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The Personal Statement Method: The Fuss-Free Guide To Writing a Successful UCAS Personal Statement
Your UCAS Personal Statement can cause you nightmares when you're planning your university application. You have to show who you are, you have to show your skills, you have to show why you're better than all of the other applicants, and you have to get it all under 4000 characters. Just uttering the words "Personal Statement" can cause quivers of fear and dread. Yet, it doesn't have to be this way. The Personal Statement Method will show you how to write a good Personal Statement for UCAS, no matter what course you're applying for.
If you're applying for Medicine, Law, Computer Science, Graphic Design, or simply for any course at any UK university, the Personal Statement Method is a great place to start. It won't tell you what you should write for each course or each university - there are simply too many to list and the answers would constantly change. Instead it will show you how to find out for yourself what you should be writing about for your course, at your university.
Following it step by step, The Personal Statement Method will help you to craft a Personal Statement that admissions officers fight over, yet without the stress and fuss on your part. It will make researching, structuring, and organising your Personal Statement a breeze and you'll be able to produce a UCAS Personal Statement that is clear, focused, insightful and perfectly tailored to your application.
Each chapter brings you a new step in your journey to Personal Statement success
Step 1: Understanding Your Course - This chapter will help you to uncover not just what admissions officers are looking for in general, but what the admissions officers at your university and for your course are looking for. Starting here, you'll be able to tailor your Personal Statement to their exact needs.
Step 2: Organising Your Experiences - From Personal Statement structure to choosing and planning the examples that you'll use to illustrate your ideas. This is where you provide the evidence to show that you're the best applicant.
Step 3: Reflections - Where you go from average, to next level. Using the Authenticity Questions in this chapter will help you to think critically about your activities and experiences over the past few years and bring interesting and relevant insights to your Personal Statement.
Step 4: Writing the Statement - Putting it all together. Introductions, conclusions, what to do, what to avoid, structuring paragraphs...everything you need to get your first draft onto the page.
Step 5: Editing - Taking your Personal Statement from first draft to final version and submission. Ideas to add sparkle to your language, quick tips and tricks to fix any spelling or grammar slips, and guidance on getting it checked. After Step 5, you'll be ready to submit to UCAS.
Inside the book you will also find:
Each chapter laden with genuine examples from past successful students.
Complete Personal Statement examples from a broad range of subjects.
Worksheets for each chapter, to help you plan and organise your ideas as you work through the book.
It's time to stop procrastinating. It's time to start preparing. It's time to write your Personal Statement.
If you're applying for Medicine, Law, Computer Science, Graphic Design, or simply for any course at any UK university, the Personal Statement Method is a great place to start. It won't tell you what you should write for each course or each university - there are simply too many to list and the answers would constantly change. Instead it will show you how to find out for yourself what you should be writing about for your course, at your university.
Following it step by step, The Personal Statement Method will help you to craft a Personal Statement that admissions officers fight over, yet without the stress and fuss on your part. It will make researching, structuring, and organising your Personal Statement a breeze and you'll be able to produce a UCAS Personal Statement that is clear, focused, insightful and perfectly tailored to your application.
Each chapter brings you a new step in your journey to Personal Statement success
Step 1: Understanding Your Course - This chapter will help you to uncover not just what admissions officers are looking for in general, but what the admissions officers at your university and for your course are looking for. Starting here, you'll be able to tailor your Personal Statement to their exact needs.
Step 2: Organising Your Experiences - From Personal Statement structure to choosing and planning the examples that you'll use to illustrate your ideas. This is where you provide the evidence to show that you're the best applicant.
Step 3: Reflections - Where you go from average, to next level. Using the Authenticity Questions in this chapter will help you to think critically about your activities and experiences over the past few years and bring interesting and relevant insights to your Personal Statement.
Step 4: Writing the Statement - Putting it all together. Introductions, conclusions, what to do, what to avoid, structuring paragraphs...everything you need to get your first draft onto the page.
Step 5: Editing - Taking your Personal Statement from first draft to final version and submission. Ideas to add sparkle to your language, quick tips and tricks to fix any spelling or grammar slips, and guidance on getting it checked. After Step 5, you'll be ready to submit to UCAS.
Inside the book you will also find:
Each chapter laden with genuine examples from past successful students.
Complete Personal Statement examples from a broad range of subjects.
Worksheets for each chapter, to help you plan and organise your ideas as you work through the book.
It's time to stop procrastinating. It's time to start preparing. It's time to write your Personal Statement.
133 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 27, 2019
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