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Your personal statement provides a global picture of you as a student. It helps the admissions board evaluate how much you have learned from each of your experiences and how driven you are about the field yo...

Starting a personal statement is hard! Here's the process I use: Brainstorm - think about what you want to say, and write it down. Anywhere. Single words ("enthusiastic"), two words ("Team wor...

The ending of your personal statement is just as important as the beginning. You are essentially finishing your 'pitch' on why universities should choose you over other applicants and this is achieved by exp...

Firstly, consider what you're aiming to achieve from your personal statement : you want to get into the University of your choice to study a subject/subjects you love.Therefore, your personal statement needs...

This is one of the areas in which Oxbridge most differs from other Russel Group universities. You should only mention extra curricular activities if they are directly relevant to the subject you want to stud...