UCAS personal statements

It is that time of year again. Young people in their second year of A levels etc are currently putting in their applications for university - and yet again I end up checking the personal statements of offspring belonging to friends, relatives and acquaintances!! The current one is for someone to study maths - and is in need of a serious overhaul as regards spelling, grammar and sentence construction! At least it is before the closing date of 15 Jan - last year I was literally re-writing one for a young person [who shall remain nameless, but he knows who he is!] on the last day.

So, I will have to find some way of expressing how fascinating maths is - hey, I have been doing this for nearly 15 years, I can be enthusiastic about ALL sorts of subjects I know naff all about!!! - and tart his statement up to give him a sporting chance. He IS a nice lad, and once he gets to university, he will have a ball drinking the bar dry and playing rugby - oh, and doing some maths every now and again!