PERSONAL STATEMENT
You must create a draft of a Personal Statement to submit to your Progression Mentor by September.
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You will then gain feedback on your statement from staff at St David's and from University staff at the helpdesks (see below). You should then action their advice and create an updated draft.
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Keep working hard on your Personal Statement until your Progression Mentor gives you the go ahead to upload it to your UCAS form.
Steps to Creating a Strong Personal Statement
HOW TO BEGIN YOUR STATEMENT
1. COLLECT YOUR IDEAS
The hardest part of completing a Personal Statement is getting started. Once you have some ideas jotted down and you are no longer working with a blank piece of paper, your progress will pick up pace.
Choose one or more methods below to collect your ideas.
2. CHOOSE YOUR STRUCTURE
Decide the format you want to follow
3. WRITE YOUR STATEMENT
DRAFT 2
DO:
Start Looking at Grammar and Punctuation
Rearrange and Organise Your Ideas. See Information Below on Organisation and Flow in Your Document
Make Sure You Have Given Examples of Your Skills- How You Use Them, or How You Got Them
DON'T:
Start Every Sentence With ‘I’
Ramble or Repeat Ideas. See Information Below on Cutting Your Document
Lie or Exaggerate
DRAFT 3
DO:
Look at the Character Count: 4,000 Characters including Spaces
Ask for Help from Your Mentor or the Destinations Department.
DON'T:
Include Unnecessary Information like Your Specific Work Hours or Specific Universities You Want to Attend
List Your Grades or Courses (as this Information is on the Form so is Not Needed)
Ask ALL of Your Tutors/ Advisers to Review/Edit your Statement as They Will Repeat Themselves or Give Conflicting Information (as Edits can be Subjective)