retired_eddyloin

Quite honestly, your personal statement isn't as important as most think it is, nor as important as most teachers etc try to insist it is. The exception is if you're going to be off doing medicine, where it can be a deciding factor.

Basically, it's letting whoever receives it get to know a bit about you - bascally what has been said already. You explain why you want to do what you've applied for - what sparked an interest and so on. The most important part is to not sound like a goody-two-shoes bookworm - let them know that you enjoy your sports, music etc, but also let them understand that you know and are able to get the balance between work and play right.

Much more important to Uni's is the reference they are given from your head of year/college/6th form or whatever they're called.

retired_eddyloin

Quite honestly, your personal statement isn't as important as most think it is, nor as important as most teachers etc try to insist it is. The exception is if you're going to be off doing medicine, where it can be a deciding factor.

Much more important to Uni's is the reference they are given from your head of year/college/6th form or whatever they're called.

Anyway. Basically, it's letting whoever receives it get to know a bit about you - bascally what has been said already. You explain why you want to do what you've applied for - what sparked an interest and so on. The most important part is to not sound like a goody-two-shoes bookworm - let them know that you enjoy your sports, music etc, but also let them understand that you know and are able to get the balance between work and play right.

retired_eddyloin

oh ffs what happened there?

retired_kathydonatto

Say something like "I have picked up invaluable skills int he tertiary sector such as..." opposed to "I have picked up lots of skills at Watirose such as how to stack shelves and be shouted at by members of the public", although I'm sure the kind of customers who shop at Waitrose wouldn't dare shout at you...they'd just take the time to fill out a complaint slip and pop it in the suggestions box. </BLOCKQUOTE>

because using the phrase 'tertiary sector' doesnt make you look like a twat :thup:

i mean for ffs your average uni candidates are probably aged 18-19 been in education all their lives so far - what possible experience in 'the tertiary sector' could you have in reality actually gained.

this thread is hilarious

retired_ks reddy

Never once seen you in a politics, history or economics thread. Have you thought of devoting the fourth paragraph to lying?

retired_senegalg

I did my AS levels this year but have been getting humongous amounts of advice from various sources over hte past few weeks about my personal statement so thought I should share. You should therefore take my advice with a pinch of salt

retired_navy0614

If you can write relatively eloquently, you're roughly in the range of the top 10% of the utter ***** I had to <STRIKE>rewrite extensively</STRIKE> proof read last November.

Oh ********, that stuffs kicking off again in the next few weeks .

retired_navy0614

actually, if you're going to an interview they're quite valuable for getting an idea of the person you're about to grill mercilessly .

..oh, and for the record, the basic structure of what was already in place sounds fine.

retired_navy0614

Oh, and an absolute massive no-no is to be a pretentious arse. Use the language you normally use, you'll stand out a mile away when you get interviewed (or are contradicted in the reference your teacher sends)

retired_breakbred101

I did my AS levels this year but have been getting humongous amounts of advice from various sources over hte past few weeks about my personal statement so thought I should share. You should therefore take my advice with a pinch of salt </BLOCKQUOTE>