After thirty years of the same format, UCAS has announced changes to its personal statement. Starting in September 2025, the ...

Prepare a typed, double-spaced 2-page statement. Address any specific questions asked by law schools. Proofread carefully, checking for spelling and grammar errors. Read your personal statement draft ...

Of all the information you provide on your Ucas application, the personal statement is arguably the most important section to get right. In a maximum of 4,000 characters, you need to make your ...

University, external tells would-be undergraduates their personal statements are "a key opportunity for you to showcase your individuality, knowledge and experience".

Personal statements for university applicants will be scrapped amid claims they give middle-class students an unfair advantage. Under plans to ‘level the playing field’, the Universities and ...

A personal statement is often a pivotal factor in medical school admissions decisions. "The essay really can cause me to look more deeply at the entire application," Dr. Stephen Nicholas, former ...

The change comes amid claims that the personal statements favour middle-class students who may have better access to “high-quality advice and guidance”, according to Ucas. The 4,000-character ...

The Sutton Trust's research, external, by Steven Jones of Manchester University, was based on a study of personal statements of 300 pupils with identical grades applying to the same department at ...

READ: Two Personal Statements That Help Explain The Situation At Mizzou : The Two-Way On Saturday, members of the football team announced they would not play another game until the university ...

University staff read applicants’ personal statements for two minutes – study Prospective students are currently required to write a statements, which can be up to 4,000 characters long.