Yeah, I know what you mean. People kept changing my statement even though it's so much better than those I've read. My tutor said it's one of the best ones she has sent and she's been doing it for ages so yeah should be OK. I haven't actually paid yet and I sent it about 3 weeks ago hah. The 6th form paid and they haven't bothered asking me for the money, until they do I won't bother.
A few of my close friends got Oxbridge interviews - few of them missed out. My mate who got all A/A* at GCSE and AAAB last year got told by UCL that her academic profile isn't good enough, great lol...
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Haha, that's what's happened with my Sixth Form College as well, but they asked for mine straight away seeing as I did it in school.
Originally Posted by Immenseman
Yeah, I know what you mean. People kept changing my statement even though it's so much better than those I've read. My tutor said it's one of the best ones she has sent and she's been doing it for ages so yeah should be OK. I haven't actually paid yet and I sent it about 3 weeks ago hah. The 6th form paid and they haven't bothered asking me for the money, until they do I won't bother.
A few of my close friends got Oxbridge interviews - few of them missed out. My mate who got all A/A* at GCSE and AAAB last year got told by UCL that her academic profile isn't good enough, great lol...
Yeah, one of my friends has an interview for Cambridge tomorrow and he had some 12-page essay to do as well. Worth the hassle though, definitely. If UCL said that to her, then god knows what Oxbridge would've said
seems a bit harsh like!
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She did apply for Oxford but didn't get an interview. My other friend who got 12 A* at GCSE and 5 As at AS level didn't get an interview, lol. She got 90%+ in all of them, I think. They both go to comprehensives or whatever, whether that makes a difference, I don't know. My Literature teacher said they both would've got in if they were from private schools. Originally Posted by Grainger@CUFC
Haha, that's what's happened with my Sixth Form College as well, but they asked for mine straight away seeing as I did it in school.
Yeah, one of my friends has an interview for Cambridge tomorrow and he had some 12-page essay to do as well. Worth the hassle though, definitely. If UCL said that to her, then god knows what Oxbridge would've said seems a bit harsh like!
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07-12-2009, 05:37 PM #94
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I gave my teachers my personal statement and she told me to change a few words as it was getting repetitive. I put it on TheStudentRoom and they slated it to shreds. Oh dear...
I'm still waiting for 1 offer and it's the uni I want to go to as well
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Oh, I didn't put mine on there in the end because I was scared a Uni would see my statement and just type a line into google like they do for cwk and stuff and it would come up and they think I copied LOL
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i put mine on there too and they did the same Originally Posted by Inseriousity.
I gave my teachers my personal statement and she told me to change a few words as it was getting repetitive. I put it on TheStudentRoom and they slated it to shreds. Oh dear...
I'm still waiting for 1 offer and it's the uni I want to go to as well
EDIT: oh jake, it goes in a private forum and only PS helpers can see it,
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My personal statement was pretty good I think, considering I got an offer from a uni wanting higher grades than I'm predicted.
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yeah lol maybe i worry too much. shall i put it in now cuz i know mine was fit and i have an offer so even if they're mean i won't mind or are they that harsh it'll knock my confidence lol Originally Posted by kk.
i put mine on there too and they did the same
EDIT: oh jake, it goes in a private forum and only PS helpers can see it,
mine was better Originally Posted by invincible,
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I put it on there after I sent my app just out of curiousity tbh lol. It kinda knocked my confidence but 4/5 conditional offers (regardless of a really bad AS grade in the subject I'm applying for - RE. I got a D) makes me think that maybe some unis actually like to see the personal side of the statement where it's not robotic after being changed so many times. Originally Posted by Immenseman
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tbh though my mate said to me the other day "all personal statements are pretty much the same" it made me realise, that's the truth to a certain extent. i tried to make mine different and original but everyone includes the same sort of things so y'kno. i don't think they're THAT important. i think it'd be stupid to think like that because as long as it's decent it probably won't be remembered. it'll only be remembered if it's real bad imo. i'll post mine on here like next year if i'm still about and i see this sorta thread to help people out
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