed my gcses now i am looking for something to stand out, how do you prepare for these things ? and from where?

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I want to study CS at Cambridge and I want to know how to include good stuff on personal statement. I already do tons of super curriculum computer science stuff but I feel as if people without passion for the subject can just put the same stuff as me and I won’t seem any better. I’m only in year 10 but I can program at university level and I’m ranked highly in the country in competitive programming competitions. Assuming that I do achieve the highest grades how do I stand out. I’ve done tons of project Euler, leetcode, codechef, cryptography, hacking, capture the flags, etc…

Cambridge have a big focus on maths for computer science - make sure you do incredibly well in the TMUA and, ideally, have an A* prediction for A-level further maths. Show an interest in computer science beyond coding/programming.

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