- Remember the key aim of a Personal Statement is to demonstrate your interest in the subject and to convince Admissions tutors to take you onto their course.
- Be passionate. Illustrate your desire to study your subject, talk about it and try to engage with topics within it. Think about how you can show that you’ve thought about your subject in an intellectual and academic manner.
- Express your opinions, feel free to state your point of view on anything related to the subject as it will show key analytical skills that are needed for every course.
- Try to put yourself in the place of an Admissions Tutor- what would you be looking for in a student?
- Check out Entry Profiles on the UCAS website to see what the requirements are for your course.
- Give reasons for your choice of subject and support with evidence (e.g. wider reading, work experience)
- Emphasise your skills, particularly those that are relevant to your chosen subject and give examples e.g. think about how you could use your extra-curricular activities to demonstrate responsibility, initiative, communication skills etc.
- Be critical of the content- what is the purpose of each sentence? If it doesn’t have a purpose, do you still want to include it? You only have 47 lines of text so make the most of them.
- Ensure that your Personal Statement is concise, well phrased and paragraphed. Check, check and check again for spelling and grammatical mistakes.
- Be truthful- do not under any circumstances ‘borrow’ lines from statements. UCAS will pick it up with plagiarism software
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