Personal Statement Problem

**Doctor_4_life** · 19-09-2005, 03:01 PM

ello...
I have nearly finished my personal statement and i have shown my 8th draft to my teachers in school, they seem to think its good and think i should sent it off but even though i think the personal statement is good i want it to be excellent because i dont want any rejections due to a bad Personal statement. (re-applying this year)
I have told my teachers that but they think i should just send it off and are not helping me to add few changes to the personal statement.

so can someone please have look at my personal statement before i send it off and help me with the things that should be changed. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

**jamiewalker** · 19-09-2005, 03:06 PM

I'll happily take a look at it and give my objective opinion - I have just completed an arts degree, so I may be able to comment on the way that it's written. Email to jayjaywalker@gmail.com

**Lizzie-Beth** · 19-09-2005, 03:27 PM

Doctor 4 life .... rest assured, you will never be happy with it - even if you spend the next 12 months fine tuning! Even as I pressed the "send" button last year, I was debating with myself whether to rearrange bits/take bits out/add bits/start again! And it all worked out fine for me!

Best of luck!

**Doctor_4_life** · 19-09-2005, 03:31 PM

i know...lol very true. But you know when you have this gut feeling that there is something missing in my personal statement and this BIG rejection sign comes into ur mind! god i will soon goo mad!! lol

**Lizzie-Beth** · 19-09-2005, 08:36 PM

That gut reaction will follow you for the next few months - it just shows how much it means to you to get in! You'll have gut reactions about your ps, your interviews, your exam results. If you've done 8 drafts & your teachers think it's good, then I would just let it go & see what happens (of course, you've got the lovely peeps on here to give you advice as well!)

If it's any consolation, I had a huge gut feeling about my interview at Leicester - they hated me. I definitely wasn't going to get an offer. The interviewer thought I was an idiot.

And I start there on Monday ...

I think it's all to do with self-belief ... if it helps, why don't you write a second ps - completely off the cuff, without looking at the original - and see if anything new comes up. Maybe you'll end up with a hybrid version ... or maybe you'll fall in love with the first one all over again!

**Doctor_4_life** · 19-09-2005, 10:12 PM

thanks for your message, i might go with your idea and just draft out new paragraphs and see if i like them or not....or just stick to my old PS!!

Best of luck for leicester!!