Cambridge Maths Personal Statement

Hi, I am hoping to applying to Cambridge for maths and have just finished writing my personal statement and due to my school deadlines but I haven't got time to change the content (just the structure/SPaG).

I have written mostly about maths-related things that I have done but nothing about what I am looking forward to doing at University (just furthering my maths knowlegde). So I am quite concerned that I should have spoken about specific maths things that I enjoy and want to learn about further. Will the fact that I haven't done this disadvantage me in any way?

Your personal statement should mostly be about the things you have done outside of school to show your interest in maths. I don't think its a problem but would be nice to have something in there about it. Maybe if you talk about an area of maths you have e.g. read about or done a MOOC on say 'and this is a field of maths I'm really looking forward to study further at university' or something. alternatively you could write a similar closing sentence/conclusion.

They want to make sure we have it done so they can do their references. It is incredibly annoying though

Haven't they already checked a draft? Ask to add more - honestly I'm a teacher and adding references and checking doesn't take nearly four weeks!

Haven't they already checked a draft? Ask to add more - honestly I'm a teacher and adding references and checking doesn't take nearly four weeks!

Every early applicant at my sixth form had to submit their complete UCAS last Sunday! Mine's been completely checked through and approved, it's being sent off around early October though.

I have given my first draft to a teacher twice now, after the first time I basically had to rewrite it, but now I have to give to it a senior member of the sixth form staff so they can doctor it for Cambridge if you know what I mean.

On problem is though, my I am 90 characters out of the limit so I don't know if adding more is an option at this point unfortunately

'Doctor it' - that's not on - the PS should be your work!’

‘Doctor it’ as in check that it’s what Cambridge looks for and give relevant advice (sorry if the phrasing came off in a different way). I am aware that the personal statement should be all my own work and it is but I am allowed to ask for advice which is exactly what I meant by that, however it is compulsory at my school for a teacher to read it

Sounds a bit suspect - your PS should not be written with one university in mind.

It isn’t, but I am going to cater it more towards my first choice, which is Cambridge