Oxbridge and supercuriculars (natural sciences or stem in general)

Hii I’m in year 12 and one of my aspirations is to apply to Cambridge (specifically natsci) I know deepening your thinking and doing wider reading outside/around your topic is super important and also doing super curriculars is too. Does anyone who has applied to Oxbridge or similar have any advice on what I should be doing this school year to put my self in a good place to apply? I also want to find a specific subject of interest in science that I can read deeper about too and be able to think better scientifically
Stats:
I got 9,9,9,9,9,9,8,6 in GCSEs ( all 9’s for triple science and an 8 for math)
Current supercuriculars: I’m currently doing a group biology competition, I will be partaking in an academic visit and taster session at Oxford, 5 natural science supervisions at Cambridge (As part of the CHAS programme) but I know there’s more I can and need to do
My Epq is also a scientific research project/experiment focusing on chemiluminescence and I’ll be writing a scientific report on this.
If any one has advice or opinions on my current situation and my goals it would be greatly appreciated! Ty

You have a decent amount of activities that you have under your belt including the sessions at Oxford and Cambridge plus your EPQ.
I would suggest that you look at the Cambridge Uni super-curricular suggestions here: www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/files/publications/super-curricular_suggestions.pdf
PS: if you want to apply for Natural Sciences, consider Queens, Selwyn or Girton, they are excellent colleges. Make sure you visit Cambridge (if you can).
Good luck

Thank you so much! And especially for the college recommendations 🙂 also one of the supervisions I’m doing for Nat sci at Cambridge is in person so I’ll get to have it in a college at Cambridge (gonville and caius) which I’m super excited for. But I’ll make sure to visit as a whole too. I really appreciate it once again this is very helpful

Alright, good luck. Whilst you are in Cambridge, try to network as much as you can with current students and academics.

All the best.

I would disagree with this.
I think most students and likely academics would find it quite annoying to have applicants try to network with them outside of outreach events like open days. Cambridge terms are busy and having strangers use them as a free resource can be annoying. They may answer a few questions obviously if they happen to run into you but 'networking' implies a relationship much beyond that. This is even assuming that that would be especially helpful, which it wouldn't really be as so much information changes.
I would definitely recommend coming on an open day, though. Students and academics there would be more than happy to answer your questions and, importantly, have the right people there to know the current, up-to-date answers. Note that students working outreach events are still not permitted to give out their personal details to applicants.

Hii I’m in year 12 and one of my aspirations is to apply to Cambridge (specifically natsci) I know deepening your thinking and doing wider reading outside/around your topic is super important and also doing super curriculars is too. Does anyone who has applied to Oxbridge or similar have any advice on what I should be doing this school year to put my self in a good place to apply? I also want to find a specific subject of interest in science that I can read deeper about too and be able to think better scientifically
Stats:
I got 9,9,9,9,9,9,8,6 in GCSEs ( all 9’s for triple science and an 8 for math)
Current supercuriculars: I’m currently doing a group biology competition, I will be partaking in an academic visit and taster session at Oxford, 5 natural science supervisions at Cambridge (As part of the CHAS programme) but I know there’s more I can and need to do
My Epq is also a scientific research project/experiment focusing on chemiluminescence and I’ll be writing a scientific report on this.
If any one has advice or opinions on my current situation and my goals it would be greatly appreciated! Ty

Thank you so much! And especially for the college recommendations 🙂 also one of the supervisions I’m doing for Nat sci at Cambridge is in person so I’ll get to have it in a college at Cambridge (gonville and caius) which I’m super excited for. But I’ll make sure to visit as a whole too. I really appreciate it once again this is very helpful

I would disagree with this.
I think most students and likely academics would find it quite annoying to have applicants try to network with them outside of outreach events like open days. Cambridge terms are busy and having strangers use them as a free resource can be annoying. They may answer a few questions obviously if they happen to run into you but 'networking' implies a relationship much beyond that. This is even assuming that that would be especially helpful, which it wouldn't really be as so much information changes.
I would definitely recommend coming on an open day, though. Students and academics there would be more than happy to answer your questions and, importantly, have the right people there to know the current, up-to-date answers. Note that students working outreach events are still not permitted to give out their personal details to applicants.

Reading around subject and keeping up to date with latest developments in this field.

I don't usually interect on here but you might be the first person i've seen saying they'll also be at the chas thing😭 especially for natsci