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Personal statement

I'm the moderator of a forum on orkut that helps students with doubts on maths, physics and chemistry. I also do the same thing on TSR.

Should I mention this in my Personal Statement? Thanks in advance.

(I'm applying for maths.)

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Reply 1

Anatheme

Mmmh, if I were you I would say that I help people that have problems with these subjects, but it may be a bit too much to tell them you moderate forums :s-smilie:

Reply 2

GoodbyeTSR

Anatheme

...it may be a bit too much to tell them you moderate forums :s-smilie:

Why is that?

Reply 3

Good bloke

thomaskurian89

I'm the moderator .... I also do the same thing on TSR.

Should I mention this in my Personal Statement?

You aren't a moderator on TSR, though, and it doesn't seem a good idea to lie.

Reply 4

Prudy

IMO I would leave it out completely. You are going to uni to study, not teach. Although it gives some indication of your capabilities it only really tells the admission tutors that your are more able than the people you are helping. Something which would be more 'solidly' demonstrated with your grades interview.

Reply 5

Prudy

Good bloke

You aren't a moderator on TSR, though, and it doesn't seem a good idea to lie.

I assume he just means helps people out - in the maths forum

Reply 6

GoodbyeTSR

Good bloke

You aren't a moderator on TSR, though, and it doesn't seem a good idea to lie.

By "same thing", I meant "helping students with doubts". (didn't mean to say that I'm a mod)

Reply 7

Robert_P

I think that you should mention it, because you are mentoring students, showing that you not only have the ability but you also have the ability to teach others so that they can understand it.

Sorry if I have waffled a bit, but I think you should include it.

Reply 8

Good bloke

thomaskurian89

By "same thing", I meant "helping students with doubts". (didn't meant to say that I'm a mod)

OK. When you write your PS you should concentrate on removing such ambiguities. Your OP actually said that the forum helps students and that you moderate it, so doing the same thing on TSR would mean moderating.

Reply 9

Anatheme

thomaskurian89

Why is that?

Well as Prudy said, you're going there to study, not teach, and while helping on the Internet, you're not studying, so it might put them off a bit. You're helping of course, but why are you like involved on the Internet and not in real life, like if you were helping pupils at school to understand maths better or so on ? The Internet is somehow not that credible.

Reply 10

GoodbyeTSR

Thanks, guys. One more question (to UK students): In India, our last 2 years of school are called grade 11 and grade 12. Do you use the same terminology in the UK?

Reply 11

Robert_P

Can it honestly harm your chances of being accepted-at the very most it wll take up a few characters out of your 4000 allowed for your personal statement-just mention it briefly. Then if you are invited for an interview you can explain more about it if you are asked about it.

Reply 12

Anatheme

thomaskurian89

Thanks, guys. One more question (to UK students): In India, our last 2 years of school are called grade 11 and grade 12. Do you use the same terminology in the UK?

They're called "lower 6th form" and "upper 6th form" or generally "year 12" and "year 13"

Reply 13

Robert_P

Yes, year 12 and year 13

Reply 14

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Anatheme

They're called "lower 6th form" and "upper 6th form" or generally "year 12" and "year 13"

I don't understand how you guys studied for 13 years. :eek:

I only finished 12 years in school and was 17 years old then. (And no, I never failed a class.)

Reply 15

Anatheme

thomaskurian89

I don't understand how you guys studied for 13 years. :eek:

I only finished 12 years in school and was 17 years old then. (And no, I never failed a class.)

Mmmh, I took the French Bac, not the A-Levels, but 13 years are feasable :p:

. You're just even more happy to be done with them :biggrin:

Reply 16

Good bloke

thomaskurian89

I don't understand how you guys studied for 13 years. :eek:

I only finished 12 years in school and was 17 years old then. (And no, I never failed a class.)

You obviously started a year later.

Reply 17

Greatleysteg

OP, you joined in August and you have 288 posts (including ones in this thread). It's a bit of an insult to make out like you've made an invaluable contribution to the TSR community, tbh.

Reply 18

Zhen Lin

Aren't most 6th Form leavers 18 years old, or nearly there?

Reply 19

GoodbyeTSR

Greatleysteg

OP, you joined in August and you have 288 posts (including ones in this thread). It's a bit of an insult to make out like you've made an invaluable contribution to the TSR community, tbh.