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Has everyone started their Personal Statement?

Hey guys, I was just curious how much everyone has done for their personal statement.

I don't want to be the only one behind, I have only done like 2500 characters lol
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"Already completed it mate!"
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Original post by timster32
"Already completed it mate!"


What course/ universities are you applying for
Original post by mahmzo
Hey guys, I was just curious how much everyone has done for their personal statement.

I don't want to be the only one behind, I have only done like 2500 words lol


2500! I haven't even started because I am still deciding between 2 courses :'(
I've done half of it
Original post by mahmzo
What course/ universities are you applying for


Chemical engineering/general at Oxford, Imperial, UCL, Manchester, Birmingham, how about u?
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"only done 2500 words"? You know it's meant to be 4000 characters long, right?
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Original post by timster32
Chemical engineering/general at Oxford, Imperial, UCL, Manchester, Birmingham, how about u?


Aerospace engineering : Bristol, Bath,Loughbourough, southhampton
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Original post by zacken
"only done 2500 words"? You know it's meant to be 4000 characters long, right?


wait what i thought it was 4000 words
Original post by mahmzo
Aerospace engineering : Bristol, Bath,Loughbourough, southhampton


Bristol!!!! Have fun mingling with private school snobs!
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Original post by mahmzo
wait what i thought it was 4000 words


lol, no it's 4000 characters, so like ~800 words.
Original post by mahmzo
wait what i thought it was 4000 words


It's 4000 characters which is around 600-700 words.
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Original post by timster32
Bristol!!!! Have fun mingling with private school snobs!


I will!
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Original post by NeverLucky
It's 4000 characters which is around 600-700 words.

Yeah I was just joking, I accidently wrote words instead of characters haha
Original post by mahmzo
wait what i thought it was 4000 words


You'll definitely need to cut down most of it! What did you include in your ps btw?
I don't even know where to start :\ Coming up with a first sentence that doesn't sound cliche and unoriginal is so difficult.
didn't start mine until college started in september last year...still had plenty of time don't worry
Yep, already finished 3rd draft lol. Only did it because I had so many free periods!
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Original post by Workangel_24
You'll definitely need to cut down most of it! What did you include in your ps btw?

I need to delete that, I meant to write characters not words.Anyway..

Add stuff like why you want to do the course.
What you can bring to the uni
Extra curricular activites /skills you have
I talked a bit about what I have learned during a levels and how that can be applied further on.. blah blah blah

then some secret stuff to give myself an edge.

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