UCAS personal statement guide 1.docx
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UCASpersonalstatementguide1
UCASpersonalstatementguide1
WritingapersonalstatementisprobablyoneofthemostdifficultpartsoftheUCASform.Manystudentswon'thavedonemuchcreativewritingsinceGCSEandevenifyouhave,it'sstillveryhardtowriteaboutyourself
We'veproducedthisshortguidetotryandhelpyouwriteapersonalstatement.Justreadthroughit,followthesteps,andyoushouldbeok.
Wesuggestyouhaveaprettygoodideaofwhatcourseyouwanttostudybeforecontinuingmuchfurtherwithyourpersonalstatement.Generallypersonalstatementsarequitespecificsoifyoudecidetochangethecourseyouareapplyingforyouwouldneedtorewriteyourpersonalstatement.
Beforeyoustartrememberthisisa"personal"statement-i.e.it'saboutyou,andthereisnorealrightorwrongwaytodoit.Whatwe'vewrittenbelowisjustaguide,andshouldnotbestucktorigidly.Youmayfindbychoosingyourownstructure,andwritingwhatyouwanttowriteabout,givesabetterpictureofyourselftothereaderthananyoneelsecan.
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.foreconomicsandpoliticsandpoliticsandlaw,youwouldonlytalkaboutlaw.Ifyoudecidetodothismakesureyoutalkaboutthequalitiesyouhavewhichshowyouaresuitablefortheotherpartofyourjointdegree.Alternativelyyoucanjusttalkabitaboutwhyyouwanttodobothsubjects,althoughtheapproachyouchoosewillprobablydependonhowcloselyrelatedyoursubjectsare.
WhatifIwanttoapplyfordifferentsubjects?
Thereisnoeasywaytowritepersonalstatementsfortwounrelatedsubjects.Ifthesubjectsaresimilarsuchasmathsandstatisticsoraccountingandbusinessstudiesyoumayfindyoucanwriteageneralpersonalstatementwhichappliesequallytobothcourses.Ifthisisthecaseyoumanynotwanttomentioneitherofthesubjectsbyname,andinsteadtalkabouttherelatedworkthatyou'vealreadydoneandhowyou'veenjoyedit.
Ifyoursubjectsaretotallyunrelatedthereis
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