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I'm applying for history and, unless my results are a major disappointment (and a bit of a surprise tbh), I'll be applying to Oxbridge. Up until last week, I was definitely applying for Cambridge but now I'm not so sure after having visited Oxford last Friday. Went back up to Cambridge on Monday and am visiting Oxford again tomorrow so hopefully I'll be able to make my choice soon. The decision really comes down to whether I want to take History and Politics and whether I can be bothered with the history aptitude test. Aside from Oxbridge, I"m thinking of places like Edinburgh, Durham, York, Warwick, Nottingham, Bristol etc - haven't done enough research on these yet though.
I do History at York afer being rejected by Oxford. \o/
06-27-2007, 11:47 PM
The University Applications Thread - For 2008 Entry Post #22
Originally posted by Jonno-Blood:
I'm just starting my personal statement now, cause for some reason by school wants drafts in within the next week, and I have no sweet clue how to start it or anything. Everyone seems to start them like "Ever since I was young..." or something similar and I don't wanna just go along with everyone else, but it's a logical starting point.
Got a feeling mine is going to be pretty rubbish as I hardly do anything. I've got my interest in the subject I wanna do, and I've got sports in that I was captain of teams in and out of school but that's about it.
Yeah that sums up my opinions on my personal statement. Although I am starting to coach my brothers football team so I feel that could be quite good.
06-27-2007, 11:49 PM
The University Applications Thread - For 2008 Entry Post #23
Got a feeling mine is going to be pretty rubbish as I hardly do anything. I've got my interest in the subject I wanna do, and I've got sports in that I was captain of teams in and out of school but that's about it.
That sounds like it's going to be pretty good to me. The main thing they care about is that you're good at and really interested in your subject.
06-28-2007, 12:23 AM
The University Applications Thread - For 2008 Entry Post #24
yeh my school wanted drafts in this week had a monday n tuesday talkin about how to apply on ucas etc and how to write a good personal statement and got shown 5 examples whichmost people just copied and changed to suit them selves.
06-28-2007, 12:30 AM
The University Applications Thread - For 2008 Entry Post #25
The basic layout ofr my personal statement, as advised by the school will be:
Paragraph 1: Why I like history, without saying 'I like history because'
Paragraph 2: Other subjects and how they link to history e.g. French has enabled me to look at issues from an international perspective and to look at original sources
Paragraph 3: Extra-curricular stuff
Paragraph 4: General interests, essentially what makes me 'tick' so I will probably discuss the books I read, my interest in politics and sport in this section.
06-28-2007, 01:01 AM
The University Applications Thread - For 2008 Entry Post #26
Originally posted by exchampionsfan:
The basic layout ofr my personal statement, as advised by the school will be:
Paragraph 1: Why I like history, without saying 'I like history because'
Paragraph 2: Other subjects and how they link to history e.g. French has enabled me to look at issues from an international perspective and to look at original sources
Paragraph 3: Extra-curricular stuff
Paragraph 4: General interests, essentially what makes me 'tick' so I will probably discuss the books I read, my interest in politics and sport in this section.
pretty much how i set mine out and I got perfect offers.
06-28-2007, 02:05 AM
The University Applications Thread - For 2008 Entry Post #27
Jonno you absolute nutter, rule 1 of writing personal statements, never make them public, some idiot could see this and copy it and then apply to the same unis as you meaning you both get rejected. If you need assistance I'd highly reccommend posting it here...
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