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How important is the personal statemant in warwick admissions?

Right, I've heard attitude towardS Personal Statement ranges from uni to uni from 'don't bother reading it' to 'deciding factor'.

What do you think their attitude is towards it at Warwick?

I'm applying for economics politicsa and IS, my statement is mainly economics based with a bit of politics as well, willl this be okay or whould I try and split them 50/50. Warwick's my top choice uni so I want to maximise my chances of getting in!

Reply 1

annagruber

warwicks consistently in the top ten so obviously competition for places is higher than others - and the amount of applications they have to go through is higher. ANYTHING that will make you stand out - an ace personal statement, interesting extra curricular things will get you noticed and considered.

also i was under the impression that any of the top unis were uber keen on personal statements. else why bother having them?

Reply 2

Nellz

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I would recommend having a 50/50 or minimum 60/40 personal statement. This is to show equal interest in the subjects. Also I would say the personal statement for Warwick is VERY important. I'm sure they use this and the reference above grades at times, as with me I had below average GCSEs and AS Levels, yet still got an offer.

Also when I applied I was applying for two courses with my first choice being politics, but I also applied for EPAIS and my PS was politics based with some economics and it wasn't enough as I got rejected from that course.

So make sure your PS is excellent and you should be fine :smile:

Reply 3

m1kes

Make sure you actually read the course structure and maybe focus around a specific point.

For example, Warwick teach 'Law in Society' so I really focussed on the social aspects of law - my trip to India - injustice etc. Seemed to work as it made up for my below-par GCSE's.

And I think most universities will use the personal statement actively; especially L100 at Warwick being so reputable. Considering that most of the candidates will be straight A students, the PS is the only way of differentiating between them.

Good luck.

Reply 4

GoldenGrizzly

Have a great beginning. (Not too Rah, Rah) but original. And do the same for the end. Look at the sample personal statements and make sure yours does not begin like theirs. Just stand out.

Then proportion wise, I will do it depending on the course. Is it 50/50? 1:2?

Their is or will be a private forum at TSR where you can get your Personal Statement checked by a current student at Warwick.

Reply 5

Linda

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I dont think they count that much. I applied for Economics, so my persoal statement was all about economics. Then I changed my mind and asked them to consider me for PPE instead (not having said anything about politics or philosophy in my personal statement). I got an offer. Then when I got my offer I asked them to change to philosophy. So they gave me a new offer for philosophy. And then when I got here I changed to philosophy with computer science... So I guess if you have good grades that is more important.

Reply 6

Jenii

OP

15

I have had my statement checked by someone (dunno what uni from) but s/he (Juno) did a really good job of like sorting it out from total crap to what I think is a good statement. I don't yet think it's a great statement yet!

About the way the courses is structured- in the first year it's 50/50 but you can take a 'major' and a 'minor' in the second and third years and it's basically this that makes me love the course at warwick so much, cos nowhere else has a economics with politics degree.

But thanks for all your help so far people!

Reply 7

itsmonktastic

My Personal Statement was awful, all i did was talk boringly about maths and then hinted that i do actually have other interests, i hate writing about myself like that so i kept putting it off until the last minute.

Reply 8

dr_fred_bob

Linda

I dont think they count that much. I applied for Economics, so my persoal statement was all about economics. Then I changed my mind and asked them to consider me for PPE instead (not having said anything about politics or philosophy in my personal statement). I got an offer. Then when I got my offer I asked them to change to philosophy. So they gave me a new offer for philosophy. And then when I got here I changed to philosophy with computer science... So I guess if you have good grades that is more important.

The same happened with me - my PS was driven towards medicine and microbiology was my 5th choice at warwick, didn't mention a word about it but still got it offered. Guess it is quite a standard backup for people who didn't make medicine tho.

Reply 9

fairygirl21

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my GCSEs & AS levels were good, but they weren't excellent. i'm sure there would have been loads of applicants with A*s at GCSE and As at AS level, but i feel that my PS certainly did make a huge difference as to whether i got offered a place at Warwick. i put a lot of effort into it, and made it very original, i started with a mini story about a little girl & finished my personal statement in reference to the girl & how i wanted to help her etc. my offer was lower than the typical offer too & i believe it was because of my PS and reference. :smile:

Reply 10

judi_lover

i dont know, but either way you should write a good personal statement!

I did at least 6 drafts and got 2 teachers to read through it

Reply 11

minicoopa

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i reckon its the most important thing... its the thing that separates you from 1000s of others with the same grades as you. do your best to get the good grades but ps is EVERYTHING.

i missed my grades at AS and A2 and they still let me in... i reckon its cos of that.

gd luck
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Reply 12

moccakiss

The importance of an applicant's personal statement can vary from course to course. But, I certainly agree with most of you that personal statement is very important especially if you're applying to Warwick. I was actually told by one of the International Officers at Warwick that the quality of the application as well predicted grades are really important because there have been people who have got really high predicted grades but their personal statements weren't that good. So, they had to be rejected.

How important is the personal statemant in warwick admissions?

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