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How do you approach writing a personal statement?

My biggest critique of personal statements is that they fail in their primary purpose - to be PERSONAL.

3 tips.

  1. Know your audience - if you are applying for varied courses look at ...

Answered by Alice A. Personal Statements tutor
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Should I indicate my career plans (if any) in my personal statement?

This will hugely depend on the subject and university you are applying to. If you are applying for Medicine, I guess you can omit that since it will be quite obvious(!). In my case, I did mention some of ...

Answered by Ambrose C. Personal Statements tutor
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How can I show my enthusiasm for my subject?

The best way to do this is prove your interest. Rather than simply saying that you are passionate, demonstrate it in a way which shows you have gone beyond what you would be expected to do in school. You ...

Answered by Toby T. Personal Statements tutor
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Create a generalised paragraph plan for a personal statement.

The content and order of the paragraphs of the personal statement is up to the applicant.  However, the general content of the paragraphs and the order of these is usually as follows.  The introduction sh...

Answered by Katy A. Personal Statements tutor
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Do I need to include all of the work experience I have done in a personal statement for medicine?

Although it may be tempting if you've got a lot of work experience under your belt for medicine, however just listing what you have done is unlikey to impress of get the attention of the person reading yo...

Answered by Alec M. Personal Statements tutor
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