Opinions!? Okay or not to cheat on personal statement?

Ah my two A's in English let me down yet again. I'm not usually into Grammar policing but couldn't resist because of the point they were making at the time.

I don't usually do it either. I just couldn't resist the temptation of picking someone up on their spelling when they were picking someone else up on their spelling =P

Can't tell if your appauling grammer/spelling in your post is a joke or serious?

Either way no its not ok. If you can't be arsed to write a little about yourself for a uni to understand a little bit about you then you shouldnt be going to uni and the place should be given to someone who actually cares.

Hope you ment to put a full stop at the end of that post

p.s. I knew when I as writing my reply that you would say that. Kinda hoped you wouldnt notice lol.

I don't tend to put a smiley and a full stop. They upset the smileys and make them sad. See? =(.

do you mean appalling grammar by any chance?

His/her loss, it'll probably show during the interview

I actually really doubt it. I wrote my personal statement with the whole "individually tailored"-******** in mind, and when I came for an interview I was asked the same questions as everyone else (heard about them in the waiting room, deliberately didn't use that information to gain an unfair advantage. ~_~).

How would you have gained an unfair advantage? Likeeee what questions?

By knowing the questions they had asked other people, I could have prepared myself for them in advance, which would be unfair as it'd give me an edge.

What questions..? Does it matter? :\

Can't tell if your appauling grammer/spelling in your post is a joke or serious?

Either way no its not ok. If you can't be arsed to write a little about yourself for a uni to understand a little bit about you then you shouldnt be going to uni and the place should be given to someone who actually cares.

Well personally I don't see how that could have given you an unfair advantage. A personal statement is personal to you, and if they ask you questions on it, you either know it or you don't. You shouldn't have to prepare answers about yourself

Oh, I'm talking physics-related questions here. I suppose that was a bit ambiguous given the thread topic..

What I meant was that I didn't get anything "individually tailored" to me. I was asked only one very short question about one of the books I read. I had in fact made my PS so that there was some space to ask questions about some of the things I mentioned, because that's what I thought would be used to "individually tailor" the interview (based on a multitude of information sheets and whatnot).
What a disappointment that was. My interviews were both ridiculously short as well. One was below 20 minutes (like 15 minutes) and the other was about 20 minutes.
And it was as if I applied to physics instead of natural sciences. I was only asked ONE chemistry question, which lasted about three minutes AT BEST.

:<

oi, write your own personal statement like a proper cork person lol