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Things needed for Personal Statement

Hi all, I’m in Year 12 and on Wednesday’s we do an enrichment programme where we go off site in the afternoon and gain some sort of work experience / extra curricular activities, which will be helpful for Personal Statements for uni.

I do English Lit, History and Psychology, and have an interest in studying either English, Psych, Law, Journalism or Criminology at University. Lots of options as I’m conflicted at the moment!

Would anyone have any ideas of sort of enrichment activities for these subjects that would be easy to do? Emailing around law firms has been tricky and local newspapers that won’t get back in touch with me. I was wondering if anyone who has already struggled against picking out these sort of things would have any ideas.

Thanks!
hi! my school talked a lot about super-curriculars, which are basically extracurriculars but directly related to the subject you're interested in. I'd say Model United Nations (MUN) is a great option for most of the subjects you're considering as it provided important skills (like public speaking, negotiating, etc). Super-curriculars can be anything really, reading a book about law, listening to a podcast about the work of criminologists, creating a magazine for your school, you name it! The important thing is that you show you're 1) passionate about the subject 2) proactive 3) the right fit for that course
I'd also think about narrowing down my options in order to have more focused activities.
Original post by anonimo-10
hi! my school talked a lot about super-curriculars, which are basically extracurriculars but directly related to the subject you're interested in. I'd say Model United Nations (MUN) is a great option for most of the subjects you're considering as it provided important skills (like public speaking, negotiating, etc). Super-curriculars can be anything really, reading a book about law, listening to a podcast about the work of criminologists, creating a magazine for your school, you name it! The important thing is that you show you're 1) passionate about the subject 2) proactive 3) the right fit for that course
I'd also think about narrowing down my options in order to have more focused activities.


Okay, thank you! It is a struggle figuring out what curriculars to do when I have quite a lot of options on what I want to do. Did you always know what you wanted to do or were you in my position? If so, how did you decide on one subject?
I suggest that you disassociate the subject you study at university from ideas about a future career, unless you wish to do something that requires a vocational degree, such as medicine or architecture. You don't need a degree in law to be a lawyer, or a degree in journalism to be a journalist, and so on. You don't need to decide on what career you would like to pursue for many years. You might decide on that while you are at university, or some time after university. There is no need to be in a hurry to settle on something, and it is possible to have more than one career in a working lifetime.

I suggest that you aim to study for a degree in a subject which interests you and in which you are likely to do well.
Original post by gabriellarockx
Okay, thank you! It is a struggle figuring out what curriculars to do when I have quite a lot of options on what I want to do. Did you always know what you wanted to do or were you in my position? If so, how did you decide on one subject?

No problem! Yes, I've known I wanted to study law for quite a while. I've always found it so interesting, I guess what fascinated me the most was the way laws have the power to change societies (for better or for worse). Plus you can do so much stuff with a law degree!
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Original post by gabriellarockx
Hi all, I’m in Year 12 and on Wednesday’s we do an enrichment programme where we go off site in the afternoon and gain some sort of work experience / extra curricular activities, which will be helpful for Personal Statements for uni.
I do English Lit, History and Psychology, and have an interest in studying either English, Psych, Law, Journalism or Criminology at University. Lots of options as I’m conflicted at the moment!
Would anyone have any ideas of sort of enrichment activities for these subjects that would be easy to do? Emailing around law firms has been tricky and local newspapers that won’t get back in touch with me. I was wondering if anyone who has already struggled against picking out these sort of things would have any ideas.
Thanks!

A great thing you could do on a Wednesday afternoon is to go to your local Crown Court and sit in the public gallery! It’s law-related, free and incredibly fun.

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