Personal Statement Help Question Thread

Original post by Dr00n

Is there any chance of getting help in cutting my personal statement down.. I've put in all the content but its 5,300 characters with spaces :frown:

Original post by Melz0r

Hiya,

If you can try and cut it down just a *little* more (to 5,000 characters or under) we can review it in the 'personal statement help' forum (see links at the top of this forum, I'm on my iPod at the moment so can't link you). Normally we say that 5,000 is our limit size, so get it to there or thereabouts and we can give you a full review to help you cut the remaining 1,000.

Here's the link to our forum:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=134

If you post it in there once it's under the 5000 character mark, then we'll be able to take a look at it. The closer it is to 4000 though the better as this allows us to get a better idea of what your statement is like and it means that we don't have to keep suggesting what to cut out, but can work with what you've got. As I say though, under 5000 and we should be able to review it. :smile:

Reply 187

fimblesocks

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We're told at school we have to talk about all our A Levels and the skills they give us.

I'm of the opinion it uses up space and is useless - Admissions tutors know what skills they give right?

Should I just mention units that are relevant and say what I enjoyed (i.e Vietnam in History for American Studies) or mention stuff like Geography and numeracy skills?

Ta

Reply 188

I'm using Microsoft Works Word instead of Microsoft Word, anyone know how to count the characters on this? :colondollar:

Reply 189

Ecosse_14

Original post by fimblesocks

We're told at school we have to talk about all our A Levels and the skills they give us.

I'm of the opinion it uses up space and is useless - Admissions tutors know what skills they give right?

Should I just mention units that are relevant and say what I enjoyed (i.e Vietnam in History for American Studies) or mention stuff like Geography and numeracy skills?

Ta

It's quite often teachers tell their students they must have a paragraph on their current A Level (or equivalent) subjects and the skills they give you/how they're related to your degree choice but it really isn't necessary at all. You could talk about the units/content related to the degree course and why you found them interesting and make you want to study the subject further.

Reply 190

Ecosse_14

Original post by CD315

I'm using Microsoft Works Word instead of Microsoft Word, anyone know how to count the characters on this? :colondollar:

Don't know if there's an action on it that counts characters but you can use a website like this, or if you have your UCAS account you can use the preview function on the personal statement section which will tell you accurately how many characters/lines you've used.

Reply 191

Original post by Ecosse_14

Don't know if there's an action on it that counts characters but you can use a website like this, or if you have your UCAS account you can use the preview function on the personal statement section which will tell you accurately how many characters/lines you've used.

Thanks

Ok cool, thanks!

Hi. I'm a bit confused about the fate of my statement submission so far:

A while ago I tried to submit my statement but it was too long and too early, and some PS helpers told me to update the thread with my updated statement at a later date, marking the thread as resolved at the same time. I did so a couple of days ago, but the thread still says resolved, I've had no reply, and there's no indication that it's been marked for review or anything. What should I do? :tongue:

Reply 194

Ecosse_14

Original post by Arva

Hi. I'm a bit confused about the fate of my statement submission so far:

A while ago I tried to submit my statement but it was too long and too early, and some PS helpers told me to update the thread with my updated statement at a later date, marking the thread as resolved at the same time. I did so a couple of days ago, but the thread still says resolved, I've had no reply, and there's no indication that it's been marked for review or anything. What should I do? :tongue:

I'll look into it :smile:

EDIT: I'll reply in your thread in PS help.

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 195

How busy is the maths subforum of personal statement help? :smile:

Reply 196

Potally_Tissed

Original post by CD315

How busy is the maths subforum of personal statement help? :smile:

There's announcements at the top of each of the four subforums showing how many statements waiting and the estimated time for a review :smile:

Right now in maths: "07/08/2012 - 5 statement(s) waiting, estimated time = 4 days"

Reply 197

Original post by Potally_Tissed

There's announcements at the top of each of the four subforums showing how many statements waiting and the estimated time for a review :smile:

Right now in maths: "07/08/2012 - 5 statement(s) waiting, estimated time = 4 days"

Ah I see

is that 4 days from now or 4 days from I submitted it?

Reply 198

Potally_Tissed