[ByronicHero]

(Original post by stifa)
Word limits on examinations and coursework? That's far beyond retarded, in my opinion.

Well, you might have shorter examination time than us, right? I had three written exams this year, and all of them lasted five hours; in my case, a word limit would be pretty much stupid.

Not in exams

[Beebumble]

(Original post by socialworkertobe)
Glad I'm not the only one. I wasn't even thinking about university until I noticed this thread yesterday and realised everyone is waaaay ahead of me so today has been spent doing some research. I'm so excited now. Are you also doing an access course? What you studying?

LMx

Hopefully Creative Studies.
I've not even had my interview so I'm being really premature.

Although I have spoken to the course administrator and he said I'm almost definitely on just need to go through the formalities.

[Accalia]

(Original post by stifa)
Word limits on examinations and coursework? That's far beyond retarded, in my opinion.

Well, you might have shorter examination time than us, right? I had three written exams this year, and all of them lasted five hours; in my case, a word limit would be pretty much stupid.

It's for coursework, so we have weeks (sometimes a couple of months) to write it. Word limits in an exam would be stupid, I agree

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by Accalia)
Yep... 750 limit for the first one, mine was just over 1000, then 1500 for the second and I got up to 2000 (but I was sneaky and when including the word count at the bottom wrote the value which didn't include quotes, which was about 100 over). I'm on WJEC, and my tutors said it'd be fine.

They're the ones marking it so I'd like to think they weren't lying to me

Aye, but they can get it wrong after all

Probably a clever thing with the not including quotes. Should have used a font which meant it was fewer pages as well

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by Accalia)
It's for coursework, so we have weeks (sometimes a couple of months) to write it. Word limits in an exam would be stupid, I agree

They give you far too long to do the CWs tbh.

[carnationlilyrose]

(Original post by paddy__power)
I don't disbelieve you, but it was something my teacher was told at a conference or something for Edexcel by one of the chief examiners. There is a fair chance she badly communicated it to us and what was meant was lost in translation though

I don't really mind - I just stuck to the word counts (I had to boost mine when they were finished anyway as it was a rush job).

Don't be so accusatory.

Don't be so quick to state unsupported 'facts' then. It has the effect of upsetting people who are in a state of anxiety about their results at a difficult time.

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by carnationlilyrose)
Don't be so quick to state unsupported 'facts' then. It has the effect of upsetting people who are in a state of anxiety about their results at a difficult time.

Show me where I stated it was a fact. We can add don't be presumptuous to your list.

[socialworkertobe]

(Original post by Beebumble)
Hopefully Creative Studies.
I've not even had my interview so I'm being really premature.

Although I have spoken to the course administrator and he said I'm almost definitely on just need to go through the formalities.

Sounds like you've got a really good chance then. Good Luck

Bought some books for my course today, it all seemed so far away but it's only 6 weeks today til induction day I am now also considering applying for Higher English as well but don't know if I'm just getting carried away with all the excitement and thinking I'll be able to do both

I'll stop rambling now!

LMx

[Accalia]

(Original post by paddy__power)
Aye, but they can get it wrong after all

Probably a clever thing with the not including quotes. Should have used a font which meant it was fewer pages as well

I used to alter the font size of the punctuation for that very purpose, although it came in useful when I wanted it to look like I'd written more than I had

How much external reading did you do for your chosen degree, might I ask? I'm planning on doing some and then bringing up topics of interest in the ps, although haven't got round to it yet.

[carnationlilyrose]

(Original post by paddy__power)
Show me where I stated it was a fact. We can add don't be presumptuous to your list.

I don't intend to get into a slanging match with an inexperienced youth of 19.

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by Accalia)
I used to alter the font size of the punctuation for that very purpose, although it came in useful when I wanted it to look like I'd written more than I had

How much external reading did you do for your chosen degree, might I ask? I'm planning on doing some and then bringing up topics of interest in the ps, although haven't got round to it yet.

When do you mean? How much had I read before I applied or how much do I read during the degree?

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by carnationlilyrose)
I don't intend to get into a slanging match with an inexperienced youth of 19.

Translation: I can't show you where you said it, because you didn't, so instead I will make a comment attempting to arrogate superiority over you with only the tenuous qualification that I am older than you. That I know very little about you is of course irrelevant because I am older and therefore obviously am paragon of all things.

Poor effort love 2/10

[carnationlilyrose]

(Original post by paddy__power)
Translation: I can't show you where you said it, because you didn't, so instead I will make a comment attempting to arrogate superiority over you with only the tenuous qualification that I am older than you. That I know very little about you is of course irrelevant because I am older and therefore obviously am paragon of all things.

Poor effort love 2/10

I don't intend to get into a slanging match with an inexperienced youth of 19.

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by carnationlilyrose)
I don't intend to get into a slanging match with an inexperienced youth of 19.

[Beebumble]

(Original post by socialworkertobe)
Sounds like you've got a really good chance then. Good Luck

Bought some books for my course today, it all seemed so far away but it's only 6 weeks today til induction day I am now also considering applying for Higher English as well but don't know if I'm just getting carried away with all the excitement and thinking I'll be able to do both

I'll stop rambling now!

LMx

It's worth a try you don't want to regret it later on.
I'm going to be resitting my maths along side my access.

[Accalia]

(Original post by paddy__power)
When do you mean? How much had I read before I applied or how much do I read during the degree?

Before you applied although, how much did you read during the degree?

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by Accalia)
Before you applied although, how much did you read during the degree?

Loads, but I have been reading reasonably relevant material since I was maybe 13/14 so I didn't do anything specifically for the PS. With regards to the degree: very little actually - I had already read a number of the books and found that I already knew most of it so frankly blagged it. I read a lot when I was younger so had already read (at the time of writing my statements) enough to comfortably have plenty to say for each of the subjects I was thinking of applying to.

I think, generally, most people have not read anything and certainly most have not read as much as they probably should have so if you've read a few relevant books beforehand you are probably going to be as well prepared as the vast majority of people. It really depends what your aim is and what you want to study though.

I'm not a good person to ask though as I am incredibly lazy and don't really take education very seriously at all. I favour self-study.

Oh, and if you don't have interviews you can just lie

[Accalia]

(Original post by paddy__power)
oh, and if you don;t have interviews you can just lie

My dad has a couple of Chemistry books from his degree lying about... if I could just overcome my fear of how thick they are, I could get something done.

Ah, well, I'll go be productive now and look at some online journals.

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by Accalia)

My dad has a couple of Chemistry books from his degree lying about... if I could just overcome my fear of how thick they are, I could get something done.

Ah, well, I'll go be productive now and look at some online journals.

Aye just read through them. I was given all the books the daughter of a friend of a friend had used for her English degree at Oxford for example.

[fluteflute]

(Original post by BeccaCath94)
Hahaha your statment sounds great!!!

I hope the admissions tutors think that...

Can anyone tell me if travel is a good thing to mention in a PS?