UCAS tips : How to write your personal statement!

The January 15th deadline is soon here , so as I have just finished my personal statement I decided to share a few tips with you on how I wrote my personal statement. I  applied for Politics if you wanted to know.

So here is the process that I went through when writing it:
1. Read  books around my topic
2. Watch online lectures from the LSE website to supplement  knowledge or even better actually attend a lecture.
3. Make a list of all the reasons why you want to do this course and the proof that you have to show that you love it - work experience, debates that you have had , exhibitions that you have gone to ect...
4. Write a opening paragraph - no cliches , no sayings by Gandhi , none of that !It's important to state why you like the subject in one sentence and the topics on your course that you are most looking forward to studying.
5. The 2nd paragraph - get into a topic that you are very interested about - be specific and talk more about you - link the books that you have read to your topic that you are talking about in your paragraph and the lectures you attended ect.., This is where you can show how passionate you are academically.
6. Next step is talking about any work experience - what you learnt and how it links in to your future job that you want to do.
7. A paragraph on the activities that you do such as sports or any type of stuff you are interested in outside of school such as art , photography , travelling , theatre .
8 . Then add a concluding sentence- something that they will remember.

General tips:

• Use the thesaurus sparingly , you don't want to be using words that you don't understand and then you get asked to go to an interview and your speaking the lingo of a 12 year old instead.  
• GRAMMER , CHECK YOUR GRAMMER 
• No cliche sayings 
• Don't say that you liked the subject since you were young , because it is clear that you probably didn't as not 9 year old was interested in anthropology or history. 
• Talk about your transferable skills 
• Talk about positions of responsibility, Duke of Edinburgh award , projects that went well ...
• Show that you are a critical thinker - if you have done an EPQ write about it . 
• Don't ramble , structure your points 

Get friends and family to proofread it!

So yeah that was pretty much the process that I went though and the tips that I was given. I hope you found them useful. Please feel free to message me if you want me to proofread your personal statement I would be more than happy to have a look at it for you.

xx

Things that lead to social suicide in London !

When you live in London for a very long time, you start to adjust to a few rules that suddenly become implemented in your brain just because you live in London. So I decided to accumulate all the things that you should never do in London in order to survive ! #aren'tIjustamazing

1.Never tand on the left , people like myself like to walk up and down the escalators, so if you are standing in my way , I get really frustrated and then we start complaining about tourists on the Tube back home.

 

2. Don't be kissing on Tube or attempt to show any type of affection for someone that you know isn't PG friendly because trust me we don't want to see it and you could possible end of on someone's facebook wall with a post titled : Lovebirds gross ! 

3. Do not , I repeat DO NOTTT just ques ! Us Londoners have a thing about queuing we love to que, if there isn't a que we will make a que , you see we like order ! If you attempt to que jump you will be faced with the wrath of several people who will quick you out of the que . 

4. Don't forget your umbrella unless you want a free shower. 

 

5. Please Don't walk slowly because it really pisses people off and for the love of god please don't stop in the middle of the pavement!! 

6. Have a phone conversation of the Tube - just don't , people don't care about what molly did to meg. 

7.Don't make eye contact with anyone of public transport because  then it just become awkward ! Most likely they will think you are a freak.

Why being short has its perks !

I'm 5 foot , so I'm pretty short, but over the last few years I realised that being short had it's perks and that it was nothing to be upset about or feel like I got the short end of the stick (that pun though) .So I collaborated a few reason why being short is just fab.

1) You can shop in the children's section and that not only saves you money , but boy do these kids have some style.
2) You will look young forever , when your 37 you will look 27.
3) You can wear whatever heels you want! You want to wear those 7 inch heels , you go girl , just make sure you have spare trainers in your bag just in case your feet begin to ache .
4) You will always be refereed to as "cute" or "adorable"
5) Best conversation started :"Excuse me , could you crab that can of cranberries on the top shelf"
6) When you loose 5 pounds - dayyyym you look like you have lost about 10 because it shows on your body !
7) You always win at Limbo
8) You know how to crowd weave , it makes you feel like a NINJA

So yeah, embrace it shortie <3