Your personal statement is an important part of your application to University. Here's how to get it right
Follow our do's and don'ts
Why do you want to study your course?
Write about your motivation for picking your subject.
How does studying your course fit into your future ambitions and career goals?
Give real examples that show you understand what studying your course is all about.
What inspires you?
Explain what topics related to your course interest you.
Discuss key events, discoveries, historical figures, writers and more who are related to your course and subject.
Make it relevant and specific
Remember to relate your skills and knowledge to your chosen subject.
Write about what you can bring to your course and to you university.
Always give examples to explain your points.
What experience do you have?
Describe what you've done - both in and out of school, college and in your work experience - that relates to your subject and your future career plans.
Give specific examples to show what you found challenging or insightful.
Take care with your writing
Write in your own voice. Make sure you sound like yourself!
Remember to use paragraphs. Always start a new paragraph for a new topic.
Check your grammar and spelling and then ask somebody else to check it too.
