Mathematics at Uni

What extracurriculars/super-curriculars should I be trying to do if I am aiming for a top uni like Imperial or Oxbridge? I already do the UKMT challanges and have done as much as I can with the curriculum at school (what I do at school).

btw from Scotland, in S4

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Original post by bennetthomas13

oxbridge are fairly clear that extracurriculars do not matter, your personal statement should only contain stuff about supercurriculars. There are ideas in
https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/super-curricular_suggestions.pdf
and reading list ideas on https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/admissions/undergraduate-admissions
oxford (st annes) maths supercurriculars https://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/outreach/students/super-curriculars-and-resources/
Personally, I think a decent maths history book is a good one to flick through from time to time (as well as others mentioned).

Doing a bit of reading, competitions, pop maths videos, ... is decent stuff, but youd have to do mat for oxford and tmua/step for imperial and those entrance tests (and interview) are probably more discriminatory than having a polished personal statement. So putting some effort into problem solving (mat, tmua), harder elementary maths and harder a level maths is important. Theres the mat club/livestream stuff and step foundation modules and doing some more elementary maths similar to smc/bmo which you can do in y12.