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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. 

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Writing a Personal Statement

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Steps to Creating a Strong Personal Statement

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Get Some Tips Before You Start

Personal Statement Advice from the Honours Programme

This is particularly helpful for students applying for courses at
Oxford, Cambridge, Russell Group or Sutton Trust institutions.

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HOW TO BEGIN YOUR STATEMENT

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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.

MIND MAP WRITING ACTIVITY

Visual Display of Ideas

ABC METHOD WRITING ACTIVITY

Collecting Activities and Showing their Importance through a Table

OUTLINING METHOD

Collecting and Revising Ideas through Outlining

Outlining forms part of the Mumford Method - see below.

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OUTLINING (MUMFORD) METHOD

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2. CHOOSE YOUR STRUCTURE

Decide the format you want to follow

PERSONAL STATEMENT 'STRUCTURE 1' WORKSHEET

Based More on Skills Gained through Work Experience, with Longer Examples.
Less Focus on Academic Studies.

Intro 30% Body 60% Conclusion 10%

PERSONAL STATEMENT 'STRUCTURE 2' WORKSHEET

Essay Based More on Skills Gained through Academic Studies.
Less Focus on Work Experience.

Intro 10% Body 80% Conclusion 10%

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3. WRITE YOUR STATEMENT

DRAFT 1


DO:

Make it Personal

Keep Mature and Formal Tone

Add as Many Skills/ Examples of Skills as You Can. See Information below on ABC Method

Don’t:

Worry about Grammar or Punctuation

Worry About Word or Character Count

List Qualities

Plagiarise or Copy Other’s Words

Write Clichés

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)

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EXTRA HELP REFINING YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT

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Now you have your ideas jotted down; you need to work on editing your Personal Statement before asking your Progression Mentor, the University staff running helpdesks, and the Destinations Department for help!

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Use the marking criteria and worksheets below to check over your own Personal Statement drafts before giving them to someone else to look over.

PERSONAL STATEMENT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

PERSONAL STATEMENT WORKSHEET

PERSONAL STATEMENT FACTSHEET UCAS

WORKING ON THE ABC METHOD IN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT

WORKING ON FLOW IN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT

WORKING ON ORGANISATION IN YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT

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CUTTING DOWN YOUR STATEMENT


Your Personal Statement must be less than 4000 characters (including spaces)

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Use this guidance document to help you be more concise.

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UNIVERSITY PERSONAL STATEMENT RESOURCES

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