Personal Statement Help Question Thread 2014-15

Original post by Hi, How are you ?

Hello guys, I

I have paid for my application and it is sent to school, but I want to add an extra half line in my PS, but when I logged on, it is not letting me change it, so how do I do I do it? Thanks guys, +rep for helpful posts!

Ask your school to send it back to you and you will than be able to edit it.

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RainbowVeins

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Original post by Hi, How are you ?

Hello guys, I

I have paid for my application and it is sent to school, but I want to add an extra half line in my PS, but when I logged on, it is not letting me change it, so how do I do I do it? Thanks guys, +rep for helpful posts!

Ask your referee to send your application back to you, you don't have to pay again.

Reply 582

Good bloke

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Original post by SamEastie

spaces between paragraphs are THAT important? I know it looks better and is easier to read, but sacrificing content for spaces?
4 lines is ALOT of characters to remove...

Read my profile to see why, including a demonstration of the effect of not having them. You need to make the admissions tutor's job of reading your PS easy, not eyesight-threatening.

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Hi, How are you ?

Original post by Good bloke

Ask your school to send it back to you and you will than be able to edit it.

Original post by Yishen Wang

Ask your referee to send your application back to you, you don't have to pay again.

Thanks guys. Am I able to do it in school though?

Reply 584

Good bloke

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Original post by Hi, How are you ?

Thanks guys. Am I able to do it in school though?

Well, that depends on your schools internet access facilities, doesn't it? We can't know about that.

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SamEastie

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Original post by Good bloke

Read my profile to see why, including a demonstration of the effect of not having them. You need to make the admissions tutor's job of reading your PS easy, not eyesight-threatening.

so you don't recommend even leaving half a line at the end of the previous paragraph, and starting on the line below for the next paragraph?

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Interrobang

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Original post by SamEastie

so you don't recommend even leaving half a line at the end of the previous paragraph, and starting on the line below for the next paragraph?

That still isn't easy to follow

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Hi, How are you ?

Original post by Good bloke

Well, that depends on your schools internet access facilities, doesn't it? We can't know about that.

I don't understand what you mean?

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Good bloke

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Original post by SamEastie

so you don't recommend even leaving half a line at the end of the previous paragraph, and starting on the line below for the next paragraph?

No.

Original post by Hi, How are you ?

I don't understand what you mean?

You can't log on to the UCAS system if your school doesn't allow it or have the facilities to do it.

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SlowlorisIncognito

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Original post by SamEastie

so you don't recommend even leaving half a line at the end of the previous paragraph, and starting on the line below for the next paragraph?

In reality, this will be very hard to do and you'll probably use some odd phrasing to force your statement to force it to fit this pattern.

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Sunny_Icefall

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I'm applying for biochemical engineering and I've done some reading around the sciences in general, e.g. reading books about the elements, and reading magazine articles etc. However, I haven't done any further reading specifically about chemical engineering (I've obviously researched the course and content but I haven't read a book on the content or anything) Will this not look any good, or as a lot of the chemeng books I've come across are more revision type books for the undergraduate student, will my further reading be fine for my PS?

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Hi, How are you ?

Original post by Good bloke

No.

You can't log on to the UCAS system if your school doesn't allow it or have the facilities to do it.

But I am able to log onto the UCAS system at school.

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Potally_Tissed

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Original post by fadytousa

Ok, my application is ready, the only thing last is your review, please give me an advice, should I wait for your response or not? (I wanted to ask you because I am an international school so I don't have so much experience in these statements)

It's extremely unlikely that we'll have time to look at redrafts, the only way we would have time to help you a second time would be to not help someone else at all :no:

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Reply 593

Good bloke

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Original post by Hi, How are you ?

But I am able to log onto the UCAS system at school.

Then you will be able to edit it at school.

Reply 594

imthe12

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if i want to apply for more than ONE course, should i talk about both of them or be general ??

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Interrobang

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Original post by imthe12

if i want to apply for more than ONE course, should i talk about both of them or be general ??

What courses?

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SlowlorisIncognito

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Original post by Sunny_Icefall

I'm applying for biochemical engineering and I've done some reading around the sciences in general, e.g. reading books about the elements, and reading magazine articles etc. However, I haven't done any further reading specifically about chemical engineering (I've obviously researched the course and content but I haven't read a book on the content or anything) Will this not look any good, or as a lot of the chemeng books I've come across are more revision type books for the undergraduate student, will my further reading be fine for my PS?

You need to reflect on your reading, not just explain what you've read. Can you link these books to chemical engineering at all?

Assuming you're not applying to Oxbridge, you've still got time to read some more articles. Perhaps you could ask for some recomendations in the engineering forum?

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SlowlorisIncognito

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Original post by imthe12

if i want to apply for more than ONE course, should i talk about both of them or be general ??

Are the courses very closely linked? If they aren't, it's very unlikely you'll be able to dicuss them both properly in a PS. You'll also risk getting rejections because tutors will think you aren't commited to the course. It's best to decide exactly what subject you want to study before writing your PS.

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fadytousa

Original post by Potally_Tissed

It's extremely unlikely that we'll have time to look at redrafts, the only way we would have time to help you a second time would be to not help someone else at all :no: