Your Personal Statement - Revision history

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Suggested Structure

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4 - The person behind the form

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2 - Suitability

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3 - Longer-term career objectives

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Top tips

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Getting an Offer

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Top tips

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3 - Longer-term career objectives

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Imported PDF

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Top tips

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 ==Suggested Structure==
-Write 4 key paragraphs – weight it three quarters about your course choice and why you have made it and one quarter about yourself:
+Write 3 key paragraphs – weight it three quarters about your course choice and why you have made it and one quarter about yourself: Use the Unifrog personal statement tool to provide structure and give useful prompts.
 ===Opening - Explain your choice of subject===
 The most important paragraph you will write - grab the reader’s attention or lose it

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 #Identify additional skills that you have gained
-===4 - The person behind the form===
+===3 - The person behind the form===
 Why should they admit you? What is special, unique, distinctive and/or impressive about you or your life?
 #What makes you different to all the other people who are applying eg Duke of Edinburgh/ Cadets/travel.

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 #Has this study sparked your interest or affected your degree course choices?
 #What have you particularly enjoyed?
 ===4 - The person behind the form===

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 #Has this study sparked your interest or affected your degree course choices?
 #What have you particularly enjoyed?
 ===4 - The person behind the form===

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 #Use positive and enthusiastic language
 #Give examples
-#Ask for help  - form tutors/Mrs Hawkins with editing/redrafting
+#Ask for help  - form tutors/Mrs Elliot with editing/redrafting
 #Remember you may be called for interview and they may use your personal statement as a basis for the discussion, so <strong>be truthful</strong>.

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 ##visit a university at the weekend / holidays. You will still get the ‘feel of the place’
 #Persuade the admissions tutor you really want to study a particular course.
-#Lots of students apply with suitable predicted grades so why offer a place to you? The Admissions Tutor must ensure that you will not drop out once you have started (they lose money if you do) so you must ensure that you impress
+#Lots of students apply with suitable predicted grades so why offer a place to you? The Admissions Tutor must ensure that you will not drop out once you have started (they lose money if you do) so you must ensure that you impress them with your reasons for wanting that particular course.
 ===A 'reasonable' personal statement===

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 ===3 - Longer-term career objectives===
-Detail any work experience or voluntary work, particularly if relevant to your subject choices
+#Detail any work experience or voluntary work, particularly if relevant to your subject choices
 #Even if these are broad, include an outline of the field in which you hope to work
 #Identify additional skills that you have gained

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 ==Top tips==
-##Be meticulous
+#Be meticulous
-##Type and proof read your statement very carefully.
+#Type and proof read your statement very carefully.
-##Accuracy – spelling and grammar, correct use of language, capitalisation – very important to admissions tutors
+#Accuracy – spelling and grammar, correct use of language, capitalisation – very important to admissions tutors
-##Be clear and concise – pay attention to detail
+#Be clear and concise – pay attention to detail
-##Ensure that it is all your own work, UCAS have sophisticated software and check for plagiarism AND similarity
+#Ensure that it is all your own work, UCAS have sophisticated software and check for plagiarism AND similarity
-##Use entry profiles (EPs) if you are unsure what to include
+#Don’t repeat yourself
-##Don’t repeat yourself
+#Use positive and enthusiastic language
-##Use positive and enthusiastic language
+#Give examples
-##Give examples
+#Ask for help  - form tutors/Mrs Hawkins with editing/redrafting
-##Ask for help  - form tutors/Mrs Hawkins with editing/redrafting
-#Remember you may be called for interview and they may use your personal statement as a basis for the discussion, so <strong>be truthful</strong>.
+Remember you may be called for interview and they may use your personal statement as a basis for the discussion, so <strong>be truthful</strong>.