As my AS results came through
then it was a thought
maybe now I can have
a little bit of a try
I just came across a
course Land Economy
This was quite a unique
course to Cambridge
it really did just appeal to me
Work experience for what I was
interested in was really quite thin
in sort of Newcastle and I remember
being quite stressed about thinking...
Oh my God there's gonna be so
many people applying with this firm or
maybe working at this agency or
with this government department
and I've got nothing
But when you start realising
that Cambridge is all about
actually just showing a
passion for your subject
I just thought I'll just go
for the secondary option
well the secondary option
of going to the library
to see if I can get access
to any journal articles
and I just end up filling my
personal statement up
with what I'd read, what
was taken away from it
maybe further discussion
that was interested in...
my first line of my personal
statement was all about
comparing Newcastle to London and
that was really just put straight off
what my interest was because I think
people in their personal statements
try to do very broad personal statements
but just go for what you're interested in
I'm very interested even now
and maybe career-wise is
how do we get Newcastle and northern
towns which still feel disconnected
to perform as well as London
how do we get people to
achieve the same things
even if it's on health or
economic out terms
I think that's the sort of a marvel of a
personal statement and interview
that you can sort of
discuss whatever you want
you can say whatever
you want and
you're not going to
be marked down for it
as long as you're making points and
being imaginative in thought
that is the best part of it all.
