Classics PS

Why such a sudden change?


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I spent most of my time preping for Law procrastinating reading about Classics... with the exception of the financial incentive I have no interest in Law anymore, so I thought why not...

Sounds like you are doing it on a whim. Which university? Can you apply to read both? How long have you spent considering?


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Look at the PS building tool linked in my signature

Hey, I did classics as my first undergrad degree, and my PS was very focused on the subject itself: what I'd enjoyed learning about for my A-Levels, and what background reading I'd done and how that had fed into my love for the subject, any particular aspects of the ancient world I'd found especially interesting, and that they could use to talk about at interview - e.g. political violence in Rome. I also talked a bit about Latin and Greek and why I loved both despite the differences between their structures and syntax (I presume you study them now? Or just Latin? If you study neither, then definitely indicate that you've taken on board the language requirements - e.g. mention your proficiency at other languages you've studied, or times you've been able to pick up languages quickly on holiday, or similar. If the courses you're applying for don't have mandatory language requirements, it's still worth mentioning as you might well be strongly encouraged to learn at least one of the languages at some stage).

Also, re the law thing - it's not at all unusual to undertake the one-year law conversion course after a classics degree, so by studying classics you won't be cutting yourself off from law forever on a whim. Classics is a fantastic pre-law choice for a wide variety of reasons.

It was useful thanks.




This is exactly what I did. Unfortunately my tutor has (still) not sent my application off yet.