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Take 2 on my next personal statement for university after failing to get in this year....

Trying a different angle after getting zero interviews last year. Talking with a friend who has just qualified as an English teacher about what should be in it and she has said the opposite to my careers tutors last time regarding my accident. Fingers crossed. I have nothing to lose as otherwise I've lost a year from work and it's cost me £3.5k for nothing. The thing this year has taught me is that my interest is solely physiotherapy as I was asked to interview for Sports and Exercise degrees but I just didn't want that.
 
Diagro said:
I had to redo my GCSE English Language to get into teacher training. Finished school around 11 years ago... and have no idea about English (the subject)

I collected my results on Thursday.

I got an A*!
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Congrats! Excellent result.


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I've just finished my Biomedical Science degree, got 1st class honours so I'm dead chuffed. Starting my MSc next month in Oncology.

Currently revising for my UKCAT exam on the 16th September, I'm applying for medical school (2017 entry) on the accelerated graduate-entry medicine program which is only 4 years.

Eek.
 
helpimcrap said:
Take 2 on my next personal statement for university after failing to get in this year....

Trying a different angle after getting zero interviews last year. Talking with a friend who has just qualified as an English teacher about what should be in it and she has said the opposite to my careers tutors last time regarding my accident. Fingers crossed. I have nothing to lose as otherwise I've lost a year from work and it's cost me £3.5k for nothing. The thing this year has taught me is that my interest is solely physiotherapy as I was asked to interview for Sports and Exercise degrees but I just didn't want that.
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Did you take a look at places during clearing?
 
Just realised we don't have a university 2016 thread, so might as well carry on with this one.

My final year is going really well - haven't dropped any marks yet in the first two modules, just waiting for the last two assignments to be marked. Well on track for a first.

In other news, I submitted my dissertation abstract to BCUR and today I got an email that it had been accepted and I've been invited to present this year - exciting!

https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/british-conference-undergraduate-research-2017
 
My final year has started relatively well, averaged 75% from the modules I did last term. But now starting my 70CU final project, which seems a bit daunting, getting started is by far the hardest part.

Juggling time between working and training is also a struggle, as our training has upped this term to 15 ~1.5-2 hour sessions a week.

Keeping me nice and busy though :D
 
Good to see people studying. I did dentistry and I changed how I studied for my last years exams using mind mapping, worked for me https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buzans-Study-Skills-Techniques-Reading/dp/1406664898/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

I know your topics may be different and may not be examined by sit down exams liek I did.

Make sure you get the help you need from tutors etc and get constructive feedback early and act on it.

If you have exams start studying 10 weeks before, have week 9 off and do ace things and get cracking all fresh like week 10 into the first exams.

(Dowie where were you for my last stats question? Have you been on holiday? I managed to do it - but it was hard!)
 
I'm half way through my PGCE.

Teaching side of things is going really well.

The PGCE side of things not so much... I'm behind on all my work due to the work load from the teaching. I am trying to catch up but they just keep piling more on!

I knew it would be hard... I just have to persevere!
 
10 weeks to go - averaging 98.8% - dissertation formative hand in on 19th March - PGCE assessment day on 21st March - present dissertation at BCUR '17 on 25th April.

It's all go - roll on graduation!
 
Dredging this thread up as I never did start a Uni 2016/2017 thread - way to busy for that!

So how's everyone doing? Is anyone applying now or starting a degree next year?

I'm in my final year and I have my last exam tomorrow but it's only a small 30%er and I'm finished! On course for a first (93% average) but I still have by double credit dissertation to be marked and a couple of 50% assignments, but I think I'm good. I also passed my PGCE assessment day and got confirmation this morning for a place starting in September - exciting!

Looking past PGCE next year, I have two offers on the table for post grad study - one from UCLAN for a funded PhD in CCI (Child Computer Interaction) and a funded combined Masters/PhD at Lancaster in HCI. Need to take some time to weight up the benefits of each program - don't need to give them an answer until December so a while to decide yet.
 
amigafan2003 said:
Dredging this thread up as I never did start a Uni 2016/2017 thread - way to busy for that!

So how's everyone doing? Is anyone applying now or starting a degree next year?

I'm in my final year and I have my last exam tomorrow but it's only a small 30%er and I'm finished! On course for a first (93% average) but I still have by double credit dissertation to be marked and a couple of 50% assignments, but I think I'm good. I also passed my PGCE assessment day and got confirmation this morning for a place starting in September - exciting!

Looking past PGCE next year, I have two offers on the table for post grad study - one from UCLAN for a funded PhD in CCI (Child Computer Interaction) and a funded combined Masters/PhD at Lancaster in HCI. Need to take some time to weight up the benefits of each program - don't need to give them an answer until December so a while to decide yet.
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Lots of options sounds very good - hope the final goes wel!

I'm not sure I could go back to uni now... having no money is poop. But oh - for that free time!!! *swoon* The grass is always greener! :)
 
Nitefly said:
Lots of options sounds very good - hope the final goes wel!

I'm not sure I could go back to uni now... having no money is poop. But oh - for that free time!!! *swoon* The grass is always greener! :)
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Free time? Maybe if I'd have settled for a crappy 2:1 but this year I've worked harder than I ever did in employment! I am looking forward to the four month break between now and the pgce though - lots of mtb'ing and camping planned.
 
It's interesting looking back through these types of threadsto see where people started and where they are now.

I actually took this year off in the end, so I won't graduate until 2020.

I'm considering studying for an MSc in Operational Research or something similar as I've been using R for discrete event simulation at work which I find interesting - does anyone have any suggestions?
 
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