Personal Statement

Shootastar

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 ...

Your advice is better than some professional counsellors who charge charge clients for USD10,000 to USD 20,000 to prepare the applications.

Shootastar

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ANChan 59

According to the prospectus of HKU, it does not require an Non-Jupas Applicant to put LLB as his first choice before he is considered. So I think it is possible that you put MBBS as first choice and LLB as 2nd or 3rd choice.

Although I am not an admission officer, my personal feeling is that personal statement is very important in an application in case of Non-Jupas application. If you can impress your admission officer of the first choice, it is difficult to impress the admission officer of your second choice in the same personal statement.

In your son's case, I suggest that your son could apply for MBBS in CU or HKU and then apply BBA+Law as his first choice to other university which he does not apply for MBBS. In that case, he could write brillant personal statement to support the program he applies for.

ch1970

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Shootastar

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94BABY

Would you mind sharing what program did your son apply in UCAS and what was the outcome?

If he was successful, would you think his personal statement helped him?

ANChan59

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I got your points.

Before I flied to LA, chatted to a friend, her daughter just confirmed to go to UC Berkeley. She reminded me not necessary to take BBA-Law, try to consider LLB + MBA。I may follow her suggestions.

Shootastar

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ANChan 59

My son just completed his PCLL course. He told me that most of BBA + Law students have already secured training contracts from very famous law firms in Hong Kong two years before. However many of the LLB graduates could only join the 2nd tier or local firms. If you want to join a reputable MBA program to boost up your qualification, you need working experience. It seems that it is better to study BBA + Law if you are fortunate to be admitted.

ANChan59

Shootastar 發表於 12-6-21 22:07
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ANChan 59

Shootastar
Thanks again, it's a headache.

I guess his PG can secure an interview for both MBBS (40+) and BBA-Law (39+), for admission is 42/45 from HKU. Still a long way to go.

ANChan59

ANChan59

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I forward your comments and suggestions to my son and my wife, they appreciate that.

slamai

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According to the admission talk of the Dean at the last information day, the answer is NO.
ANChan59 發表於 12-6-21 21:28
Do you know LLB (HKU) will consider 2nd choice or 3rd chocie in non-JUPAs?

ANChan59

slamai 發表於 12-6-24 01:30
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According to the admission talk of the Dean at the last information day, the a ...

Thanks slamai
I will ask my son to double check with HKU.

ANChan59

94BABY

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Hi Shootastar,
My kid applied for law (UCAS) in all the 5 choices. He got 4 conditional offers and I think the personal statement is crucial for the application.

Shootastar

Congratulation on your son's succession to secure 4 conditional offers from UK law colleges. I agree that personal statement is crucial in the UCAS application because the personal statement serves an important document to tell the admission officers why you want to apply for the program and what have you done to support of your interest and the way forward.

ANChan59

After two years in Pre-IB & IB, he roughly has his PG and in a reasonable grades. From this week onward, he starts to write a few PS as follow:

1. Economics for UCAS and Oxbridge;
2. Medicine for local university;
3. Law for local university;
4. BBA for local university.

After this, he may need to combine 2 and or 3, and or 4 together. We don't know it works or not. Our target is make most PS ready for his school's university councilor's comments by the end of August to save time and won't clash with other tasks when term start.

He spent 10 days and finished the outline of his Extended Essay, aims to finish the first draft by the end of August. He is closed to complete his summer targets, except the revision of the overall test in Sept.......

slamai

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Be prepared that there'll be multiple revisions and finetuning to the PS, EE, etc. in fixing the time-table.

ANChan59

slamai 發表於 12-8-5 22:53
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Be prepared that there'll be multiple revisions and finetuning to the PS, EE,  ...

Noted with thanks, that's our plan too.

Rattie

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My girl had recently written her first personal statement during her application process of a summer program.
With the guidance from the internet she managed to throw up a 200-word masterpiece.
It contains all the don’ts
listed in your post and, I’m sure, pretty enough “I” starting in quite many sentences.
Luckily enough I guess the expected standard for junior secondary students is not high so she’s still got a pass.

I would expect to see the need for her to write such personal statements in the future, both in her education and career path.
Her first personal statement now makes part of her portfolio, together with your invaluable comments.
I hope to see progress next time.

Thanks to ANChan59 who contributes a lot of valuable information to EK parents which in my opinion results in more parents willingness to share.
The time-consuming work carried out by parents such as khmama, redkoni will not be neglected either.
These kinds of positive momentum should be encouraged.
We are only beneficiaries here.

ANChan59

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Shootastar
Do you have any idea that BBA-Law must be applied as first choice in non-JUPAS application or the same as LLB?

ANChan59

ANChan59

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We need more positive energy in the society and internet.
More and more parents share their experience and observations in EK, like ChiChiBaBa, Vincher, ohnono .....etc. If we go to blogs, we can find more informative materials there.

mezk

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Hi, AnChan59

I read many of your post. They are very useful! You said you found a very good English teacher on essay writing for your son. Would you like to pm me the detail information? My son would like to improve his English writing skill. Thank you very much in advance!

Shootastar

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I do not find that BBA (Law) should be named as the first choice before you are considered. If you apply for MBBS, you need to put it as your first choice otherwise HKU would not consider your application.

It is perfectly alright for your son to focus application for medicine with CU, the law program at HKU and the business problem at HKUST.