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Your UCAS Personal Statement outlines why you want to study a particular course at university and is an opportunity for you to demonstrate you have the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed on the course.
Your Personal Statement should be up to 4,000 characters (which is roughly two sides of A4). You can’t use bold, italics or underlining and you should structure your statement into paragraphs, rather than using bullet points.
It's an opportunity for the university to find out more about you, your academic achievements, your interests and your motivation(s) for studying at Higher Education level. This’ll then help them decide whether to offer you a place.
A Personal Statement is one of the stepping stones to studying at university. It’s important because:
Remember, your Personal Statement is important but it’s not everything: it’s just one part of the overall picture.
Preparation is key!
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For more information, check out the UCAS website for handy tools and tips.