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What is the difference between the pretérito and the imperfecto?

When you think of an action in the past, you must ask yourself: did it happen once, in a fixed time frame (where the beginning and end are specified) or did it happen multiple times (where no beginning or en...
RW
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What to write and how to structure?

Basically, the Universities want to know you! They want to know how you'd fit in to their programs and campuses. They want a wide range of activities that you've done and definitely interested in what you ar...
SW
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Past interview question: 'Is power a useful lens with which to view history?'

With a thematic question like this one, it’s especially important to ‘show your working’. Here are my tips for how to answer a question like this: Think about the wider historical debate at hand - why are th...
LN
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What should I be talk about in my personal statement for medicine/dentistry? How should I order it? What needs to stand out?

Medicine and dentistry are very competitive courses with limited spaces, so the application process can be very long and frustratingly hard but I will take the student through every process that I did using ...
ZA
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General Tips for Personal Statements

Whilst Personal Statement work is far more productive with a statement on which to improve, there are some general tips I can provide to help with the first draft. Your first sentence and paragraph should be...
EA
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