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Computing science and mathematics at St Andrews

People who have gotten into this specific course, was it just stellar grades that mattered. Also, I have seen that the acceptance rate is 35%, is this true ? Any ideas for good extracurriculars if needed. And any advice generally for things to do on ps etc. Thank you.

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Anonymous #1

As St. Andrews' comp sci and maths departments don't do tests, their main point of focus is your predicted grades and your PS. Idk about the acceptance rate - doesn't matter. One thought for an extracurricular is to make a very simple maths-related program(s) from scratch (e.g. a simple calculator app) and fire that into your PS. They don't expect you to have been on any relevant work experiences/internships and they'd much rather see you make some simple program instead, as this shows you can apply knowledge, instead of merely showing what you learnt directly.