When it comes to your personal statement, one of trickiest things is knowing where to start. Help is at hand. Here are some key tips on how to start pulling it together.
Alan Bullock (Careers Adviser)
Personal statements & applying to uni
No two personal statements should be the same, but there are certain ways to grab the admission tutors' attention. Here are the top ten tips from the tutors themselves...
Alan Bullock (Careers Adviser)
Personal statements & applying to uni
Admissions tutors read hundreds of personal statements from students each year – so what is it that they really don’t want to see? Find out our top ten things to avoid...
Alan Bullock (Careers Adviser)
Personal statements & applying to uni
“Admissions tutors are busy. You have to grab their attention”: how to write the perfect personal statement as told by the admissions tutors themselves.
Alan Bullock (Careers Adviser)
Personal statements & applying to uni
This is the tough part - turning your skills and ideas into a personal statement that will help to sell yourself to an admissions tutor. Here’s how to get writing.
Alan Bullock (Careers Adviser)
Personal statements & applying to uni
When it comes to getting a place at university, the personal statement part of your UCAS application is often the clincher. We explain how it’s used and why it matters.
Alan Bullock (Careers Adviser)
Personal statements & applying to uni
You've done draft after draft, and now you think your personal statement is finally ready to be submitted. Make sure you take a look at this checklist before you press send...
Rebecca Hughes (Editorial assistant, Which? University)
Personal statements & applying to uni
Got some ideas for your personal statement, but struggling to start writing? We asked current students for personal statement top tips on how to put pen to paper…
Rebecca Hughes (Editorial assistant, Which? University)
Personal statements & applying to uni
Finding it hard to ‘sell yourself’ in your personal statement? Don’t panic – here are students’ top tips on how to ensure that your statement makes the perfect pitch…
Rebecca Hughes (Editorial assistant, Which? University)
Personal statements & applying to uni
You don’t need to have tonnes of work experience to sell yourself to university admissions tutors. Whatever your experience, here’s how to make the most of it.
Rebecca Hughes (Editorial assistant, Which? University)
Personal statements & applying to uni
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