Computer Science Personal Statement

I realise Computer Science is at the cutting edge of the technological revolution, and that computers are becoming a vital tool for industries and households alike. Computers are relevant to a vast majority of people across the world, and I aim to be at the forefront of this revolution, improving people’s lives through speech recognition, neural communications or similar areas.

My computer experience includes constructing a Web Site, producing a monthly Newsletter for my local choir, and also a week’s work experience with Swanlind, an advertising firm that creates Web Sites and promotional videos for big-name companies. During this time, I redesigned the promotional leaflets used by the company itself. My GCSE Design and Technology project involved a logic-based electronic system to control light signals for a model railway.

I have been a member of my local Parish Church Choir for over ten years, during which time we have been a visiting choir to many Cathedrals during the summer breaks, and have toured Paris. It is renowned for being one of the few ‘male only’ parish church choirs left in the country which is affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music. Recently it has recorded a service for Palm Sunday for the BBC World Service, and this November performs for the second occasion this decade in Birmingham Symphony Hall’s Festival of Remembrance. I also sing in the School Choir and the ‘Choral Society’, and have passed my Associated Board Grade VIII Singing exam with Merit.

In 1998 I won the City of Birmingham’s Choir’s ‘Write a Carol for Christmas’ competition, and this year the (London) Bach Choir’s ‘Write a Carol for Christmas’ competition. The two carols written for these competitions were performed in the choirs’ Family Christmas Concerts in Symphony Hall and the Royal Albert Hall respectively.

This year I am the School Organist, and have also passed my Grade VII Piano.

I am a member of my School’s Senior Athletics team, competing in the Triple Jump and Sprints, or running the scoring system at meetings, using a custom-built computer program. I play table tennis in my spare time, and have played rugby for the school.

I have been to Germany on many occasions, most notably on the school German Exchange to Wiesbaden, but also with my Father’s scout group, which stays in a youth hostel belonging to family friends. On these trips, I have had the opportunity to practice my Language skills, and would like to further them wherever possible.

I hope that after University I can progress and gain a worthwhile job in the computing world, either in Britain or abroad. Gaining a degree is to me the best way to further my learning and I hope that my interest in technology will enable me to get the best out of the course.