if you're worried about your junior cert results, you could use it to your advantage in your personal statement. talk about how you improved your ethic in fifth year and now you get really good grades and the improvement has prepared you for university and work!
I finished my leaving cert this year and got an offer from King’s College London ( I was rejected by Imperial and UCL) Just bear in mind that applications in them two universities are very very competitive and you’d more than likely have to go over there for an interview ( for imperial) Your referee has to be a teacher that’s very close to you and is familiar with your achievements as universities could ring them to ask further questions I doubt you need to include your junior cert results ( I didn’t because I never did the junior cert anyway) and you also don’t need to include employment referee ( except you’ve have a job) You need to check with immigration or something for your status (UK/EU or international) if you qualify as an EU student, you pay £9250 exc accommodation and you can always get a loan for that or even a scholarship if you’re lucky, if you’re international then you have to pay that ridiculous £20000+ As for your personal statement, you have to express yourself and your intense passion for the course but you have to keep it concise as well. You want to start off with a brief explanation of your driving force to apply for the course and how passionate you are about certain subjects that are relevant to the course, then you can talk about academic achievements relating to the course or generally and also experience in the field of you have any, then leadership positions and volunteer work, hobbies, skillset, attributes etc, then round off with what you will bring to the university and what you want to gain out of it and why you want to study in the university or the UK. ( my sister’s friend from imperial gave me these tips and proofread mine so it was pretty good) P.S: when you think about it, you’ll end up paying almost £16000 per year ( accommodation is usually in or around £6000 especially in London) and honestly, a lot of people often say it’s not worth the money. You can equally go to trinity college which is nearly as prestigious and basically for free (if you get the susi grant) so you want to really weigh your options. I’m not trying to discourage you at all though, you’ll probably get 625 points and end up in Oxford or Cambridge university lol
I was in your seat this time last year! My tips from experience: 1. Try and send your statement off early, it takes so much stress off of your back and universities are more likely to take more time to read your statement carefully and may respond faster! My dream university, which I leave for in less than two weeks, replied and gave me in offer the day after I applied! 2. TBH GCSEs (except English and math) really don’t matter unless you’re applying to oxford and Cambridge, but check your uni entrance requirements, in case GCSEs are part of your offer, but the most important part is the grades they want (what the Irish equivalent to A levels are) 3. The statement REALLY does count! Sorry if that’s stressful, but it counts so so so much. I missed my A level grades on results day, and my firm uni took a look at my statement and still gave me an offer. I know your teachers are banging on about how important it is, but they are right! Good luck! Do your best!
i’m also going thru the ucas process right now, but i live in london not ireland, it’s so stressful, but i’m excited to see more ucas vlogs from youu!!!
read books on your course especially for the universities that your considering it’s mainly academic focused. talk about books and what u took from it and also work experience and what skills u have taken.
From watching your vids I can see that you are good at talking in front of a camera. So maybe make a video talking about why u want to do computer science and why should they accept u and then u can look back at the video and try to put it into words. But the most important thing is don't stress and stay positive👍
I see no one has said anything re: maintnance loan and it’s actually soo doable without working full time while at uni!!!! If you’re an EU student you can get it if you work in the UK for 3 months before (or during too I think?) the start of your course!! You need to be considered a ’migrant worker’! I personally didn’t do it but I know of lots of people who did and who got the loans! Maybe worth looking into? good luck!!
Good luck with your application, in terms of personal statement advice I was told (you can take it or leave it) by my teachers was its less of what you are academically and more of what you are as a person its 4'000 characters of why the course/uni should accept you. Your extracurricular, your higher education has to be worded to relate to the course this shows you did your research into the course content. General structure: Intro -who you are why you want to do the course like your inspiration to do it Higher education related to course Work Experience that may relate to course Extracurricular - (tbh mine had nothing to do with my course but its more on skills you learn ie public speaking, management etc) Summary- Closing remark Good Luck and tbf you started your application a good time you have quite a while i remember first day back september everyone had to submit a draft within a week (also you're gonna go have alot of drafts on word around 5+ it helps it alot of people read it too for opinions etc) Wish you the best :)
I love your videos so much. I live in dublin and am in 6th year as well and its a relief to see that others are struggling with getting their life together as well. this is such a stressful year, you have to think about both your grades and your future and its good to know youre not alone
Heyy, for predicted grades I think you should contact a teacher from each subject & ask them to predict your grades. Then email ur applied maths teacher those grades & ask him to write the reference based on ur work ethic and the reflection of that in ur grades
I didn't realise this would be a thing but I'm from England and this seems so unfair. The prices are way too high and I'm so sorry about this. I hate brexit so so much.
I’m Irish and was planning on going to Cambridge. I studied for the STEP exams and all😭😭. I can’t go anymore cuz of da $$. Also since the UK pulled out of the EU-UK agreement everyone here has been talking about a united ireland. If there’s no deal a hard border will be put up. A hard border will result in war. A United ireland will result in war. It doesn’t matter anymore which you vote for. My boyfriend is northern Irish and said he’d vote for a United ireland. Also ireland isn’t a very rich country. We pay 45% of all EU debt. We have more national debt per capita than Greece. We’re borrowing even more for COVID-19 for Covid. Our trade to Europe passes through the UK. The majority of our exports are with the UK. If that trade process slows down even slightly, I’m not sure how well we’ll be able to handle it. I don’t know a single Irish person that supports Brexit because it is awful for us in every way. We are starting to lessen our trade with the UK but we’re still very dependent on Them.
Lenks: I live in Ireland and I do 9 subjects when most people do around 7, so my brain is the defitinition of stress Me: *shaking in stress because I live in Brazil and I do 17 subjects when most people do 12* I feel you, Lenks, I feel you
Your references are your teachers!! Your other teachers need to write one for you but also they can’t write anything negative. Also email the unis u interested explain about ur personal statement and what they want in it. Then also find examples online of computer science ps for Ucas and you’ll find tonnes
College is rly hard . There’s a load of hidden expenses and i’m in tcd and it’s a lot of hrs so I can’t imagine a more prestigious uni like ucl or imperial. If you have to work a lot of hours on top of that you’ll most likely have a breakdown
Ah I’m applying tomorrow (early Oxbridge deadline) and I’ve spent four months writing my PS! For the reference definitely has to be a teacher, you don’t necessarily have to know them but maybe write them an email with stuff you’d like them to include? With the PS, show you’ve made the effort to study around your subject. Analyse books, show achievements you’ve made, what extracurricular hobbies you have that show eg. Teamwork, communication skills, discipline etc. You don’t definitely need to know what you want to do in ten years, you just need to know you definitely want to apply for this course right now. You’re right the application is so stressful (trust me try applying to oxford it’s way worse). Last point, your hair is so pretty!!! x
I feel so sorry that brexit is literally making your life so much harder...😖 I know you will make the right decisions and I’m really excited to follow your journey, but I wish you could take a gap year and weren’t basically forced to rush into university😔✨
If I was given an exemption I don't understand why you wouldn't be given one. My parents are both Irish, I've lived here my whole life and I don't have dyslexia. They gave it to me because I missed literally all of second year and most of third year and I guess they justified it somehow but idk
im applying too this year and its so stressful, jus finished my personal statement draft, and i would advise to get some sort of work experience in a tech company and make that the main bulk. Talk about your youtube channel which helps u express ur creativity and what u do in ur free time, and why u want to study computer science
7:11 speak about this in your personal statement! A few tips as I went throught the same process last year : First for the study fee : if you're too scared to spend 10k per year on university, you can try to go to Scotland, their educational system is the same, but it is way cheaper and you can get a scholarship that pays your entire fee off pretty easily (it's called SAAS , it's for EU students) If you feel like your grades make you look bad try to give the best you can in your personal statement, a nice reference letter ad high predicted grades would also be really helpful in your case. Show them that you are really motivated! (of course) Writing your personal statement might seem really tricky at first, it will take you many many tries before you write something that you feel is good. I advise you to read A LOT of successful personal statements (I know you wouldn't do it but NEVER copy someone's PS, even just a sentence, they have algorithms checking on that) And you can find videos on youtube of uni teachers explaining how to write a good PS, and what commun mistakes you should avoid. If you have any questions I'd be happy to help :)
I do Computer Science at Uni! For the personal statement talk about problem solving because that’s basically what compsci is, and you can definitely talk about that having not done compsci before, I hope that somewhat helps😂
you are so not alone in this I may be applying from the US (which I think is a bit different) but! It is still stressful as all hell. I just asked my teacher to write my letter of rec and I still gotta get my counselor to write me one (: but for real, once you get started and break it down a little, the stress gets sooooo much easier to manage! good luck with your applications!!
Ah the stresses of applying for a uni course. Just be yourself, be honest and talk about relevant interests, hobbies and experience. Talk about why you want to study coding and where the course could take you ☺️🌟
Your predicted grades will probably impact the offers you get more than your junior cert results, because the offers (if conditional) will be based on the leaving cert, and that is what the predictions are about, if that makes sense
Bro I watched your leaving cert studying video in like may when I was studying for my junior cert and for some reason I just remembered you and came back to see how everything turned out, wassup
the best you can do thing for your personal statement is read some academic books about computer science, then talk about them in the statement. also, always show don’t tell in it! i can always give more advice if u want :)
im literally moving into uni this saturday (staffordshire uni) and girl if i got in with an unconditional (still have no damn clue why they would give it to me but thank god cause my a levels sucked) you'll be alright
i’m going through the ucas process too, i applied last week and already got a conditional offer from kingston and unconditional from coventry, all will be good in the end :)
Just got into uni through clearing, plan well. The minute you get your uk bank set up now. I'm a nursing course you need a police certificate from your garda superintendent to fill out your dbs requirement. I'm applying through student loan ( the student loan company not a bank) but I also have to take out a loan for my accommodation that already 6k so from my first year alone I'll be in debt 15k yay. I haven't even factored in living costs so yeah I'm missing all of my welcome week cause I'm so behind on documentation cause a lot of schools don't know the equivalent. Also it's based on your predicted grade which your guidance counselor sets and yes if you go for any medical field you need to go to interviews not an option. Get a reference from your principal easy .
I'm on the same journey as you. I'm trying to aim for Oxford or Cambridge which is gonna be really tough. I need a bh of 40-42 which is like 531-564 points which am so terrified about. I'm in fifth year now so I have time to put in the work and achieve my goals which I know I can do if I focus on them. Your videos really help me become motivated especially in the evenings when I'm tired and all, I watch one of your videos and bam, all I want to do it study.
Anna I saw in your bujo vid that you aren’t counting accounting for points, I don’t know for what reason you’re still doing it if it’s an entry requirement or something but if not you could drop it and take some stress off. Also don’t you do ordinary Irish and English, it’s easy to pass those without much study at all. Is there a Career counsellor in your school, they could help you with writing your statement
To be honest the hardest thing is getting your application referenced and approved, my teacher is taking her time took her 3weeks to write my personal statement and IV been waiting a week for teachers to tell her my predicted grades, but now she's taking time to send it off, all she has to do it press complete but it's taking her a week hopefully she sends it off tomorrow.
Hi, you won’t have access to a maintenance grant i don’t think, but you will have access to a loan (i’m fairly certain). I did not have the best AS results but I did way better in my A levels and i’m doing Law now! I got offers from all my universities, three of them unconditional. The personal statement can really make your application stand out. I don’t think computer science needs an interview and for reference, you can use a teacher, family friend, or principal. I had references from all of my teachers and a senior teacher combined all of them and made it a full reference for me!
@@AnnaLenkovska ohhhh ok i just thought it will be 10x easier finacially but just because you go to collage in dublin doesnt mean you have to live there you can always move when you graduate
I’m reading through the comments and brexit is making students life so hard like why did it have to happen now and without a deal I mean I’m scared but also excited because we’re going to get to uní a year before they put uní fees up for EU
Every time I see this kind of videos I get stressed about the poorly mexican education but at the same time i get a bit happy that the only thing I had to do to enter university was a 120 question test, I want to do a semester in the LSE next year but it is not the same.
I’m already thinking about uni and I still have 2 years left of high school. There’s only 1 uni in Scotland that does Japanese and I can’t afford to go to an English one. I hope I get in otherwise I have no idea what I’m going to do with my life
If you have a guidance counselor, they can create a personal statement for you. I mean idk if it’s the same in your school but my guidance counselor says she’ll get comments and references from all my teachers. It’s so difficult for you right now but, I hope everything goes well!
You can get a susi grant but for the UK they only offer to pay for your uni tuition fee (but they don’t give you any extra money they only pay for your fee) Also I’m 100% sure my personal statement was quite crap and my junior cert results were meh but I still managed to get offers so you should be grand like they contact your school and talk to your teachers you have now and clearly you’ve improved so your teacher will say good stuff
army? bangwool. Susi will only give you a monthly maintenance fee if you decide to study elsewhere in the EU. They don’t pay the tuition i.e the £9250 for universities in England is still on you
Look into the netherlands, their uni’s are better than trinity/fancy english uni’s and you need H4’s to get in. Most courses are taught through english. Theres loads of info on Eunicas and fees are so much cheaper (€1000 in the 1st year) and €2000 for the other years. Don’t close yourself off to this idea that the UK is the only/best option!!
I'm sure you already know this, but Imperial for comp sci requires STEP, which is incredibly hard (for me at least), for English students at least no idea about Irish students. In terms of GCSEs /Junior cert grades I managed to get an interview at imperial with very meh GCSEs so please don't worry! But please do consider universities outside of London if you're concerned about money aha. btw at soton for comp sci so any questions about comp sci's application process please ask :)
also my personal statement went Introduction- explain why you want to do comp sci, I think for comp sci you should specify why comp sci and not software engineering Subjects- How do they relate to computer science, further reading that links both your subjects to it, summer programs you may have done, projects. (as an a level student this was just 3/4 paragraphs though) Work experience- This is where you can link into industry Volunteering and extracurriculars- Talk about "soft skills" they've given you Conclusion- Why uni? why not learn yourself as comp sci is really a subject you can do yourself.
I've been in school for two weeks already 😂😥and I'm currently in fifth year and I was thinking about maybe applying for a university in England but then I read that it's like £40,000 per year so I'm just here like guess England is definitely out of the question🤣 bet es ceru ka tev viss bus labi beigas un izdosies!💕
Hi. Im doing my first year un college and im working part time. Have you checked if you are eligible for SUSI grant ? Then you wont have to work full time.
Not to get you more stressed but brexit is set for the end of October, if everything goes into plan it might be a problem for next year already. Just keep yourself really informed with how's going... Quite a mess with all this brexit thing... However, if you wanna study outside of Ireland do not restrain yourself to London and the UK, maybe look up for Scotland too (less expensive) and the rest of Europe has many courses completely in English. If you want some more advice or some help just write to me, I literally just had your same experience last year! From a fellow desperate European 🤦🌸
You dont actually pay the money to go to university, its not an actual 'debt' like people (mostly politicians) make it out to be. You never even see that money, it goes straight from the government to the university. You only ever have to start paying it back if you start earning more than 28 grand a year, and even then its only a tiny percentage of your earning every month. Dont let the idea 'student debt' put you off going to university. Also a university will either give you a conditonal or unconditional offer. Conditional meaning you have to get the grades. Unconditional means you've been guaranteed a place in that university. Your personal statement has a maximum limit of 4,000 characters, aim for 3500.
I go to uni in a few years and I am English but have never lived in England. I’m looking at unis in England to study illustration but Brexit has messed it up so bad🙂👍
Every country is different, in Ireland we do 7 or 8 subjects at leaving cert level so we obviously do them a lot more in depth and more detailed than if we were to study 16. In England they only have 3 or 4 for a levels but they are a lot more difficult compared to our subjects
I'm not sure if this would make a difference to the fees but if you could apply this year and defer your entry a year maybe the fees would have to remain the same as when you applied ?
where i live,we don’t have to pay tuitions. Actually the government pays college students 290$ every month. And watching this made me feel like a spoiled brat bc I’m still complaining. (And thankful )
It doesn’t change most university fees in the uk stays the same for September 2020 I was very worried too because I am too applying for next year from the EU
Omg same situation: I’m a German student and originally I wanted to do a gap year instead of planning for that I’m in the UCAS mess. 😶And my school doesn’t want to give me predicted grades #killme hahahahah
College has dormitories for both students and teachers where everyone lives during the year. Every student and teacher has accomodation there. At university you may choose if you want to travel everyday to school and live at home or live in a dorm.
I’m applying to Uni in the uk for 2020 entry and I’m a EU student like you, so I’ll apply for a tuition fee loan. My mom will only be able to pay for my accommodation in those three years, do you think I will manage to pay my living costs with a part-time job? Everyone on internet says it is impossible and that it’s so hard to find a job as a student...and I’m worried. I was calm till I started asking for opinions on forums and everyone told me It was almost impossible...
Dont worry about finding a job at all! All of my cousins who’ve gone to uni (they’ve gone all over the uk) have found jobs really easily. My cousin started in edinburgh a couple of weeks ago and she got a job at a cafe in a week, most uni towns make it easier for students to get jobs
Amy Yvette you’ve made my day. Thanks a lot, really ahah That issue is the main reason of my anxiety in this last period. I’m also applying to universities in big cities (Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds) so, according to your logic it should be easy if I start looking for jobs as soon as I get there (if not before, on the internet)
I'm literally going through the same things wtf. btw the fees wouldn't change after brixit and you can apply for a susi grant instead of working. Problème résolu 😊. www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/28/eu-students-will-not-face-brexit-penalty-next-year susi.ie/eligibility/student-studying-outside-the-state/
if you're worried about your junior cert results, you could use it to your advantage in your personal statement. talk about how you improved your ethic in fifth year and now you get really good grades and the improvement has prepared you for university and work!
I finished my leaving cert this year and got an offer from King’s College London ( I was rejected by Imperial and UCL)
Just bear in mind that applications in them two universities are very very competitive and you’d more than likely have to go over there for an interview ( for imperial)
Your referee has to be a teacher that’s very close to you and is familiar with your achievements as universities could ring them to ask further questions
I doubt you need to include your junior cert results ( I didn’t because I never did the junior cert anyway) and you also don’t need to include employment referee ( except you’ve have a job)
You need to check with immigration or something for your status (UK/EU or international) if you qualify as an EU student, you pay £9250 exc accommodation and you can always get a loan for that or even a scholarship if you’re lucky, if you’re international then you have to pay that ridiculous £20000+
As for your personal statement, you have to express yourself and your intense passion for the course but you have to keep it concise as well. You want to start off with a brief explanation of your driving force to apply for the course and how passionate you are about certain subjects that are relevant to the course, then you can talk about academic achievements relating to the course or generally and also experience in the field of you have any, then leadership positions and volunteer work, hobbies, skillset, attributes etc, then round off with what you will bring to the university and what you want to gain out of it and why you want to study in the university or the UK. ( my sister’s friend from imperial gave me these tips and proofread mine so it was pretty good)
P.S: when you think about it, you’ll end up paying almost £16000 per year ( accommodation is usually in or around £6000 especially in London) and honestly, a lot of people often say it’s not worth the money. You can equally go to trinity college which is nearly as prestigious and basically for free (if you get the susi grant) so you want to really weigh your options.
I’m not trying to discourage you at all though, you’ll probably get 625 points and end up in Oxford or Cambridge university lol
I was in your seat this time last year!
My tips from experience:
1. Try and send your statement off early, it takes so much stress off of your back and universities are more likely to take more time to read your statement carefully and may respond faster! My dream university, which I leave for in less than two weeks, replied and gave me in offer the day after I applied!
2. TBH GCSEs (except English and math) really don’t matter unless you’re applying to oxford and Cambridge, but check your uni entrance requirements, in case GCSEs are part of your offer, but the most important part is the grades they want (what the Irish equivalent to A levels are)
3. The statement REALLY does count! Sorry if that’s stressful, but it counts so so so much. I missed my A level grades on results day, and my firm uni took a look at my statement and still gave me an offer. I know your teachers are banging on about how important it is, but they are right!
Good luck! Do your best!
i’m also going thru the ucas process right now, but i live in london not ireland, it’s so stressful, but i’m excited to see more ucas vlogs from youu!!!
yaaaa samed except that I am French so it makes it so much harder and more stressful
Laura Vargas I’m from France too and I applied to university in England ! ( tu veux aller faire tes études en Angleterre aussi ? )
@@fabiolima9270 Ouiiii archi drole tu veux étudier quoi?
read books on your course especially for the universities that your considering it’s mainly academic focused. talk about books and what u took from it and also work experience and what skills u have taken.
From watching your vids I can see that you are good at talking in front of a camera. So maybe make a video talking about why u want to do computer science and why should they accept u and then u can look back at the video and try to put it into words. But the most important thing is don't stress and stay positive👍
I see no one has said anything re: maintnance loan and it’s actually soo doable without working full time while at uni!!!!
If you’re an EU student you can get it if you work in the UK for 3 months before (or during too I think?) the start of your course!! You need to be considered a ’migrant worker’! I personally didn’t do it but I know of lots of people who did and who got the loans! Maybe worth looking into?
good luck!!
Good luck with your application, in terms of personal statement advice I was told (you can take it or leave it) by my teachers was its less of what you are academically and more of what you are as a person its 4'000 characters of why the course/uni should accept you. Your extracurricular, your higher education has to be worded to relate to the course this shows you did your research into the course content.
General structure:
Intro -who you are why you want to do the course like your inspiration to do it
Higher education related to course
Work Experience that may relate to course
Extracurricular - (tbh mine had nothing to do with my course but its more on skills you learn ie public speaking, management etc)
Summary- Closing remark
Good Luck and tbf you started your application a good time you have quite a while i remember first day back september everyone had to submit a draft within a week (also you're gonna go have alot of drafts on word around 5+ it helps it alot of people read it too for opinions etc)
Wish you the best :)
you've done about the same on UCAS as me, same year as me, also eyyyyy CS for the gang, same here.
any CS Q's feel free to ask :)
First couple of seconds is me every day at university 😩 good luck with the application process!! Rooting for you 💪
I love your videos so much. I live in dublin and am in 6th year as well and its a relief to see that others are struggling with getting their life together as well. this is such a stressful year, you have to think about both your grades and your future and its good to know youre not alone
Heyy, for predicted grades I think you should contact a teacher from each subject & ask them to predict your grades. Then email ur applied maths teacher those grades & ask him to write the reference based on ur work ethic and the reflection of that in ur grades
Same thing with me I'm really so stressed about brexit and how it will affect my education I live in France and I want to go to UK 😭😭😭
I didn't realise this would be a thing but I'm from England and this seems so unfair. The prices are way too high and I'm so sorry about this. I hate brexit so so much.
I’m Irish and was planning on going to Cambridge. I studied for the STEP exams and all😭😭. I can’t go anymore cuz of da $$.
Also since the UK pulled out of the EU-UK agreement everyone here has been talking about a united ireland. If there’s no deal a hard border will be put up. A hard border will result in war. A United ireland will result in war. It doesn’t matter anymore which you vote for. My boyfriend is northern Irish and said he’d vote for a United ireland.
Also ireland isn’t a very rich country. We pay 45% of all EU debt. We have more national debt per capita than Greece. We’re borrowing even more for COVID-19 for Covid.
Our trade to Europe passes through the UK. The majority of our exports are with the UK. If that trade process slows down even slightly, I’m not sure how well we’ll be able to handle it.
I don’t know a single Irish person that supports Brexit because it is awful for us in every way. We are starting to lessen our trade with the UK but we’re still very dependent on Them.
Lenks: I live in Ireland and I do 9 subjects when most people do around 7, so my brain is the defitinition of stress
Me: *shaking in stress because I live in Brazil and I do 17 subjects when most people do 12*
I feel you, Lenks, I feel you
Omg hey hi I’m Brazilian too I feel you so much fucking Inep man
what's a subject?
mana reze por mim pq to tendo que lidar com *30* matérias rs
Your references are your teachers!! Your other teachers need to write one for you but also they can’t write anything negative. Also email the unis u interested explain about ur personal statement and what they want in it. Then also find examples online of computer science ps for Ucas and you’ll find tonnes
girl I feel you! I'm applying for 2020 entry too and I'm from sweden so the brexit stress is real. just started my application :))
same here! i'm from germany and actually wanted to do a gap year next year - thanks to brexit i have to apply this year already ://
also good luck !
Ahh i feel your stress :((
College is rly hard . There’s a load of hidden expenses and i’m in tcd and it’s a lot of hrs so I can’t imagine a more prestigious uni like ucl or imperial. If you have to work a lot of hours on top of that you’ll most likely have a breakdown
Don’t be stressed Anna you’re amazing 😉 and you’ll be fine I’ll promise 💜💜 just be you and try your best as always
Ah I’m applying tomorrow (early Oxbridge deadline) and I’ve spent four months writing my PS! For the reference definitely has to be a teacher, you don’t necessarily have to know them but maybe write them an email with stuff you’d like them to include? With the PS, show you’ve made the effort to study around your subject. Analyse books, show achievements you’ve made, what extracurricular hobbies you have that show eg. Teamwork, communication skills, discipline etc. You don’t definitely need to know what you want to do in ten years, you just need to know you definitely want to apply for this course right now. You’re right the application is so stressful (trust me try applying to oxford it’s way worse). Last point, your hair is so pretty!!! x
I feel so sorry that brexit is literally making your life so much harder...😖 I know you will make the right decisions and I’m really excited to follow your journey, but I wish you could take a gap year and weren’t basically forced to rush into university😔✨
If I was given an exemption I don't understand why you wouldn't be given one. My parents are both Irish, I've lived here my whole life and I don't have dyslexia. They gave it to me because I missed literally all of second year and most of third year and I guess they justified it somehow but idk
im applying too this year and its so stressful, jus finished my personal statement draft, and i would advise to get some sort of work experience in a tech company and make that the main bulk. Talk about your youtube channel which helps u express ur creativity and what u do in ur free time, and why u want to study computer science
7:11 speak about this in your personal statement!
A few tips as I went throught the same process last year :
First for the study fee : if you're too scared to spend 10k per year on university, you can try to go to Scotland, their educational system is the same, but it is way cheaper and you can get a scholarship that pays your entire fee off pretty easily (it's called SAAS , it's for EU students)
If you feel like your grades make you look bad try to give the best you can in your personal statement, a nice reference letter ad high predicted grades would also be really helpful in your case.
Show them that you are really motivated! (of course)
Writing your personal statement might seem really tricky at first, it will take you many many tries before you write something that you feel is good.
I advise you to read A LOT of successful personal statements (I know you wouldn't do it but NEVER copy someone's PS, even just a sentence, they have algorithms checking on that)
And you can find videos on youtube of uni teachers explaining how to write a good PS, and what commun mistakes you should avoid.
If you have any questions I'd be happy to help :)
I do Computer Science at Uni! For the personal statement talk about problem solving because that’s basically what compsci is, and you can definitely talk about that having not done compsci before, I hope that somewhat helps😂
Good luck Anna, I'm sure they would accept you ✨, just keep being awesome and don't get stressed, all the best my dear ! 😍💜
you are so not alone in this
I may be applying from the US (which I think is a bit different) but! It is still stressful as all hell.
I just asked my teacher to write my letter of rec and I still gotta get my counselor to write me one (:
but for real, once you get started and break it down a little, the stress gets sooooo much easier to manage!
good luck with your applications!!
Why dont you go to college in Dublin. Dcu or ucd would be a really good choice for you I think.
Universities in the UK are a lot better than the ones here
Raemin also harder and way more expensive for ppl in anna’s situation. Its better but you probably wont see back the extra money you spent
@@FreyaWolfy there pretty similar
@@FreyaWolfy Definitely not better lol
Raemin that is simply not true
oml I feel your pain I'm trying to figure out the ucas system too I'm in 5th year and want to go to university of Edinburgh maybe ahhh
Helena oh me too ey
Ah the stresses of applying for a uni course. Just be yourself, be honest and talk about relevant interests, hobbies and experience. Talk about why you want to study coding and where the course could take you ☺️🌟
Your predicted grades will probably impact the offers you get more than your junior cert results, because the offers (if conditional) will be based on the leaving cert, and that is what the predictions are about, if that makes sense
Bro I watched your leaving cert studying video in like may when I was studying for my junior cert and for some reason I just remembered you and came back to see how everything turned out, wassup
the best you can do thing for your personal statement is read some academic books about computer science, then talk about them in the statement. also, always show don’t tell in it! i can always give more advice if u want :)
don't be scared about your jc results. They only look at a level results so it shouldn't affect you :)
Love your videos! You are so sincere and always yourself ! Never give up and believe in u !
*i love your channel!!*
im literally moving into uni this saturday (staffordshire uni) and girl if i got in with an unconditional (still have no damn clue why they would give it to me but thank god cause my a levels sucked) you'll be alright
keep going
love you girl
Hello anna❤❤❤❤❤ love you and your vlogsss!!!
Subscribed because I’m from Spain aaaand I am going through the Saame th8ng as you . Feels good to not be alone in the same boat
THIS is so relatable. I thought I was the only one who struggled.
The first minutes from the video is literally me right now
i’m going through the ucas process too, i applied last week and already got a conditional offer from kingston and unconditional from coventry, all will be good in the end :)
Lakishan Sivakumar how did you get an offer so quick did you go thru UCas
Gouldie LOcks yes i did, i actually don’t know how i got it so quick
Don’t worry!!! I’m from England and I have pretty average/bad GCSEs so don’t worry xxx
Just got into uni through clearing, plan well. The minute you get your uk bank set up now. I'm a nursing course you need a police certificate from your garda superintendent to fill out your dbs requirement. I'm applying through student loan ( the student loan company not a bank) but I also have to take out a loan for my accommodation that already 6k so from my first year alone I'll be in debt 15k yay. I haven't even factored in living costs so yeah I'm missing all of my welcome week cause I'm so behind on documentation cause a lot of schools don't know the equivalent. Also it's based on your predicted grade which your guidance counselor sets and yes if you go for any medical field you need to go to interviews not an option. Get a reference from your principal easy .
I'm on the same journey as you. I'm trying to aim for Oxford or Cambridge which is gonna be really tough. I need a bh of 40-42 which is like 531-564 points which am so terrified about. I'm in fifth year now so I have time to put in the work and achieve my goals which I know I can do if I focus on them. Your videos really help me become motivated especially in the evenings when I'm tired and all, I watch one of your videos and bam, all I want to do it study.
Anna I saw in your bujo vid that you aren’t counting accounting for points, I don’t know for what reason you’re still doing it if it’s an entry requirement or something but if not you could drop it and take some stress off. Also don’t you do ordinary Irish and English, it’s easy to pass those without much study at all. Is there a Career counsellor in your school, they could help you with writing your statement
To be honest the hardest thing is getting your application referenced and approved, my teacher is taking her time took her 3weeks to write my personal statement and IV been waiting a week for teachers to tell her my predicted grades, but now she's taking time to send it off, all she has to do it press complete but it's taking her a week hopefully she sends it off tomorrow.
Hi, you won’t have access to a maintenance grant i don’t think, but you will have access to a loan (i’m fairly certain). I did not have the best AS results but I did way better in my A levels and i’m doing Law now! I got offers from all my universities, three of them unconditional. The personal statement can really make your application stand out. I don’t think computer science needs an interview and for reference, you can use a teacher, family friend, or principal. I had references from all of my teachers and a senior teacher combined all of them and made it a full reference for me!
New vid yup yup 🙌
just came home from school and it's already 19:31 anyways first things first
Just apply to uni in dublin cheaper closer and just more convienient
I will apply but my goal is to live in London not Dublin :///
@@AnnaLenkovska ohhhh ok i just thought it will be 10x easier finacially but just because you go to collage in dublin doesnt mean you have to live there you can always move when you graduate
I’m reading through the comments and brexit is making students life so hard like why did it have to happen now and without a deal I mean I’m scared but also excited because we’re going to get to uní a year before they put uní fees up for EU
Talk about what inspires you about company science look up modules in the course and say your interested in it you need to research the course too.
Every time I see this kind of videos I get stressed about the poorly mexican education but at the same time i get a bit happy that the only thing I had to do to enter university was a 120 question test, I want to do a semester in the LSE next year but it is not the same.
love your videos❤️
Why dont you go to trinity that would definetly suit your study and academic approach
You could get in this year never show up and repeat first year and you only have to pay an extra 9g’s
Hey!! I want to do computer science and applying to uni in 2020!!
Same
I’m already thinking about uni and I still have 2 years left of high school. There’s only 1 uni in Scotland that does Japanese and I can’t afford to go to an English one. I hope I get in otherwise I have no idea what I’m going to do with my life
So you're doing Japanese as a major in college?
you mean Edinburgh
If you have a guidance counselor, they can create a personal statement for you. I mean idk if it’s the same in your school but my guidance counselor says she’ll get comments and references from all my teachers. It’s so difficult for you right now but, I hope everything goes well!
bro i wish u all the best good luck
You can get a susi grant but for the UK they only offer to pay for your uni tuition fee (but they don’t give you any extra money they only pay for your fee)
Also I’m 100% sure my personal statement was quite crap and my junior cert results were meh but I still managed to get offers so you should be grand like they contact your school and talk to your teachers you have now and clearly you’ve improved so your teacher will say good stuff
army? bangwool. Susi will only give you a monthly maintenance fee if you decide to study elsewhere in the EU. They don’t pay the tuition i.e the £9250 for universities in England is still on you
Look into the netherlands, their uni’s are better than trinity/fancy english uni’s and you need H4’s to get in. Most courses are taught through english. Theres loads of info on Eunicas and fees are so much cheaper (€1000 in the 1st year) and €2000 for the other years. Don’t close yourself off to this idea that the UK is the only/best option!!
I'm sure you already know this, but Imperial for comp sci requires STEP, which is incredibly hard (for me at least), for English students at least no idea about Irish students. In terms of GCSEs /Junior cert grades I managed to get an interview at imperial with very meh GCSEs so please don't worry! But please do consider universities outside of London if you're concerned about money aha. btw at soton for comp sci so any questions about comp sci's application process please ask :)
also my personal statement went
Introduction- explain why you want to do comp sci, I think for comp sci you should specify why comp sci and not software engineering
Subjects- How do they relate to computer science, further reading that links both your subjects to it, summer programs you may have done, projects. (as an a level student this was just 3/4 paragraphs though)
Work experience- This is where you can link into industry
Volunteering and extracurriculars- Talk about "soft skills" they've given you
Conclusion- Why uni? why not learn yourself as comp sci is really a subject you can do yourself.
Why don't you try to get a Susi grant?
isnt the susi grant only for those who live and are studing in ireland
Eive Turner I think you can get a susi grant if you are studying in the uk
If you’re going to England, susi won’t pay your tuition, they’ll only give you a monthly maintenance fee
I've been in school for two weeks already 😂😥and I'm currently in fifth year and I was thinking about maybe applying for a university in England but then I read that it's like £40,000 per year so I'm just here like guess England is definitely out of the question🤣 bet es ceru ka tev viss bus labi beigas un izdosies!💕
Luke yeet with brexit it’s £40,000
Hi. Im doing my first year un college and im working part time. Have you checked if you are eligible for SUSI grant ? Then you wont have to work full time.
Not to get you more stressed but brexit is set for the end of October, if everything goes into plan it might be a problem for next year already. Just keep yourself really informed with how's going... Quite a mess with all this brexit thing... However, if you wanna study outside of Ireland do not restrain yourself to London and the UK, maybe look up for Scotland too (less expensive) and the rest of Europe has many courses completely in English. If you want some more advice or some help just write to me, I literally just had your same experience last year!
From a fellow desperate European 🤦🌸
5:54 I’m feeling so lonely too I’m in Spain and literally not a single soul can help me with anything
I’m an American and I want to study in Europe for university so when do you recommend to make a ucas account. I’m a sophomore btw.
I'd say watch a couple videos about British youtubers and how they did their personal statements
Earllyyyy wahheeyyyyy🌟❤
You dont actually pay the money to go to university, its not an actual 'debt' like people (mostly politicians) make it out to be. You never even see that money, it goes straight from the government to the university. You only ever have to start paying it back if you start earning more than 28 grand a year, and even then its only a tiny percentage of your earning every month. Dont let the idea 'student debt' put you off going to university.
Also a university will either give you a conditonal or unconditional offer. Conditional meaning you have to get the grades. Unconditional means you've been guaranteed a place in that university.
Your personal statement has a maximum limit of 4,000 characters, aim for 3500.
I go to uni in a few years and I am English but have never lived in England. I’m looking at unis in England to study illustration but Brexit has messed it up so bad🙂👍
I don’t know much about your school system, but.. 9 subjects? We have like 16 subjects. I’m a little bit confused
Every country is different, in Ireland we do 7 or 8 subjects at leaving cert level so we obviously do them a lot more in depth and more detailed than if we were to study 16. In England they only have 3 or 4 for a levels but they are a lot more difficult compared to our subjects
I'm not sure if this would make a difference to the fees but if you could apply this year and defer your entry a year maybe the fees would have to remain the same as when you applied ?
where i live,we don’t have to pay tuitions. Actually the government pays college students 290$ every month. And watching this made me feel like a spoiled brat bc I’m still complaining. (And thankful )
Im applying this year too!! Where are you applying to? (I'm doing UCL, Oxford, KCL, Bristol and SOAS).
Alex Ward Robinson awesome choices! What course? I’m applying this week too, for Oxford Manchester Durham York and Nottingham
Poppy Lochland ooo nice! i’m applying for History, how about you? x
Alex Ward Robinson Biology! I sent my application this morning!
2:07 reminds me of kombucha girl lmao
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It doesn’t change most university fees in the uk stays the same for September 2020 I was very worried too because I am too applying for next year from the EU
At least that’s what the unis have been telling me so far and through the ucas application :)
i love you
please do another video speaking spanish!!
When I applied I didn’t need my jc results ?? You only need you lc ones
Omg same situation:
I’m a German student and originally I wanted to do a gap year instead of planning for that I’m in the UCAS mess. 😶And my school doesn’t want to give me predicted grades #killme hahahahah
Noah Reichel saaaameeee
2:26 sis went for the british accent
what did you get in the junior cert??
I love you ❤💙 i life in Egypt 🇪🇬
I’m looking to apply to University in England, it was my plan but I don’t graduate until 2022 so...
I’m doing this too lol
Whats the diffrence between colledge and university?
College has dormitories for both students and teachers where everyone lives during the year. Every student and teacher has accomodation there. At university you may choose if you want to travel everyday to school and live at home or live in a dorm.
@@barborahegedusova1180 thank you for telling me ☺
What about your leaving cert results
theyll be out this monday ))
I’m applying to Uni in the uk for 2020 entry and I’m a EU student like you, so I’ll apply for a tuition fee loan. My mom will only be able to pay for my accommodation in those three years, do you think I will manage to pay my living costs with a part-time job?
Everyone on internet says it is impossible and that it’s so hard to find a job as a student...and I’m worried.
I was calm till I started asking for opinions on forums and everyone told me It was almost impossible...
Dont worry about finding a job at all! All of my cousins who’ve gone to uni (they’ve gone all over the uk) have found jobs really easily. My cousin started in edinburgh a couple of weeks ago and she got a job at a cafe in a week, most uni towns make it easier for students to get jobs
Amy Yvette you’ve made my day.
Thanks a lot, really ahah
That issue is the main reason of my anxiety in this last period. I’m also applying to universities in big cities (Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds) so, according to your logic it should be easy if I start looking for jobs as soon as I get there (if not before, on the internet)
How did this go in the end?
@@Sohamsta I’m in Nottingham rn😂
So I made it
@@giomariausai8246 ayee congrats!! What are you studying??
Can't you apply for scholarships??
What results did u get in the jc were they really that bad cus you seem soooo smart?
I got one A and the rest were C's and D's (and an E in History ufff)
What did she get in JC?
I'm literally going through the same things wtf. btw the fees wouldn't change after brixit and you can apply for a susi grant instead of working.
Problème résolu 😊.
www.theguardian.com/education/2019/may/28/eu-students-will-not-face-brexit-penalty-next-year
susi.ie/eligibility/student-studying-outside-the-state/
Ok I am confused
Why do you do 9 subjects ??