Supercurriculars

wow hello! you are very ahead of the game!can i ask what you want to study at uni? that might give me a better way of answering this question.honestly, i dont think its a good idea to start you personal statement now. Im in year 13 (so S6 in scotland) , having sent off my application to oxford and also gotten interviews from oxford for maths, and i began my ps in August before y13.in terms of writing the ps itself, you dont have to be absolutely cramming it with activities you have taken part in. for instance, i wrote about a couple of books i read surrounding mathematics, so id recommend you do the same for your subject. i also did a team project about AI, which i linked back to maths in my own way. i wrote about UKMT maths challenges, and about a lecture i attended, which sparked me to research higher level maths on my own.then other things i wrote about were work experience which i did in a hospital, being head student and getting an ILM award, and my hobbies like art and reading.in my case, i had a sort of running theme in my entire personal statement, which was linking unconventional things to mathematics in some way. the most important thing in my eyes is linking everyyyything back to your subject in some way, OR making sure you detail what you have learnt from it. this doesnt have to be very direct, but it could be implicit as well.if you'd like to, you could tell me some of the stuff you have done, and I could help you with choosing what you should include and what you might want to leave out? 🙂

Thank you! I started mine more because a friend wanted to apply last year and I wanted like a try at it- to see how hard it felt you and such it's by no means a completed draft and obviously it is very early now. I want to do some form of mechanical engineering (it's under different course names at like 3 of my universities). I've had thoughts of studying something engineering related since I started secondary school so I've had time to do alot. As for the things that I have done- Oxford does a general engineering course so these are interdisciplinary as when I went to the open day they said that if you have a specific discipline in mind and no interest in the others this would not be the right choice for you (which I agree and personally I want to be a lecturer HOPEFULLY focusing on nuclear submarines- specifically the generators). Anyways things that I have done include: I attended a lecture at Oxford about sensors in the brain and how they can be used to treat conditions such as drug addiction, which very nicely linked into my N5 English folio (this is an piece of writing you submit to the exam body an Oxford admissions officer agreed that they would see this similarly to an EPQ), as that was on the causes of addiction. I entered an essay competition about AI, specifically focusing on the intersection of AI within spaces for disabled people, I'm really fascinated by the Forth Bridges so I have tried to attend museums- I, and learn about them- I attended a lecture at Edinburgh university which sort of relates to this. I did a MOOC about fluid dynamics as I am interested in thermodynamics and my engineering teacher is into fluids so I looked into it! I went to the plane museum, which linked to a virtual work experience I'm still doing (by airbus). As for things that I am currently doing, they include that virtual work experience by airbus, another one by EDF (they have a nuclear power station in Scotland), a MOOC on Alison called Marine electrical, two courses on LEAF one about maths and one on AI, two open learn courses about engineering and I do have a book on thermodynamics which I am partially through. As for stuff that I am planning to do me and a friend who wants to architecture are entering a challenge by a Cambridge college that's a design challenge, I'm also doing a 4 week long internship in the Summer at Scottish water and I have a mentor from their who I will be seeing monthly till then but I have regular email correspondence with him! I've also done a few things with my school involving taking a leading role in my elective to help build an F1 car, visits related to AI, a trip about woman in STEM and one about woman in computing, I'm writing my higher folio on woman in nuclear engineering and I have also done an RBV this year (this is an extended project in Religious education) about if nuclear weapons/power should exist. I am also currently applying to summer schools/other programs I REALLY hope Bristol accepts me for their Quantum summer program as it is my kind of back-up to nuclear submarines. If it helps I also go to LEAPs school so I am eligible for contextual entry/minimum entry requirements.

Thank you! I started mine more because a friend wanted to apply last year and I wanted like a try at it- to see how hard it felt you and such it's by no means a completed draft and obviously it is very early now. I want to do some form of mechanical engineering (it's under different course names at like 3 of my universities). I've had thoughts of studying something engineering related since I started secondary school so I've had time to do alot. As for the things that I have done- Oxford does a general engineering course so these are interdisciplinary as when I went to the open day they said that if you have a specific discipline in mind and no interest in the others this would not be the right choice for you (which I agree and personally I want to be a lecturer HOPEFULLY focusing on nuclear submarines- specifically the generators). Anyways things that I have done include: I attended a lecture at Oxford about sensors in the brain and how they can be used to treat conditions such as drug addiction, which very nicely linked into my N5 English folio (this is an piece of writing you submit to the exam body an Oxford admissions officer agreed that they would see this similarly to an EPQ), as that was on the causes of addiction. I entered an essay competition about AI, specifically focusing on the intersection of AI within spaces for disabled people, I'm really fascinated by the Forth Bridges so I have tried to attend museums- I, and learn about them- I attended a lecture at Edinburgh university which sort of relates to this. I did a MOOC about fluid dynamics as I am interested in thermodynamics and my engineering teacher is into fluids so I looked into it! I went to the plane museum, which linked to a virtual work experience I'm still doing (by airbus). As for things that I am currently doing, they include that virtual work experience by airbus, another one by EDF (they have a nuclear power station in Scotland), a MOOC on Alison called Marine electrical, two courses on LEAF one about maths and one on AI, two open learn courses about engineering and I do have a book on thermodynamics which I am partially through. As for stuff that I am planning to do me and a friend who wants to architecture are entering a challenge by a Cambridge college that's a design challenge, I'm also doing a 4 week long internship in the Summer at Scottish water and I have a mentor from their who I will be seeing monthly till then but I have regular email correspondence with him! I've also done a few things with my school involving taking a leading role in my elective to help build an F1 car, visits related to AI, a trip about woman in STEM and one about woman in computing, I'm writing my higher folio on woman in nuclear engineering and I have also done an RBV this year (this is an extended project in Religious education) about if nuclear weapons/power should exist. I am also currently applying to summer schools/other programs I REALLY hope Bristol accepts me for their Quantum summer program as it is my kind of back-up to nuclear submarines. If it helps I also go to LEAPs school so I am eligible for contextual entry/minimum entry requirements.

You should apply for the Arkwright fellowship