<p>"Ideally, I would like to study in a vacuum, completely free from distractions and outside responsibility, but as a 28 years old living across the country from my parents, I was an adult who had to make adult decisions. "</p>
<p>Fail</p>
<p>There’s a grammar error too! I think I had about 5 grammar errors and a word missing from a sentence when I proofread my statement a few days ago.</p>
<p>****… I talked to some Admissions Officers and they told me that they do not correct or edit the PS. They are told to not look at them that way and just focus on what the student is trying to tell you. I hope that’s true.</p>
<p>Can you point out the grammar error? I am trying to learn proper grammar at 30 years old because I completely ***ed off while in k-12 schooling.</p>
<p>You switched between past and present and maybe one too many commas. But besides that, what is the point of re-reading your personal statement? It’s not like you can change anything.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not sweating it. I already got into UCSD and UCSB from TAG. I have TAP with UCLA, and I will probably get into Berkeley because I have a 3.9 and great ECs. I just hope I am not the dreaded Spring Admit for Berkeley, because I cannot put my education on hold any longer and will just go to UCLA or UCSD.</p>
<p>I really got to get that grammar thing down. The problem is I completely missed it because of not paying attention in school as a kid. All I know is what I learned on my own intuitively from reading so much.</p>
<p>BerkeyleyOrBust…I was the same. I never paid attention in k-12 and pretty much failed every english class in high school because of it. But I took a grammar class a while ago that helped a lot. Suddenly I noticed that I could catch the little mistakes I would always miss. Just take a grammar class and you should be fine.</p>
<p>OUCH. this thread just made me frantically find and reread my personal statements. I’m good LOL
but with your gpa/ECs I’m sure they’ll overlook it.</p>
<p>Just an FYI for anyone in the same boat as me.</p>
<p>From Berkeley’s website:</p>
<p>Q: I noticed that my application/personal statement(s) has several typos and grammatical errorsIs there any way that I can correct these errors?
A: Out of fairness to all applicants, only changes in critical information (new school, new address, curriculum changes) may be made to UC application data. Please remember that, typically, minor grammatical or spelling errors will not change the final admissions outcome.</p>