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 essay ...

Your personal statement is an opportunity for an admissions or review committee to get to know you, the “you” that cannot be captured in a CV or resume. For that reason, it is important to be ...

65% of colleges report knowing how to write a personal statement for college to be important to the college education process. It allows you to showcase your personality, achievements, and goals to ...

Here are some situations that require writing a personal statement: Applying to college Applying to special camps or programs Applying to graduate school, law school, or medical school Applying to an ...

Long gone are the days of staring at blank Google Docs — or Microsoft Word; to each their own — when tackling graduate school applications. As deadlines draw closer, students may struggle with how to ...

Are you thinking about applying to universities in the UK? Your personal statement for UCAS is your one chance to stand out. The UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) personal statement ...

Law school candidates may write about an event that helped to teach humility, independence or self-confidence. The best approach to writing the personal statement is to choose an interesting story to ...

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 ...

The Supplement is a new series and newsletter by The Brown Daily Herald aimed at providing applicants to the University, and their families, with student and admissions officer perspectives on the ...

Personal Statements carry weight—they are often the first document admissions committees consider. To grab the attention of reviewers right away, then, you want to clearly express your purpose and ...

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