Help! EPQ for competitive Oxbridge/top uni application?

Hi! I'm a year 12 student planning to apply for English Literature at Cambridge, and other top unis (currently looking at Edinburgh and Durham as my favourites). I am studying History, Sociology and English Literature, and am currently predicted A*A*A (though my teachers and I are very confident this will go up yo A*A*A* as this grade was based on a singular poor exam).
My question regards the EPQ: if I were to take one on an interdisciplinary English/History approach to women in Norse Mythology (a topic that does interest me greatly), would this be beneficial to my application?
I want to make as competitive an application as possible, and am worried that by passing this up I am reducing the quality of my personal statement and interview topics? I have also heard some people refer to Sociology as a subject sometimes seen as 'less serious', and thought the EPQ might counteract some that negativity?
I think I could do well on an EPQ, but worry I would be stretching myself too thin alongside high grades, other supercurriculars and preparing thoroughly for university applications, possibly resulting in too much stress. Whilst I am aware other extra reading and activities (which I am more than happy to do, and would attempt to do even alongside an EPQ) can also provide evidence of interest in your subject, I wonder if the EPQ is more valuable as hard evidence of this.
Additionally, I have spoken to some former EPQ students who said that they did not find the experience too useful for university applications, and that unis do not really care about it- is this true?
Any help is much appreciated, thanks so much!

Hi! I'm a year 12 student planning to apply for English Literature at Cambridge, and other top unis (currently looking at Edinburgh and Durham as my favourites). I am studying History, Sociology and English Literature, and am currently predicted A*A*A (though my teachers and I are very confident this will go up yo A*A*A* as this grade was based on a singular poor exam).
My question regards the EPQ: if I were to take one on an interdisciplinary English/History approach to women in Norse Mythology (a topic that does interest me greatly), would this be beneficial to my application?
I want to make as competitive an application as possible, and am worried that by passing this up I am reducing the quality of my personal statement and interview topics? I have also heard some people refer to Sociology as a subject sometimes seen as 'less serious', and thought the EPQ might counteract some that negativity?
I think I could do well on an EPQ, but worry I would be stretching myself too thin alongside high grades, other supercurriculars and preparing thoroughly for university applications, possibly resulting in too much stress. Whilst I am aware other extra reading and activities (which I am more than happy to do, and would attempt to do even alongside an EPQ) can also provide evidence of interest in your subject, I wonder if the EPQ is more valuable as hard evidence of this.
Additionally, I have spoken to some former EPQ students who said that they did not find the experience too useful for university applications, and that unis do not really care about it- is this true?
Any help is much appreciated, thanks so much!

Hi!
I know that Durham doesnt explicitly make offers based on an EPQ, but they still take it into consideration. Either way, I think the EPQ is useful to have as an additional qualification, especially for English as quite a lot of the skills you would practice in an EPQ would also help in your degree. In my opinion, it seems like it would be worth giving it a try, and you could always drop it if the pressure becomes too much or you have any other issues, but I do an EPQ in addition to 4 A Levels and I don't find the EPQ to be too stressful or overly time-consuming.
Hope this helps!

I did a politics/MFL EPQ and am personally finding it very helpful as a first year uni student!

Thanks so much!!! Do you think a poor grade on the epq if I don’t do as well (as my school wouldn’t let me drop it halfway through unfortunately) could negatively affect a university application?

Hi! I'm a year 12 student planning to apply for English Literature at Cambridge, and other top unis (currently looking at Edinburgh and Durham as my favourites). I am studying History, Sociology and English Literature, and am currently predicted A*A*A (though my teachers and I are very confident this will go up yo A*A*A* as this grade was based on a singular poor exam).
My question regards the EPQ: if I were to take one on an interdisciplinary English/History approach to women in Norse Mythology (a topic that does interest me greatly), would this be beneficial to my application?
I want to make as competitive an application as possible, and am worried that by passing this up I am reducing the quality of my personal statement and interview topics? I have also heard some people refer to Sociology as a subject sometimes seen as 'less serious', and thought the EPQ might counteract some that negativity?
I think I could do well on an EPQ, but worry I would be stretching myself too thin alongside high grades, other supercurriculars and preparing thoroughly for university applications, possibly resulting in too much stress. Whilst I am aware other extra reading and activities (which I am more than happy to do, and would attempt to do even alongside an EPQ) can also provide evidence of interest in your subject, I wonder if the EPQ is more valuable as hard evidence of this.
Additionally, I have spoken to some former EPQ students who said that they did not find the experience too useful for university applications, and that unis do not really care about it- is this true?
Any help is much appreciated, thanks so much!

Hi! I'm a year 12 student planning to apply for English Literature at Cambridge, and other top unis (currently looking at Edinburgh and Durham as my favourites). I am studying History, Sociology and English Literature, and am currently predicted A*A*A (though my teachers and I are very confident this will go up yo A*A*A* as this grade was based on a singular poor exam).
My question regards the EPQ: if I were to take one on an interdisciplinary English/History approach to women in Norse Mythology (a topic that does interest me greatly), would this be beneficial to my application?
I want to make as competitive an application as possible, and am worried that by passing this up I am reducing the quality of my personal statement and interview topics? I have also heard some people refer to Sociology as a subject sometimes seen as 'less serious', and thought the EPQ might counteract some that negativity?
I think I could do well on an EPQ, but worry I would be stretching myself too thin alongside high grades, other supercurriculars and preparing thoroughly for university applications, possibly resulting in too much stress. Whilst I am aware other extra reading and activities (which I am more than happy to do, and would attempt to do even alongside an EPQ) can also provide evidence of interest in your subject, I wonder if the EPQ is more valuable as hard evidence of this.
Additionally, I have spoken to some former EPQ students who said that they did not find the experience too useful for university applications, and that unis do not really care about it- is this true?
Any help is much appreciated, thanks so much!