The quality of an applicant's personal statement is very important at LSE. The School does not interview for places so this is an applicant’s only opportunity to demonstrate they are a good fit for ...

Your personal statement is a very important part of a UCAS application, as it tells admission officers why you're a great candidate to study at their university. There is some information you ...

It is important to work with the applicant to ensure the personal statement and reference are not repetitions of each other and meet ... any contextual information which might warrant special ...

Ucas is changing personal statements, long the bane of teenagers' final year at school, for university admissions. Instead of a 4,000-character statement, from next year applicants will be asked ...

UCAS refers to it as a personal statement, which is limited to 4,000 characters, while the Common App requires an essay of 650 words. "UCAS personal statement is all about 'why this course.' ...