Mez 2 / 1 Oct 20, 2008 #1Hey, this is the 2nd draft of my personal statement, i wish to do mathematics at university prefereably warwick / royal holloway. i am having lots of difficult adding extra amazing bits as my writting enlish is not upto scratch. can some1 please help me out :(In the early stages of my Mathematical understanding I learnt the very basic that prime numbers are only divisible by one and its self, little did I know that "prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic" as Marcus du sautoy illustrates in The Music of Primes.I was given the school Mathematician award in secondary school for my interest and enthuse towards maths and for being the only individual to sit maths GCSE early. For this I studied for myself, which developed my skill of independent learning where I was not relying on others. Statistics was an extra GCSE that further developed my independent study skills.I have particularly enjoyed my Maths and further Maths A level course, as I need to use a logical approach to problem solving of calculation involving calculus to understanding the concept of complex number. Numbers and formulas would play about in my head whilst I am asleep. Revising for my maths exams would not feel like a burden and the exams would be like an event to anticipate. I admired maths and the challenges it bought me from a young age, my achievement showed me that it was also my main strength that I want to further study on.My other A level courses are also science based: Chemistry and Economics. They both complement my subject of Maths.I have a high interest in economics I regularly read The Times and The Economist to keep up to date with the news especially now with the credit crises and its the impact on our economy.I have looked into a wide range of careers that's a Mathematics degree can lead to, my main objective is to go into the financial field. I spent two days last year at Merrill Lynch Financial Centre where I was shown around the different aspects of an investment bank. I have been spending a day at a primary school guiding the Mathematically able pupils to solve challenging problems.On top of my A levels I spend my Saturday at my local community centre tutoring young teenagers. For doing this I have achieved my 200 hour millennium volunteering award and currently working towards my 500 hour award. This helps me meet a wide range of people and enabled me to develop my communication skills.As well as enrolling in the guardian angel to help support a new year seven student settle into school.I am an enthusiastic individual towards the school community, I decided to give something back as it has made me more mature as a person. I helped out with many parents evenings and open evening, I built upon my communication skills.My expertises in being organised are shown by my time management skills. I volunteer myself for local events in my borough such as fundraisers and, this is helped by the fact that I was the head of the social committee in school where I organised many events as the year seven disco and school promWhist undertaking my silver Duke of Edinburgh expedition, I was the team captain. My current job is a sale operative in a call centre. I have also worked as a sales assistant at the Emirates stadium on match days.I could have gone to university last year, but I did not feel satisfied with leaving school with just two a levels and two as that was not my full potential.