im having trouble getting my statement down to size and i know it wont make a lot of difference but for example, when mentioning sixth form - would 6th form be acceptable? and rather than putting advanced extension award, would universities know what the AEA (advanced extension award - an extra exam taken in subjects to help differentiate between A grade students, although it isn't offered in all schools, it might make a difference) is? or should i put it? but thats so many characters argh! im not asking to put eng lit instead of english literature....
or perhaps i just need to rejiggle my entire statement. that's probably the case and perhaps i need to talk to a teacher or someone about that. but would abbreviations like the ones mentioned above make much difference?
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How much do you need to cut? If you're talking about 30 characters or so you might be able to do it by using some abbreviations.
AEA would be fine - all admissions tutors will know what they are so there's no need to explain. Also as a qualification there's no need to include it in the statement - if you feel there's more to say about it than just you taking the exam get it put in your reference.
As for 6th form - you're not saving that many characters so unless you're having a problem on that specific line I wouldn't bother changing it.
Give us a bit more information as to how much over you are (put it in Apply and see exactly what it says) and we might be able to help a bit more.
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thank you again. i didn't realise there was space to put aea elsewhere i missed seeing it on the ucas website but i do see it now. the tutor referree is also a better idea than taking up loads of room in my statement which probably isn't meant to be about that. im needing to cut probably more like 200 characters actually, but i was thinking that abbreviations in some areas might just take the edge off the amount of what i had to cut.
by the way - i dont suppose you know, when you put music qualifications in i have private tuition and dont know the centre name or numbe. i read somewhere its ok to leave it blank, but theres a frightening exclamation mark saying unfinished next to it now. can i leave it at that or not?
