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What Admissions Officers look for and the importance of Personal Statements

What Admissions Officers look for and the importance of Personal Statements. This session will cover…. UCAS application process Making an application – what are universities looking for? Personal statements. A lightening tour of the: UCAS Application Timetable.

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What Admissions Officers look for and the importance of Personal Statements

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  1. What Admissions Officers look for and the importance of Personal Statements

  2. This session will cover… • UCAS application process • Making an application – what are universities looking for? • Personal statements

  3. A lightening tour of the:UCAS Application Timetable • 1 September – first applications received by UCAS • 15 October – deadline for applications to some courses (Oxbridge) • 15 January – deadline for receipt of applications • 30 June – deadline for receipt of late applications • March to June – UCAS Extra • August – Results Day, Confirmation and Clearing

  4. UCAS Tariff Points made easy

  5. How to apply online? • Personal Details • Course Choices • Personal statement • Academic reference • Track • UWE welcome website • Reply to offers • Change personal details

  6. Who are Admissions Officers? • Ind/ Team – researcher, lecturer or administrator • Understands requirements • Quals/ skills • Best people, stay and succeed • Busy – 100s or 1,000s applications!

  7. What do Admissions Officers look for? Grades Academic Reference Personal Statement

  8. What do you think Admissions Officers look for in a Personal Statement?

  9. What Admissions Officers look for?Personal Statement • 5 Key Questions • Why have you chosen this course? • What have you done to demonstrate your passionate interest in this course subject? (In/ out of school, intellectual activities, work experience…) • How do your academic subjects relate to your chosen course? • What have you learnt from your activities that is relevant to your chosen course and university life? ( Organisation, Time Management, Confidence, Independence, Commitment and Motivation, Communication, Responsibility, Team Work etc.) • What personal experience or ambitions can you link to your chosen course to give the statement a sense of completion?

  10. What Admissions Officers look for?Personal Statement • Strategies to get you started • List positives. What makes you who you are? • Structure. Five key questions for an initial draft • Never be afraid of redrafting

  11. What Admissions Officers look for?Personal Statement What about plagiarism?

  12. What Admissions Officers look for?Personal Statement Do’s • Be specific • Be enthusiastic • Check your spelling/ grammar. Don’t let silly mistakes get in the way! • Get feedback Don’ts • Use I…I…I… • Humour rarely works

  13. Once you have applied, what happens next? • 1 Firm and 1 Insurance • UCAS Extra • No offers • One ‘extra’ choice at a time until have a place • Results • Clearing • Adjustment

  14. ‘How-to’ guides Attending events Choosing courses Apply Personal statement Track Understanding offers Replying to offers Using Extra Case studies Video diaries

  15. Support for parents? • www.ucas.com • www.direct.gov.uk • List of fees http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12880840 • Parents guide to finance (including repayment calculator) Moneysavingexpert.com

  16. Any questions? Good luck and thank you! Susan Welsh Partnerships Officer, UWE Susan.welsh@uwe.ac.uk

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