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The University of East Anglia

Choosing a course and applying to University. The University of East Anglia. Caroline Dimbleby The University of East Anglia. Choosing a course A familiar or new subject? Will it be interesting enough for three years of your life? What are the entry requirements?

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The University of East Anglia

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  1. Choosing a course and applying to University The University of East Anglia Caroline Dimbleby The University of East Anglia

  2. Choosing a course • A familiar or new subject? • Will it be interesting enough for three years of your life? • What are the entry requirements? • Course content: is it modular, does it have placement years/study abroad? • Will you need work experience? • What about a gap year? The University of East Anglia

  3. Choosing a University • What is the university’s reputation for the course? • Is it a city or a campus? • How far is it from home? • What kind of facilities does it have? • What is the accommodation like? • What kind of atmosphere does the university have? The University of East Anglia

  4. Choices to make in Sixth Form • Choose courses which you will enjoy or find interesting • Make a note of entry requirements and try to balance the requirements of your six choices • Research the course content using university websites • Visit the universities you are seriously considering (www.opendays.com) • Try to finalise your course and university decisions before you begin Year 13 The University of East Anglia

  5. Personal Statements • Section 10 of the UCAS form – around 6 paragraphs long • Your chance to explain to the admissions tutors why you are applying to University • You write 1 personal statement for all 6 choices • One of the most important parts of the UCAS form! The University of East Anglia

  6. PERSONAL STATEMENTSWhat Admissions Tutors look for • Your reasons for choosing the course • Relevant background or experience, which may include work experience, practical activity in music or drama, Young Enterprise, or further study. • Any hobbies, interests, sporting activities or part tome work, which may or may not be relevant to the course but which says something about you as a person.

  7. PERSONAL STATEMENTSWhat Admissions Tutors look for (cont.) • Your career aspirations and goals. • Communication skills: basic spelling, punctuation and grammar are VERY important! • Relate your current experiences to your future hopes: how getting a degree will benefit you.

  8. “I believe I can do anything I want!!!!!!” “I amgoing to manage my own business, such as a top of the range technology equipt gym, affordable to everyone, or a football coaching school, for 12-18 year olds, or a chain of clubs, restaurants and bars in the Bahamas, like the one Tom Cruise had in the film ‘Cocktail’”. “My life revolves around football, both homework and work have always come second in my mind, although I’ve always been able to accommodate all three comfortably”.

  9. “Maybe I’m wading a battle against the impossible. I don’t have any kind of weapon in this battle, but I swear that I’ll never raise the yield flag until I verify my aim”. “Since leaving school I have felt fairly disillusioned, my original college course was in Business and Finance, and led to several jobs in offices. I hated them. I’ve worked in places like Pizza Hut and the Odeon Cinema. I wasn’t prepared to do the slow climb up the corporate ladder”. “I’ve been attracted to books for at least three years”.

  10. “ANY QUESTIONS?” The University of East Anglia

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