Personal Statements: Engineering

In this episode, Hannah interviews Sophie about writing a personal statement for Engineering. Insight into University (Headstart) website: https://www.etrust.org.uk/insight-into-university The hard-to-say book Sophie used for super-curricular reading: Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems Timestamps: 0:00 - introductions 0:55 - advice for prospective students 1:45 - extra-curricular activities/hobbies in a personal statement? 3:40 - finding an interest in engineering (and addressing that there isn't a specific A-Level in engineering, even though some A-Level subjects use similar knowledge and skills) 5:00 - Headstart/Insight into University 6:33 - some recommended/interesting super-curricular resources 9:13 - navigating and understanding differences between the (general) Oxford course, and courses at other universities which might focus on a specific aspect of engineering 15:22 - things Sophie had in her personal statement (structure and breakdown) 17:08 - wrapping up