"Ensure that You Stand out from the Crowd:" A Corpus-Based Analysis of Personal Statements According to Applicants' School Type

Autor/in	Jones, Steven
Titel	"Ensure that You Stand out from the Crowd:" A Corpus-Based Analysis of Personal Statements According to Applicants' School Type
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 57 (2013) 3, S.397-423 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/670666
Schlagwörter	College Admission; College Applicants; Foreign Countries; Educational Background; Writing Skills; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Work Experience; Extracurricular Activities; Private Schools; Admission Criteria; Personal Narratives; Ethics; Selective Admission; Public Schools; Grades (Scholastic); Comparative Analysis; High School Students; Equal Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; College applications; Studienbewerber; Ausland; Vorbildung; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Sozialkapital; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Private school; Privatschule; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Erlebniserzählung; Ethik; Bildungsselektion; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Notenspiegel; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Großbritannien
Abstract	Many nations make use of a "personal statement" (or equivalent) in their higher education admissions system. This article examines how statements differ according to applicants' educational background. Among the indicators used are fluency of expression, quantity and quality of workplace experience, and extracurricular activity. Findings point to major variation among statements composed by equal-attainment applicants: a broader range of social and cultural capital is drawn on by privately educated young people. Ramifications stretch beyond admissions policy in the United Kingdom, where this study was located, not least because of claims that nonacademic indicators of potential, such as the personal statement, bring greater fairness to university admissions processes. No support for this position is found. (As Provided).
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