Additional Personal Statment

I'm going to write about what I like about the course compared to other universiities, and will waffle about a college, when i've finally decided which to pick, and a fellow at the college.

But, the admissions tutor at Magdalene (sp) told me in July that most people leave it blank, and it's a pointless box really, in his opinion.

Why not draw a picture in it.

MB

something like this you mean:

if i was a tutor and saw that, well I'd let me in

And not because it was me who was applying and it just happened to be me who was the tutor, because why would a tutor apply to himself?

I'd say don't be afraid to write something wacky or even to draw a picture - it makes you stand out. I wrote an additional statement but figured that pretty much everyone would have written the same, so I scrapped it and decided to risk just writing one sentence, even though it could have sounded like an awful smart-arse comment. But it worked!

Lol...what was the comment then???

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You know there's a box for your additional statement? And bear in mind I was applying for philosophy. I put "I want to think outside the box." And I wrote it outisde of the box. Oh, the comic value. It really makes me cringe now, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. It was better than any other idea I came up with, anyhow.

Wow!! I'm gobsmacked....i never realised such a small sentence could contain such brie....

Worked though didn't it!!

Btw- do you want me to add you to the first post on the cam thread??

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wow, incredibly brave of you.....being witty in situations like that takes some bottle. Although you say draw a picture, I would seriously advise against that. But yes....comments like yours can seriously backfire if they interpret it as you just being a smartarse.

here's what my picture would have looked like,

MB

something like this you mean: