Personal Statement

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Dear ANChan59,

Thank you so much for your kind detail information!

joys2334

ch1970 發表於 12-3-14 22:22
1. Personal statements are PERSONAL. If they want the grades/activity record of the candidates, they ...

Hi Ch1970

Thank you for the great inputs about the personal statement.

But one question is that when I have the preview of the UCAS application form, I can see that it just allows you to fill in 10 items of EDUCATION/QUALIFICATION; 5 items of work experiences (paid).
so all the non-paid work experiences, various ECA, awards and achievements, voluntary services, leadership positions inside and outside of schools , etc. will be put under the 500 words of personal statement.
In this case, you have to be very selective in putting the things in your personal statement.
On the other hand, you cannot really showcase your activities in the application form.

Please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks.

ch1970

joys2334 發表於 12-8-26 00:45
Hi Ch1970

Thank you for the great inputs about the personal statement.

what i mean is that Personal statement is not for literally stating what you've done but to "make sense of" what you have done.
e.g.
I am interested in English. I have attained 5** in DSE English. I have received leadership training. I was the chairlady of the school's dancing club.

ANChan59

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Ch1970
My son just submitted the UCAS on-application with a reasonable good Personal Statement. We followed most of your suggestions and mixed with some requirements from different universities, particularly Cambridge......

His exposures, trainings and personal vision made the PS unique with personal inspiration. We are not sure for Cambridge, but definitely good enough for most universities, I will keep my finger cross.

My son also shared with me his buddy's PS for Oxford PPE, very personal and impressive PS. They have totally different approaches, it's fun to read these two strong PS.

I am out, when compare with them.....

ANChan59

ch1970

ANChan59 發表於 12-10-13 21:41
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Ch1970

最近事忙少上網。我那個到現在還未報名，漏氣至極。

ANChan59

ch1970 發表於 12-10-22 20:38
最近事忙少上網。我那個到現在還未報名，漏氣至極。

希望他一切報名順利。

Shootastar

In the UCAS site, you can find their advice on writing a Personal Statement. for UK colleges.
[url=http://www.ucas.com/students/app ... ement/whattoinclude]http://www.ucas.com/students/app ... ement/whattoinclude[/url]

The advice is also suitable for writing a personal statement for HK colleges.

I think your Personal Statement would be pretty good if you can answer or provide information to each and every query raised in the advice

ANChan59

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My son followed the guidelines and also the Cambridge requirement.

ANChan59

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