personal statement..

[vickers22]

now i KNOW this isnt meant to be in here....but there is no-one in the career one

i am so stuck with what to write for a first line that is catchy. I want to study zoology at birmingham, durham or bristol(quite ambitious

) so i was just wondering if you had any ideas?Obviously i know it has to come from me, but any hints and tips in the right direction would be really really appreciated....(hope this isnt an innappropriate post

if it is please tell me) thanks guys

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Erm...all a bit vague - what do you want to include in your first paragraph? Are you writing it in the First Person or the Third Person? When I write Artists Statements (not exactly the same but similar) I always write: The Artist blah blah blah....

Am I helping or just adding more things to worry about?!!!!

 

[Grey_Arab]

I would google it if I were you. Generally, you should do half about why you want to do the course and the other half, more about yourself and your interest/work experience. Hope that helps?

 

[lifeslemons]

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I would google it if I were you.


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NOOOO! Don't lift ANY quotes of the internet, as UCAS have purchased new software in association with google that means if they have any doubt that the work isn't yours they just randomly lift a sentence from it and type it in. It will then scan the entire internet, and if there are any similar sentences they will come up. If this happens then will throw out your statement.

I'm not sure if this is an empty threat my college gave us, but I certainly would risk it.

 

[HenryandPeta]

very hard to help without knowing more about you. Start by writing bullet points of WHY you want to study the subject, perhaps add in what appeals about it, what direction you want to go in, any prior experience you have caring for animals, work experience in a vets perhaps, interest in science and advances in that field... Where do you hope the degree will take you? Then finally you can talk about yourself and other interests - Uni's are keen to take people that will get involved in Uni stuff, like sports teams, the Union etc...

HTH!

 

[JessPickle]

I am also struggling with a personal statement, have no idea how to make an interest in business sound remotely interesting or different from anyone else!

I emailed a first draft to my tutor who send me back one with some points,do you have that avalable?

 

[vickers22]

yeh got tutor-although i have to create a first draft!I know the basic stuff and have some good pointers on what to put in it its just starting it off and making it sound genuine and not lik everyone elses!!It soooo hard

but thanks for help guys

 

[xxcharlottexx]

When doing my personal statement I looked at quotes form the uni prospectus to get me started. My opening sentance was one.

sorry not got much time... will come back later and help properly