27/09/2004, 09:04 AM
Words I hate people using in personal statements
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28/09/2004, 08:32 PM
lol thanks 4 the advice! but i mentioned my "passion" for my subject on my PS first draft! any ideas of a better word then???!!!!
09/10/2004, 05:48 PM
Yeah i said iam an avid reader of the times.
any other words?
09/10/2004, 11:58 PM
get a thesaurus
10/10/2004, 03:28 PM
it annoys me when people try and avoid using the word "interesting" as well. To be honest, you shouldnt really need to explicitly say you have a passion or interest in your subject, it should be implicit in what you are writing about!
19/10/2004, 07:22 PM
Why not just write and avoid bluffing? Lol I kept on bluffing until the person checking my PS basically laughed at me and told me to be more down-to-earth! Not an easy thing to do really lol! Although I still couldn't get away from using the word "fascinating" lol! I think in my drafts I mentioned "passion" once about neuroscience and I basically got told uni's won't take me seriously with that word cus I imply I was born with the love for neuroscience, which I wasn't! Lol with the word interesting I phrased it "interesting to say the least" - dunno if that counts as bluffing
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28/10/2004, 07:05 PM
I got really annoyed with myself for continually writing "I feel..." at the start of pretty much every sentence.
04/11/2004, 08:48 PM
how many people do you hear saying "i relish the challenge" personally i think it sounds too over the top
11/11/2004, 10:05 AM
I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE BIG WORDS. THEY KNOW YOU DINT COME UP WITH THE WORDS SO WHATS THE POINT KEEP IT SIMPLE, LIKE ONCE UPON A TIME I WANTED TO STUDY BUSINESS
19/11/2004, 03:24 PM
I agree, I dislike: " I have 'always' been interested in..." or 'I have always loved" and I would like to 'be' a...... :o
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