[Potally_Tissed]

(Original post by the.cookie.monster)
Are we not allowed to submit second drafts onto personal statement help?

You are allowed to, but our resources are limited and we can't promise to look at more than one draft per person. If you do submit a second draft, please post it as a reply to your original thread in PS Help, not as a new thread

[Jamie1993]

Say if someone applies to University and they are unsuccessful and so they decide to reapply the following year, can you still use your original personal statement if you are still applying for similar courses or must you do another?


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[Shelly_x]

Yeah you still can. Its not reccommended though if you were rejected before.

[thecrimsonidol]

You can, but maybe part of the reason they didn't accept you was because they didn't like the statement you originally sent.

[EierVonSatan]

You should update it with what you've done inbetween the application cycles too

[Dr00n]

Is there any chance of getting help in cutting my personal statement down.. I've put in all the content but its 5,300 characters with spaces

[Melz0r]

(Original post by Dr00n)
Is there any chance of getting help in cutting my personal statement down.. I've put in all the content but its 5,300 characters with spaces

Hiya,

If you can try and cut it down just a *little* more (to 5,000 characters or under) we can review it in the 'personal statement help' forum (see links at the top of this forum, I'm on my iPod at the moment so can't link you). Normally we say that 5,000 is our limit size, so get it to there or thereabouts and we can give you a full review to help you cut the remaining 1,000.

[toronto353]

(Original post by Dr00n)
Is there any chance of getting help in cutting my personal statement down.. I've put in all the content but its 5,300 characters with spaces

(Original post by Melz0r)
Hiya,

If you can try and cut it down just a *little* more (to 5,000 characters or under) we can review it in the 'personal statement help' forum (see links at the top of this forum, I'm on my iPod at the moment so can't link you). Normally we say that 5,000 is our limit size, so get it to there or thereabouts and we can give you a full review to help you cut the remaining 1,000.

Here's the link to our forum:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=134

If you post it in there once it's under the 5000 character mark, then we'll be able to take a look at it. The closer it is to 4000 though the better as this allows us to get a better idea of what your statement is like and it means that we don't have to keep suggesting what to cut out, but can work with what you've got. As I say though, under 5000 and we should be able to review it.

[fimblesocks]

We're told at school we have to talk about all our A Levels and the skills they give us.

I'm of the opinion it uses up space and is useless - Admissions tutors know what skills they give right?

Should I just mention units that are relevant and say what I enjoyed (i.e Vietnam in History for American Studies) or mention stuff like Geography and numeracy skills?

Ta

[CD315]

I'm using Microsoft Works Word instead of Microsoft Word, anyone know how to count the characters on this?

[Ecosse_14]

(Original post by fimblesocks)
We're told at school we have to talk about all our A Levels and the skills they give us.

I'm of the opinion it uses up space and is useless - Admissions tutors know what skills they give right?

Should I just mention units that are relevant and say what I enjoyed (i.e Vietnam in History for American Studies) or mention stuff like Geography and numeracy skills?

Ta

It's quite often teachers tell their students they must have a paragraph on their current A Level (or equivalent) subjects and the skills they give you/how they're related to your degree choice but it really isn't necessary at all. You could talk about the units/content related to the degree course and why you found them interesting and make you want to study the subject further.

[Ecosse_14]

(Original post by CD315)
I'm using Microsoft Works Word instead of Microsoft Word, anyone know how to count the characters on this?

Don't know if there's an action on it that counts characters but you can use a website like this, or if you have your UCAS account you can use the preview function on the personal statement section which will tell you accurately how many characters/lines you've used.

[CD315]

(Original post by Ecosse_14)
Don't know if there's an action on it that counts characters but you can use a website like this, or if you have your UCAS account you can use the preview function on the personal statement section which will tell you accurately how many characters/lines you've used.

Thanks

[Dr00n]

Ok cool, thanks!

[Arva]

Hi. I'm a bit confused about the fate of my statement submission so far:

A while ago I tried to submit my statement but it was too long and too early, and some PS helpers told me to update the thread with my updated statement at a later date, marking the thread as resolved at the same time. I did so a couple of days ago, but the thread still says resolved, I've had no reply, and there's no indication that it's been marked for review or anything. What should I do?

[Ecosse_14]

(Original post by Arva)
Hi. I'm a bit confused about the fate of my statement submission so far:

A while ago I tried to submit my statement but it was too long and too early, and some PS helpers told me to update the thread with my updated statement at a later date, marking the thread as resolved at the same time. I did so a couple of days ago, but the thread still says resolved, I've had no reply, and there's no indication that it's been marked for review or anything. What should I do?

I'll look into it

EDIT: I'll reply in your thread in PS help.

[CD315]

How busy is the maths subforum of personal statement help?

[Potally_Tissed]

(Original post by CD315)
How busy is the maths subforum of personal statement help?

There's announcements at the top of each of the four subforums showing how many statements waiting and the estimated time for a review Right now in maths: "07/08/2012 - 5 statement(s) waiting, estimated time = 4 days"

[CD315]

(Original post by Potally_Tissed)
There's announcements at the top of each of the four subforums showing how many statements waiting and the estimated time for a review Right now in maths: "07/08/2012 - 5 statement(s) waiting, estimated time = 4 days"

Ah I see is that 4 days from now or 4 days from I submitted it?

[Potally_Tissed]

(Original post by CD315)
Ah I see is that 4 days from now or 4 days from I submitted it?

Four days from when you submitted it. It means if you submitted your statement now, we would expect to review it within four days.