BF2S Forums Help me write a Personal Statement

Is it a resume?

You're giving us so much to work with here, Kez

ShadowsStrike wrote:

Can we have some info... =/ Like interests, what you do with your spare time, past experience, how well you work at certain things (on your own, in a team), your key qualities youthink you have. Thats all a Ps is really.

This.

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

Is it a resume?

No. A personal statement is an essay ( usually 4000 characters ) that you write to "sell yourself" to universities/colleges. You talk about yourself, what you have achieved, your interest in the course and why YOU think you should be accepted into it.

Kptk, it takes weeks to write up a good PS....

Ok, I will help. If Uzique was here, he could give me a hand as well.

Start of with the basics - Why you want to apply to it, what is your true interest and what you find interesting about the course. ALWAYS LINK BACK TO THE COURSE you are doing. It's vital.

Then maybe go into detail about one specfic course aspect and why you like it and why you think you would do well. ( example ).

Include your achievements ( whatever, from football team captain to achieving a certificate in something ) and try to link them to something that is useful in life - i.e captaincy has shown me vital team skills and organisational skills.

I'll give you more pointers if you give me what you are applying for and some stuff about yourself.

Kptk92 wrote:

So my College application is due in my school tomorrow, I have everything done except my Personal Statement. Help me write a good one. Basically I gotta write a load of shit about myself.

I don't know how to structure it or anything, and there isn't anything particularly amazing about me academic-wise.

Help BF2s plz thx <3 kez

You never have to write Personal Statements for College, wtf. They just care about your GCSE results, unless it's some super next level college or something. And if by College you meant Uni, and you only said College because you're talking like a fucking yank for some reason, then fuck right off and fail your Personal Statement. Also, Personal Statements rarely matter. Also, if you can't write one, what can you do Kez, what can you do

Should do maths

My college application is terrible.

School stuff is gonna make your Personal Statement look poor.
You have to write stuff you did out side of school, activities that you were involved with and jobs etc.

Even if it's Uni it doesn't really matter (ok, except for Oxford/Cambridge) - Just get the grades first and foremost. GCSE's are easy anyway

And about what to write, like everyone else is saying, just keep it real. Even if you ain't got shit to write, who cares, go back to them with your grades and they'll let you in if you meet their requirements, that's all it is

No, Language kyle

Sec, this is what the College Prospectus says about it:

There are two main aims of this course. Firstly, it looks to develop your understanding of English language in both theory and practice. So, for example, you will analyse different texts such as magazine articles and talks and then produce your own. Secondly, the course will challenge ideas and assumptions people commonly make about English. For example, many people believe that standards in English have been declining and that people who use local accents and dialects are speaking incorrectly.

Do it in the form of a rapper Kez:

Hear me now Pimps, Bitches, Ho's and Guvnor's.

My names Kerry and thats the word
Im a skilled mufa fucker, I'm sure youve heard
I wanna join ya college cos I'm here to learn
If you don't let me in then the fuckers gonna burn

I'm the Shiz on the PC as you will see
I can make things outta wood unall; easy peasey
I can't knit, neither can I sow
But I'm shit hot at Algebra if you want to know

I can Rhyme better than Burns
My Tales outskill Shakespear
Your loss if you don't let me in
'cos I really should be here

The walls are filled with muff
It'll be like a day out in heaven
'Kp, Kp, Kp', They cry
Make a pilot hole for 1927

So let me into your skool, Dont make me become a hater
I might become a wrestler next year
They're gonna call me 'The Impregnator'


Kerry I hope this works for you mate and they let you in, if you rapped that to me and my other directors here at work, I would let you have a job, Fo Shizzle my nizzle, or something, word.

my p/s was the most shit-hot one done in years my head of year said.

when i actually give a damn i can write all posh like uzique like innit.

ill try an find it for yas

Uzique wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

my p/s was the most shit-hot one done in years my head of year said.

when i actually give a damn i can write all posh like uzique like innit.

ill try an find it for yas

You're in Belfast, I disagree.

lol that's a new development.

plus many famous wordy guys came from ireland so nah nah