Toby Scamman

Imperial

Weekly maths and programming assignments

Learning Haskell, Kotlin and C in first year

Group projects

Came 1st in the year in the IEPC group programming challenge

Came 1st in the CapitalOne Pair Programming Event

Involved in Rowing, Wind Band and Choir

Secretary of Wilson House

A levels: A*, A*, A*, A* (Latin, Computer Science, Maths, Further Maths)

11 GCSEs, grades 99999999988

Won 15 unique prizes for different subjects and areas of school life

Led a team of 11 in completing Jane Street’s Ritangle Maths challenge, earning a mention on their website

Achieved ‘Best in the Year’ in the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo

Achieved ‘Best in the Year’ in the OUCC Programming Challenge

Raised £6,383.52 for charity by leading a group of five to sell baked goods over four years

Organised 70+ prefects as Deputy Head of School

Led the RAF Cadet Squadron as Flight Sergeant

Led Big Band and Orchestra as First Trombone

Rowed at Eton Dorney as part of the First Quad of my year

Gave presentations in Maths Society about the validity of RSA encryption and methods of factorising coprimes, including Shor’s algorithm.

I worked on ensuring robust cybersecurity practices such as clearing Sensitive Nuclear Information from network switches.

I learned about the role of cybersecurity in high-stake circumstances and the importance of reliable data storage through RAID.

Collaborated in a team to produce a website about mental health awareness for local schools.

Learnt about scrum methodology for completing projects and DevOps.

Carried out QA on the university’s website.

A flight simulator for RAF cadets who didn’t already have access to one.

I wanted to create a realistic physical and aerodynamic simulation of an aircraft.

I programmed a 3D physics engine from scratch and applied aerodynamic forces to the surfaces of the aircraft.

A 2D videogame about wizards for a game jam at my school.

I composed the soundtrack, created the sprites and wrote the code to bring the game to life.

As part of mentoring 10 students in Latin, I created an automated emailing and marking system.

I also made an online vocab tester to help my classmate.

I have begun to make a Latin sentence generator, which I hope will be able to incorporate machine learning to generate realistic sentences.