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How to write a good personal statement?

For this, I have a whole lesson prepared. I think firstly, I always go through UCAS with them. Then, I run through past personal statement. I picked real personal statements of people who got into Cambridge ...
CB
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How do I start my personal statement letter?

Write everything that you know about yourself. How detailed or polished it is, that doesn't matter yet. Why? It's easier to trim down and polish than to come up with the perfect phrasing from scratch. After ...
AV
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What will make my personal statement stand out?

Universities get a huge amount of applications each year. Each one will contain a person trying to explain to them why they should be let into that specific university. What they are really interested to see...
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From your work experience what have you learnt about the realities of being a doctor?

From the work experience that I have undertaken I have learnt more about the day to day realities of life as a doctor. I have learnt that being a doctor requires good communication and team working skills. T...
SM
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What is the effect of the first sentence of "Pride and Prejudice" and how would it change if "must be in want" would be substituted for "must want"?

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." The sentence introduces one of the main themes of the plot, the pursuit of ri...
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