Cambridge Computer Science 2025 applicants

Hi! I got an offer from Catz for ComSci! was wondering if anyone else has any, I don't feel like I've seen any so far!
I'm not sure if I can do this, but I haven't seen any threads for this so decided to make one myself!

Congrats! Could you please share what you particularly did to get into Computer science , preferably your super and extra curriculars

thanks! I did online courses, read research papers, textbooks, reading up on topics i was interested in (I was curious about NP-Completeness so mainly on that).
I also showed my capabilities for practical stuff with competitive programming and some personal projects
For personal projects, everyone does it so try to stand out by doing industry-standard level applications in both quality and scale.
good luck

So sorry for disturbing but for competitive programming would doing codeforces be enough?

Congratulations for getting into Cambridge for Comp. Sci. I have few questions if you don't mind.
1) As u said u did competitive programming, I would like to do it too. So did u take part in any competition?
2) Can you tell what Computer Science at Cambridge uni actually is?
3) For personal projects, any examples or ideas?
Other than that can you suggest any things which would be really beneficial to add for ps?
Thanks.

current comspci at cambridge rn — lmk if you have any questions!!

current comspci at cambridge rn — lmk if you have any questions!!

How is the TMUA test for admissions and the interview? Do they ask questions related to data structures or any comp sci stuff in interview? Also, as you would have done A-level Comp Sci i am guessing, can you suggestions of some good NEA project ideas to make ? (Sorry as this question is off topic)

Looking forward to seeing you next year! (if you’re not a third year)
Do you know if there’s any competitive programming groups in Cambridge? I know trinity goes to ICPC every year, but is there one I can be in which isn’t Trinity? Or does Trinity’s team accept people from other colleges?
Thanks in advance

The TMUA was really hard compared to A level (I did scottish advanced higher, but theyre similar enough). But honestly you'll be fine if you're good at maths. There was some good youtube videos with tips i found saved me a lot of time (cant remember the name but should be findable). Really get to know your logic stuff -- useful for Paper 2. I loved the logic part of it and paper 2 carried me (lowkey bombed paper 1). If you prepare a lot then it should be fine! It can depend about the data structure stuff in interview, if they've seen that you have done compsci A level they probably could ask you a question where the answer could involve arrays, but you won't get anything leetcode style where you have to know complex data structures. they could ask you a question where the answer implements some computer science concept - but you dont have to know it to answer the question. the interviews are more to test your thinking than to test the knowledge you already have.
for my NEA I did a password manager with RSA encryption, some of my friends did a 3D gravity simulator, bookshop management tool, stock market price indicator. Honestly choose whatever interests you/ notice problems around you in everyday life.
lmk if you see anymore help!!

thanks! I did online courses, read research papers, textbooks, reading up on topics i was interested in (I was curious about NP-Completeness so mainly on that).
I also showed my capabilities for practical stuff with competitive programming and some personal projects
For personal projects, everyone does it so try to stand out by doing industry-standard level applications in both quality and scale.
good luck