Second personal statement
Bath just informed me that I have to write a second personal statement specific to my chosen course (pharmacology) since my first was more specific to the other courses I chose (biomed)... I'm actually so stressed with A-Levels so close and only ONE WEEK to do it!! I really want to make this PS outstanding as Bath is my top choice but I feel like everything I've written in PS #1 was all pharmacology related anyways and with such short notice I have no time to add experiences beyond books, MOOCs and videos.
Has anyone else been asked for a second personal statement too? Is it alright to reuse experiences/books from PS #1 (making it more specific to pharma, obviously)? And does anyone have any recommendations for supercurriculars I could complete in a week that would make me stand out?
Has anyone else been asked for a second personal statement too? Is it alright to reuse experiences/books from PS #1 (making it more specific to pharma, obviously)? And does anyone have any recommendations for supercurriculars I could complete in a week that would make me stand out?
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by ninoniBath just informed me that I have to write a second personal statement specific to my chosen course (pharmacology) since my first was more specific to the other courses I chose (biomed)... I'm actually so stressed with A-Levels so close and only ONE WEEK to do it!! I really want to make this PS outstanding as Bath is my top choice but I feel like everything I've written in PS #1 was all pharmacology related anyways and with such short notice I have no time to add experiences beyond books, MOOCs and videos.
Has anyone else been asked for a second personal statement too? Is it alright to reuse experiences/books from PS #1 (making it more specific to pharma, obviously)? And does anyone have any recommendations for supercurriculars I could complete in a week that would make me stand out?
Has anyone else been asked for a second personal statement too? Is it alright to reuse experiences/books from PS #1 (making it more specific to pharma, obviously)? And does anyone have any recommendations for supercurriculars I could complete in a week that would make me stand out?
Yes, it's absolutely fine to reuse books, experiences, or anything else in the new personal statement - as long as they're relevant. Write it as if it's your first personal statement, and that the person reading it has never seen the original.
Also, don't waste any of the little time you have available trying to cram in supercurriculars (unless you can do so without compromising your A level revision). Instead, spend the time explaining why you're passionate about Pharmacology.
You are passionate about it right? You've switched you application from BioMed in the hope you can study it.
For reference for anyone reading this in the future: if your top choice is pharmacology then write a pharmacology PS.
Biomed gets loads of applications from medicine and other subjects with a PS that isn’t biomed specific. In most cases an application to biomed without a biomed specific PS will not cause any problems at all.
Biomed gets loads of applications from medicine and other subjects with a PS that isn’t biomed specific. In most cases an application to biomed without a biomed specific PS will not cause any problems at all.
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