The "I'm applying to UCAS for 2012 entry" thread

Good question. Because I don't want to waste their time by giving them a far from finished draft. But at the same time, would be good to get it in early so it's not in the rush!

Just out of curiousity.. Does anyone actually know when PS helper's forums start to begin filling up?

Good question. Because I don't want to waste their time by giving them a far from finished draft. But at the same time, would be good to get it in early so it's not in the rush!

We can only guarantee you one review per cycle so it's best to submit something you're already reasonably happy with - whether you wish to do this before editing due to teacher suggestions or not is your call. There is obviously a period of high activity, but reviewers are also active in this period as they don't have university exams and the like so it shouldn't take too long for someone to look at it - again this is your call though.

And flute, I will be returning the neg

Good luck with your applications

How is it that so many personal statements in the PS library don't have edits?

Indeed! I never thought about that. O_O I expect end of December/beginning of January it's really busy, and maybe slightly before October. I hope to have one of my last drafts finished by the end of August! Then I'll send it off, give it a few tweaks, then pack it away in a drawer - maybe I'll show it to someone I trust to give a final review though probably not.

No one I know in real life is doing a PS because they're not applying for UK unis so I won't have to worry about plagiarism. Plus few people on the internet and in real life are applying for psychology anyway.

I'm still taking precautions though. I'm very paranoid about someone stealing my ideas XD




Sorry maybe that was phrased a bit oddly? I meant universities send their offers for courses at the same time, not that all universities send offers at the same time. I thought the former was true, that - for example - all offers for psychology at UCL get sent about the same time?

We can only guarantee you one review per cycle so it's best to submit something you're already reasonably happy with - whether you wish to do this before editing due to teacher suggestions or not is your call. There is obviously a period of high activity, but reviewers are also active in this period as they don't have university exams and the like so it shouldn't take too long for someone to look at it - again this is your call though.

And flute, I will be returning the neg

Good luck with your applications

Some do.. I believe one Economics PS does, not sure about the others.

Many people apply for Psychology.

No, not universally (or necessarily mostly). Some do, of course, but many send their offers in waves - giving offers to those who apply early on in the cycle who they are sure are worth an offer and keeping others back to compare with a more collected field at a later date when whether they are worth an offer or not is easy to establish. Warwick does this (for some subjects [I can't speak for them all]) for example.

How is it that so many personal statements in the PS library don't have edits?

Cheers Paddy

Because people just put them up. They are not there as approved templates, simply to show people examples of PSs.

And flute, I will be returning the neg

I've encountered about a 1:1 ratio of edited:unedited.



Sorry! There I go with the weird phrasing again! I meant few people I know in real life and the internet.

I see. Thanks for letting me know!

Ouch, your rep power is significantly higher than mine :P

Oh, that would make sense. Thanks.

I registered on Monday and got the basics done

We do realize when someone lifts something largely from one of the ones on there as well

Congrats! It's always satisfying to fill those in, even if it really doesn't serve any purpose as the application sits there for a few months... XD




Haha yeah I can imagine. I'm trying not to be influenced subconsciously into copying some of the structures. :/

The structures are usually fine, but just don't assume that they are good, or that anything written in any of them is

Yeah I know, haha. I was looking at some of the 'highly rated' examples on other sites and they were... quite poorly written. :/

Yeah I know, haha. I was looking at some of the 'highly rated' examples on other sites and they were... quite poorly written. :/