Bouncing to and fro
Posted on October 1st, 2008 by Matt.
‘It feels like it’s never ending, but I can see that I’m almost done; just one left thing to do, and that’s put it onto UCAS. I’m talking about my personal statement, and the number of people checking it and suggesting improvements!
The number of people able to help with personal statements is amazing. I’ve had my Connexions adviser, my personal tutor, a UCAS co-ordinator, a medical doctor (yes, that’s Rob!), a manager, and a couple of friends have a look. The best advice I’ve had comes from the UCAS co-ordinator, who pointed out about 6 or 7 different grammer errors.
Which is something to look out for. You’ll find after staring at Microsoft Office Word or UCAS Apply for 30 minutes making some changes, you don’t notice the grammer errors that have creeped in, ie ‘caring for people by in an’. And spelling can be just as bad, because word doesn’t notice the difference between ‘their’, ‘there’ or ‘they’re’ really! Get as many people as possinle just to proof read it and circle anything that is grammatically wrong, or that simply doesn’t sound right at first pass. Remember, and admissions tutor is not likely to re-read something 2 or 3 times just to figure out what it means!
However, after about 5 or so full drafts, I’m done. Now the simple part, of copying and pasting from Microsoft Office Word into UCAS apply. And making sure that I’m below the 4,000 character and 47 line limits. Actually, a good time for a warning – you’re more likely to go over the 47 lines before you go over the 4,000 characters!
Matt is putting his personal statement into UCAS…
Tags: Apply, Personal statement, UCAS
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