Top Tips For a Personal Statement

Personal Statement Tips

- Explain your reason for wanting to study the course

- Explain how you are right for the course

- Say what you've done outside the classroom

- Demonstrate your career ambitions

- Reflect on your own experience

- Explain how your experiences are relevant

- Don't just describe it

- Talk about the skills your profession needs
- Can you demonstrate transferable skills
- Expand on your most relevant skills
- What's your long term plan
- Keep it positive
- Use formal language