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Hi, fm would have helped your application and it may not be too late to take AS fm as I did however it's not the end of the world. To make a competitive application, a 3A* prediction will be more beneficial as well as a strong personal statement. Feel free to contact me on @codedbyjade on instagram for personal statement help

Thank you! Good luck with your applications

If you are already about to start Year 13, I would focus on spending this summer doing a maths course etc instead to boost your application rather than pciking up Further Maths. I know that kcl don't mind not having FM. Even if you pick up FM, you may not have a predicted grade for the subject for unis to see anyway and in my case, none of my offers included my potential AS FM grade.

If you're planning to apply for Oxford with this course, I recommend swapping compsci or chemistry out with the full Further Maths A Level. I would also recommend either Philosophy AS if that's available, an EPQ or equivalent.

I know for sure Oxbridge does, I assume other unis do as well but it's probably less important there as the courses are less competitive. I got this information during events I attended back in Year 12 and don't have online sources per se.

@@codedbyjade Ok thank you! hopefully warwick does something similar...

you're in year 12 so I would say it's not too late to pick up A Level maths if you can, it will take a bit of effort to do it in one year though

I could one day, but my main advice is to attend any company/network events you come across in school. For example, a lot of my network was built during Young Professionals and CS networking events which boosted my LinkedIn profile.

The main career with coding is Software Engineering or anything similar

You can do it privately or ask your old college/sixth form if they will let you take the exam. It's up to you whether you choose to self learn or get a tutor

Just to clarify, do you have 3 days a week for both programming and the textbooks or just for the textbooks?

You're right, that has changed in the last 12 days

Not really, there was one lecture relating to Physics (which could be understood if you have up to GCSE Physics) in my Computer Architecture class but that was it.

@@codedbyjade thanks, I wasn’t sure whether or not to chose physics or chemistry for alevel

What are all of your options?

@@codedbyjade maths, drama and I want a science

If you want to keep your options open, I recommend picking further maths as well as another science or drop drama as it's adds nothing to your application. If your sure you want to do CS I would pick further maths as your 3rd subject

Yes! I recommend you spend your free time: 1. Learning data structures and algorithms 2. Set up your github page to upload coding projects 3. Create a linkedin account That way, you will be well prepared to apply for spring weeks and summer internships in your first year of university.

@@codedbyjade when is the best time to apply for internships

September - Early December so right now!!

Hi, maths A Level is the obly requirement for Computer Science at uni usually so you'll be fine. It'll be your predicted grades that matter

Hi im in the same position as you but in year 12. How did everything work out ?

It's not 100% certain as I've just finished first year but I'm currently interested in machine learning and backend development.

@@codedbyjade those two skills would be highly in demand in the future, great choice imo. did you do anything over the summer? please make more videos, you have so much to offer I believe, would love a video on what to focus on, how much time spent on uni work and personal project and what you should prioritise to make sure you come out of your degree with not only the best grade but also be employable.

I definitely will be making more videos from now on, now that I've had a year to settle into uni and the topics you mentioned will feature in these. This summer I've been prepping summer 2023 internships but I won't be discussing my personal story about that until Spring next year but my next video will be on networking and how to get opportunities.

@@codedbyjade awesome news! looking forward to the videos!

Hi, Software Engineering is a lot more practical and focuses on industrial skills whereas Computer Science dives deeper into theoretical topics such as the theory of computation and computer architecture as two examples. Both offer programming modules but Computer Sciences talks more about the nuances of each language (i.e. how its compiler manages memory) and software engineering focuses more towards you mastering a programming language/ web framework and project management. As for which is better, it really depends on what you want out of the degree. I chose Computer Science bc I was interested in the theoretical aspects and planned to learn the practical aspect via internships. If you don't want to do a lot of maths / more interested in the practical aspects, I would opt for Software engineering otherwise Computer Science is a better fit. I hope this answered your question and let me know if you have any more.

Thanks . Also for Ai building and other topics wouldn’t comp sci be better

Yes, definitely

By base do you mean the m1 model? Sorry I'm not super familiar with macs. I would say if you can get the 16gb so you don't have to upgrade later but if you're worried about costs the 8gb should be fine, I've been using an i3 8gb ram 128 gb ssd with no problems so far

@@codedbyjade thanks Jade, i've thought more about this and decided to worry about funds later! 16GB would last me longer without having to worry about it. I can't stand fan noise so would not accept a windows machine full stop! How are you doing? did you do an internship over the summer? miss your videos

I'm glad I could help! I'm doing well, I've been preparing for the 2023 internship application season so I've been busy in that sense but they'll be videos coming out more regularly now

@@codedbyjade so awesome to hear that! I wish you get what you want! your such a hard worker! what part of computer science do you think you'll enter once graduated?

Hi, I didn't mention them just used their videos to broaden my knowledge of fields in Computer Science

I'll add it to my list!

@@codedbyjade Thank you because I feel really stuck for options in terms of university

@@docgraal485 if you want to apply to any top universities for computer science (imperial, UCL, Warwick, Oxbridge, etc) you should strongly consider taking A level maths (and further maths if possible).

@@zed_118 i know that and, as I said, I did not pick it and i’m going into year 13

Don't worry about, the video is out tomorrow to help :)

I would say TMUA -> learn to code -> reinforcement learning bot in terms of priority. I assume you have a strong maths ability so I would look into mathematical topics such as the thoery of computation, ml algorithms etc and read some books on the side, noting what you have gained from them and how they made you more interested in CompSci

@@codedbyjade Ok. thanks

You can check on their website for clarification

Congrats!! See you there

It definitely will. Math is the most important subject when it comes to computer science. Almost all unis require math

As @Tobi said, not having at least A Level maths will stop you to applying to many of the top universities for Computer Science and some of the top even implicitly require Further Maths as well. However there are unis that don't require maths. The university of Nottingham or university of Leicester first come to mind

@@codedbyjade what do you think of computer science and mathematics as a course rather than just computer science? Is It worth it?

It depends on the career path you want to take really, do you have an idea so I can guide you further?

@@codedbyjade well I don't have a rigid career path but I'm thinking of doing something with AI and machine learning

Thanks for watching!

@@codedbyjade No problem!

If you're looking for C project ideas I would recommend having a look online for project ideas, here is an example of a C implementation I made a few weeks ago (github.com/jade-bejide/2D-Cellular-Automata). The RUclips channel jdh also has a few cool C projects. Over the summer for discrete maths I recommend the book "Discrete mathematics and its applications" by K. Rosen and watching 3Blue1Brown's Video Series on Linear Algebra. I'll add that video idea to the pipeline :)

I would recommend doing A Level Computer Science as opposed to IT

@@codedbyjade my school doesn’t offer CS

Do they offer further maths or physics?

@@codedbyjade they offer physics but I’ve already picked the combination, should I change it

It's difficult to give a definitive answer. The general advice would be if you want to increase the competitiveness of your application then switch to physics or further maths but that doesn't always guarantee a successful application. I recommend having a look at the unis you want to apply to and see their requirements.

Hi, I'm not quite sure what you mean

Congratulations on your offer! I plan on resuming regular video content mid June

@@codedbyjade thanks Jade, looking forward to your updates! hope your exam / prep are going well.

Thanks for watching :) Yeah I will definitely add that to my todo list, this video was a little while ago before I got to understand the importance of code documentation. Thanks for you input

It depends. Sometimes universities reduce offers if you do have Computer Science A Level. The most important thing is to know how to code and understand the basic Computer Science principles and demonstrate your understanding in your personal statement

No but it would help narrow the learning curve

Congrats! Let me know if you have any questions

Hi, what makes you not want to study maths in school, is it not available?

Hi, I would say Sheffield is the best out of these 4, with Liverpool next, with London uni's, it's not just about the proximity to London and jobs there, employers perfer certain unis (i.e. UCL) so there is not too much of an advantage is choosing Queen Mary/Royal Holloway

@@codedbyjade Thanks a lot. We have decided to go for university of Sheffield.