University Choices

[Abi]

I need to stop looking at my personal statement. Everytime i do, i end up changing something

[Katy]

I need to stop looking at my personal statement. Everytime i do, i end up changing something

I was exactly the same, i kept think ing i needed to add something or it didnt look quite right. It will be such a weight of your mind once it is all sent. Then all you have is exams to worry about.

[Tori]

Even though i've already sent mine off, i keep worrying about it thinking if it's not good enough... maybe i should move it off my desktop to some other folder...

[Abigail]

Still haven't started mine. I don't know where to start. I think once I have the first few sentences I'll be able to do the rest, its just getting started thats the problem. I'm finding it hard to think of things that I'm good at and what my positive bits of me are . I can think of loads of negative ones but not many positive

I'm going to ring my aunty at the weekend, she used to work for uni admissions so she knows whats good and whats not good to write.

[Katy]

have you got a setout of what you need to include We were given a template of four stages and that ade it really easier for me. As i knew what they were looking for.

[Abigail]

I think I have somewhere but its in five or six stages. What were your four stages?

[Katy]

What course i wanted to do and why
Any activities that i had to show i had an interest in the subject
ANy other personal Activities (academic or not) relating to the subject, I managed to link being a guide leader and sailing to Law, don't know how, i htink i mentioned responsability
A conclusion

Think theres a thread me and Bry used last year on personal Statements. There are a few tips on that. If you need any more help i will trey and find mine from last year,feel free to email or pm me.

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

Just a question..
You know when you go uni.. how many courses/subjects do you do?

I am interested in doing Economics.. does that split into several things or is it one thing you learn? Or do you choose more than that.. If so how many?

Thanks!

[Abbie]

I really need to start thinking what I want to do, I cant just leave it till well later on, my mum reminded me I need to start applying by october

[Abi]

Just a question..
You know when you go uni.. how many courses/subjects do you do?

I am interested in doing Economics.. does that split into several things or is it one thing you learn? Or do you choose more than that.. If so how many?

Thanks!

You pick 1 subject, and do that for the full 3 years. If you look at UCAS you can get an idea of where you can do the course, and they'll have details about what is covered in the course.

LSE is probably one of the top places for Economics.
This is what you do in the course. Gives you a bit of an idea how it works.

Economics is a very good course, but very competitive. Especially if you choose to go to the top AAAA places, like LSE, UCL, Oxbridge etc.

And Abbie, you have untill January to apply. Unless you apply for Medicine, Vet Med, Dentistry, or to Oxbridge. You have untill October the 15th (I think...) for those, and untill Jan 15th for everything else. Though, obviously, the sooner the better. If you're starting to think about what you want to do, then look on UCAS. It helps to know what choices you actually have, before you start thinking seriously about it. Or you might come across a course that you really like the look at, that you never thought of. And it might be too late by then