Uni personal statement help

Assassin_012 · 6 Oct 2010 at 01:28

hi,

ok...so i need to write a personal statement for uni and i dont really know how to start..

i want to apply for a networking course (dont really know which 1..)

what is there to include in the statement?

like...what do i say in the statement?

Doughnut007 · 6 Oct 2010 at 01:59

There are hundreds of sites for advise on this. Google it.

http://www.studential.com/guide/write_personal_statement.htm
http://www.getintouni.com/Free/WritingGuide/
http://www.dur.ac.uk/undergraduate/apply/personalstatement/
http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/applying/howtoapply/personalstatement/

Alex74 · 6 Oct 2010 at 02:00

Good place to start is to know what you're actually applying for. Then as above, google has plenty to say on writing a personal statement

Assassin_012 · 7 Oct 2010 at 00:02

thats the problem....i dno which course to apply for....

for example....Uni of greenwich has:
Computer Networking
Computer Networking and Server Administration
Computer Systems and Networking

which is the one im suppose to do?

the reason i want to do networking is because i heard u earn a lot .....

becoming a technician wont earn much =/
programming is boring....(well kinda since ull have to sit there all day typing codes....etc)
database...nope (il have hard time proof reading all that data etc...think its called data integrity =/)

anyone wanna suggest what i should do?

because im not even sure....

Stupot_ · 7 Oct 2010 at 00:04

Great attitude:/

Why don't you do something that actually interests you? IT clearly isn't it.

Assassin_012 · 7 Oct 2010 at 00:10

well...ive taken IT as my course ...and i dont wanna waste another year or 2 on a new course...so il have to put up with it...

the reason i picked IT becuase i was interested in computers etc...

but the course was nothing like what i imagined =/

Hxc · 7 Oct 2010 at 00:13

My hilarious first draft from last year. The first paragraph was toned down just a tad

http://grodecki.co.uk/ps/

Got me into Bristol, Southampton, Leicester and erm... somewhere else? I can't remember. I missed my offer for Bristol and decided to wait another year and do something more appropriate. I'm writing my new personal statement tommorrow. Expect equally as silly language.

meghatronic · 7 Oct 2010 at 00:14

If you can't figure out the simplest of things*, do you really think university is the right choice?

* If you don't know, you should at least have the capacity to search the web or seek advice from your school or college careers advisors. People who will be *much* better qualified to offer guidance than us.

dante6491 · 7 Oct 2010 at 00:14

Mine went.

Four lines of introduction, why I wanted to do the subject
Paragraph of background reading/researching the subject to help improve my knowledge
Paragraph of work experience relevant to degree
Anything else useful around the degree
Extracurricular activities that round me as an individual
Summary.

My teachers told me the first and last bits were the most important as they catch peoples attention and leave impressions. Oh remember it can only be forty two lines long. My final paragraph went like this:

I have developed skills in analytical and mathematical thinking and I am very computer literate, I already have a good range of life experience along with a burning interest in economic issues; I therefore believe I am ideally suited to read for a degree in an economics discipline.

Mason- · 7 Oct 2010 at 01:37

Games Dev

Hull University

4 year masters (MEng

/thread.

ChrisJSY · 7 Oct 2010 at 01:41

meghatronic said:
If you can't figure out the simplest of things*, do you really think university is the right choice?

* If you don't know, you should at least have the capacity to search the web or seek advice from your school or college careers advisors. People who will be *much* better qualified to offer guidance than us.

Just look at some of his old threads, he really does have a problem with the most basic scenarios.

sniffy · 7 Oct 2010 at 01:44

Assassin_012 said:
anyone wanna suggest what i should do?

Get a clue about what you actually want to do to be honest mate. If you're getting into networking because of the potential salary then there's better paths to follow. Nonetheless following a particular academic path isn't a guarantee for a handsome salary. I've found successful people are usually successful because they enjoy what they do.

Alex74 · 7 Oct 2010 at 01:46

Mason- said:
Games Dev

Hull University

4 year masters (MEng

/thread.

Not end of thread. It really has to be a course that Assassin_012 wants to do. This is 3-4 years of your life, working in a new and more dedicated way than any time at school. If you dont choose something you have some interest in, or choose something that you wont enjoy, then your results (and therefore your prospects after university) will suffer as a result.

Think hard about what you want to do. Dont just think about the average income for graduates of each degree.

Assassin_012 · 9 Oct 2010 at 13:45

Alex74 said:
Not end of thread. It really has to be a course that Assassin_012 wants to do. This is 3-4 years of your life, working in a new and more dedicated way than any time at school. If you dont choose something you have some interest in, or choose something that you wont enjoy, then your results (and therefore your prospects after university) will suffer as a result.

Think hard about what you want to do. Dont just think about the average income for graduates of each degree.

yh...thats true...choosing the right course will definatly inpact on my life.

guess il have to think really really hard about it =/

but can anyone give me a list about what each course do?
so that maybe i night know which one to take..

e.g. Programming = obvoiusly codes (Java script, C++, C+, HTML...etc)