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  Skills: Parish council - communication, organisation, time management... what else?
          Juggling, photography - learning new skills, initiative, determination.
          badminton, music - variety, worth a brief mention for that possibly (broad mind)
          ooh, Law at OU - more time management, not afraid of new things.
  Skills: Parish council - skills?
          Juggling, photography - skills?
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This is a temporary place to edit a personal statement for JD's application to ic.ac.uk for a MSc in Advanced Compuer Science. Please feel free to edit things as you feel neccessary. You may want to look at [http://www.davidpashley.com/resume.html my CV].

The Question says:

Supplementary Personal Statement - Describe your academic interests and reasons for applying. Include details of work experience you consider relevant to your proposed study, careers objectives and relevant non-academic achievements. Expand on a separate sheet if required.

The Notes also have this to say: Use this space to tell us why you are interested in the subject for which you have applied. Describe your academic interests and reasons for applying to Imperial College. Selectors place particular importance on the personal statement.

  • PhD:
    • ooh that looks scary when written down

  • Computers:
    • okay need to mention a few things here

    • Compilers, source code checking, clint
    • debian
    • general interest? tinkering? list programming etc.
    • many programming languages mentioned in CV
      • -done any fixing for local people? -degree? dissertation?
  • jobs:
    • Cranfield - skills?
    • Leeds Uni Summer programming job, teaching lower years. shows good communication and an understanding of your subject.
    • PGL - skills? relevance???
  • Parish council, law, music: juggling?
    • Skills: Parish council - skills?
      • Juggling, photography - skills? badminton, music - relevant? if so - variety? anything else?

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