Standing out is more important than ever in today’s highly competitive job market. Every detail on your resume can make a difference in whether you get noticed. One element that has garnered ...

A law school personal statement can take various forms. The voice, tone, content, storyline and structure will depend on who you are and what you’re writing about. But all personal statements serve ...

Medical schools receive thousands of applications from applicants with strong GPAs and MCAT/DAT scores. The personal statement plays a significant role in determining who gets an interview, and you ...

Graduate and professional schools often require some sort of written statement — often called a “statement of purpose,” “personal statement,” or “letter of intent”– as a part of the application. Some ...

The personal statement is often required in standard graduate, medical, and law school as well as most fellowship or scholarship application forms. Some schools allow you maximum freedom in what you ...

Advice on your UCAS application and personal statement. You can find all the information you need on our Before you apply page, including our course finder and course profiles to help you make the ...

Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia Prospective students will no longer be asked to write personal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. A compelling personal statement ...

The personal statement is a very important part of your professional school application. You will address important issues about yourself, usually related to why you want to enter a particular career.

For years, I have advised undergrads on how to strengthen their applications to healthcare-related graduate schools—principally, medical schools. I tell them that due to the volume of applications ...