personal statement+hydrosere

In my personal statement i want to mention hydrosere's, can i clarify a short definition, is it write to say a succesion begining in a wetland environment or do i have to say a fresh water lake or could i just say fresh water

Reply 1

Kt.b

In what context are you mentioning hydroseres?

Reply 2

si22

in terms of a plant succesion

Reply 3

emilyyy

Depending on the context you may not even need to bother with a definition.

Also, if you're applying for ecology or something equally specialist, I should imagine the admissions tutor reading your personal statement is likely to already know the definition, so clarification won't be required.

Reply 4

si22

my application is for physical geography btw

Reply 5

emilyyy

Ok. So what was the sentence preceding what you hope to insert as a definition?

Reply 6

si22

is the study of a hydrosere

Reply 7

si22

i was then putting a very short definition which i dont wish to get wrong!

Reply 8

emilyyy

Well to answer your question, the correct definition would be a succession beginning in a freshwater environment.

But I still don't see why it's necessary to define it. Anyone reading the PS is likely to know what it is already, and a definition would just eat your characters :s-smilie:

Reply 9

Good bloke

Don't define words you are using in the statement. It is patronising (and therefore potentially irritating) to the admissions tutors - they know perfectly well what it is.

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