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personal"
statement-i.e.it'
saboutyou,andthereisnorealrightorwrongwaytodoit.Whatwe'
vewrittenbelowisjustaguide,andshouldnotbestucktorigidly.Youmayfindbychoosingyourownstructure,andwritingwhatyouwanttowriteabout,givesabetterpictureofyourselftothereaderthananyoneelsecan.
UCASadvice-readwhatUCAStellyoufirsttogetageneraloverview
Aimsofthestatement-Whywriteapersonalstatement,whatareyouaimingtodo
Notesaboutyourself-Makenotesaboutwhattoputinyourstatementbeforeyoustart
Youandyoursubject-Whydoyouwanttotakethissubject?
Readexamplestatements-Readotherpeoplesstatementstogiveyousomeideas
Personalgoalsofyourstatement-Whatdoyouthinkwillworkwellinyourstatement
Languageofthestatement-Howareyougoingtomakeyourstatementsound
Structureofthestatement-Howareyougoingtolayoutandwriteyourstatement
Writingthestatement-Afewlastminutetipsbeforeyoubegin
Afterwritingthestatement-Afteryoufirstdraftiscompletewhat'
slefttodo
Formattingthestatement-Nowyourstatementisperfectyou'
vegottoformatit
UCASadvice
Intheadviceforapplicantsbook,UCASgiveyouashortoverviewofthepersonalstatement.Thisdoesn'
treallytellyoumuch,butshouldtellyouenoughtogetyoustarted.Yougetadescriptionofthepersonalstatement,alistofbulletpointsofinformationyouwanttoincludeandsomeinformationaboutprintingit.Youmayalsofindyoucollegeorschoolgivesyousomeadditionalinformation.Ifyouthinkthisinformationisenoughtogoon,andyourstatementisalreadyforminginyourmindthenyoucanstopreadinghereandgetonwithyourstatement!
AimsofthePersonalstatement
Manyuniversitiesdon'
tinterviewapplicants,sotheonlyinformationtheyhaveaboutyouisyourUCASform.MostoftheUCASformonlycontainsyourdetails,thebitstheuniversitiesareinterestedinisyourgrades,yourreferencesandyourpersonalstatement.Thepersonalstatementistheonlybityoureallyhavecontrolover,sothisisyourchancetopresentagoodimagetotheadmissionstutor,evenifyourgradesdon'
treallyreflectthatimage.
Ifyouareapplyingtoanoversubscribeduniversitycourse,andeveryoneapplyingislikelytohavegoodgrades,thepersonalstatementistheonlythingthattellsyouapartfromotherapplicants,soyouwanttotryandmakeyoursasgoodaspossible.
Whentheadmissionsandsubjecttutorslookatyourpersonalstatement,theyarelikelytobeaskingtwomainquestions:
1.Dowewantthisstudentonthiscourse?
2.Dowewantthisstudentatthisuniversity?
Thesecanbebrokendownintoanumberofeasiertoanswerquestions:
∙Isthestudentsuitedtothecoursethattheyareapplyingfor?
∙Doesthestudenthavethenecessaryqualificationsandqualitiesforthecourse?
∙Isthestudentconscientious,hardworkingandunlikelytodropout?
∙Willthestudentdotheirbestandcopewiththedemandsofthecourse?
∙Canthestudentworkunderpressure?
∙Willthestudentbeabletoadjusttotheirnewenvironmentatuniversity?
∙Whataretheircommunicationskillslike?
∙Aretheydedicatedtothiscourseandhaveresearcheditwell?
∙Dotheyhaveagenuineinterestinthesubjectandadesiretolearnmoreaboutit?
Thesearethesortofquestionsyouneedtoanswerinyourpersonalstatement.Unfortunatelyyoucannotanswerthemdirectly,youneedtoprovideevidenceandmakeitsoundbelievable.
Ultimately,admissionstutorsarehumantoo,andmaywellhavehundredsofpersonalstatementstoshiftthrough,soevenifyouthinkyou'
veansweredallthesequestionsreallywellyoumaystillbeunlucky.Thereareothertechniquesyoucanusetomakeyourstatementstandoutandappealtoadmissionstutors,butremembertheyarealldifferentandmayhavedifferentideasaboutwhattheylookforinaprospectivestudent.Someofthesetechniquesarediscussedinthepersonalgoalssection.
Notesaboutyourself
Nowyouhavesomeideaofwhyyou'
rewritingapersonalstatementyouneedtothinkaboutwhatyou'
regoingtowriteinit.Youdon'
tneedtostartthinkingaboutthewordingorstructureyet,justgetdownsomeideasofthethingsyouthinkyoucouldputdown.
Thebestwaytodothisistouseasetofheadingsandwritebulletpointsabouthowyourelatetotheseheadings.Herearesomeheadingstothinkabout.
Whatyouwanttostudyatuniversityandwhy
∙Specificaspectsofthecoursesthatinterestyou
∙Examplesofcourseworkyouhavecompleted
∙Practicalworkyouhaveenjoyed
∙Thingsyouhavereadrelatedtothesubjectarea
∙Workexperienceorvoluntaryworkinthisarea
∙Conferencesyouhaveattended
∙Personalexperienceswhichleadtothedecisiontotakethissubject
∙Whereyouhopeadegreeinthissubjectwilllead
Experiencesthatshowyouareareliableandresponsibleperson
∙Part-timejob
∙Businessenterprise
∙Communityandcharitywork
∙Sixthformcommittee
∙Helpingoutatschooleventsandopendays
∙YoungEnterprise,WorldChallenge,DukeofEdinburghaward,AsdanAwardDebatingsocietiesandwhatyou'
vegainedfromtheseexperiences.
Yourinterestsandskills
∙Whatyouliketodoinyourfreetime
∙Sportandleisureactivities
∙Subjectsyoustudywhicharenotexamined
∙Musicalinstrumentwhichyouplay
∙Languageswhichyouspeak
∙Prizesyouhavewonorpositionsachievedinyourinterests
Gapyear
∙Whyyou'
retakingaGapyear(ifyouare)
∙Whyyouwanttotakeagapyear
∙Whatyouplantodo
∙Howthismayrelatetoyourcourse
Ifyou'
renottakingagapyearavoidthissection.Ifyouareitcouldstillbeleftout,butyoumaybeaskedwhyyou'
retakingitataninterview.
Youshouldnowhavelotsofbulletpointsaboutyourself,allofwhichwillbeusefulinpreparingyourpersonalstatement.Don'
tworrytoomuchifyoudon'
tseemtohavedonemuchoffthelist,justthinkaboutthingsyou'
vedonewhichshowallyourgoodqualities,orcouldbewrittenastoshowyourgoodqualities.
Theimportantthingisthatyouhaveagoodreasonforwhyyouwanttostudythecourse,itdoesn'
tmatterifthereasonsoundsstupidatthemoment-youcanworkonthelanguagelater.Alladmissionstutorswillbelookingforpeoplewhoareenthusiasticandpassionateaboutthesubjectstheywanttostudy,somakesureyoureallyare.Ifyou'
rechoosingthiscoursejustbecauseyoucan'
tthinkofanythingbettertodo,that'
snotagoodenoughreason,andmaybeyoushouldconsiderlookingforacourseyouenjoymore.
Nowyou'
vegotsomeideastogether,it'
stimetothinkaboutturningthemintoapersonalstatement-almost.
Youandyoursubject
Sayingwhyyouwanttotakeyourcourseispossiblythemostimportantpartofyourpersonalstatement.Youcanhaveperfectgrades,greatextracurricularactivitiesandbeareallygreatperson,butifadmissionstutorsfeelyouaren'
tcommittedtoyourcourse,youwon'
tgetaplace.
Hopefullythenotesyouhavewrittenforthesectionabovehavealreadygivenyouagoodideaofwhattowriteaboutwhyyouwanttotakeyourcourse.Ifnotthenyoushouldatleastbesureyouwanttotakethatsubject-writingapersonalstatementisalotofwork,andyoudon'
treallywanttogettotheendofitanddecideyouwanttostudyadifferentsubject,sobeforeyougomuchfurtherbesureyouhavechosentherightsubjectforyou.Rememberyoudon'
tactuallyhavetochoosethecourseyouwanttotakeyet,justhavearoughideaofthesubjectareaorareasyoumightbeinterestedin.
Nowyouneedtothinkaboutexactlywhyyouwanttotakethissubject.Evenifyouare100%surethatthisisthecourseforyou,youstillneedtogetthisideaacrosstotheadmissionstutors.Iftheyacceptyou,youaregoingtobestudyingthiscourseforatleastthenextthreeyears,andyouneedtoconvincethemthatyouarecommittedtoit.Haveathinkaboutexactlywhythesubjectappealstoyou,andwritedownasmuchasyoucanaboutit.Itdoesn'
tmatterifyouonlyscribbleafewnotes,youcanmodifythembeforeyouwritethestatement,theimportantthingisyoucanbesureofthekeyreasonswhyyouwanttotakethesubject.Writedownasmanyasyoucan,ifyouhavetoomanyyoucanalwaysjustpickthebest.OtherthanthatIcan'
tgiveyoumuchmoreadvice-onlyyouknowexactlywhyyouwanttotakeyourchosencourse,butbearinmind,ifyoucan'
tthinkofanygoodreasons-shouldyoureallybetakingthatsubject?
WhatifIwanttodoajointdegree?
Therearetwooptionsyoucanusetotailoryourpersonalstatementtojointdegrees(oneswhereyoutaketwosubjectse.g.economicsandpolitics).Youcantalkaboutjustonesubjectwhichyoufeelismostimportant,andnotmentiontheother.Thishastheadvantagethatyoucanapplyfortwodifferentjointdegreesandonlytalkaboutthecommonelemente.g.foreconomicsandpoliticsand
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