Personal statements
How to make your personal statement stand out, admissions tutors reveal
Admissions tutors are busy, which means you have to grab their attention quickly. Here, they reveal how you can do just that in your personal statement...
How to make your personal statement stand out, admissions tutors reveal
Admissions tutors are busy, which means you have to grab their attention quickly. Here, they reveal how you can do just that in your personal statement...
By Alan Bullock
(Careers Adviser)
15 November 2017
3 min read
(Careers Adviser)
15 November 2017
3 min read
'We receive more than 1,500 applications. It's like jungle warfare...Don't give us any flannel. Tell us what makes you stand out.'
The strong consensus from admissions tutors is that the best personal statements which stand out are where students are interesting, reflective, unique, relevant and, you guessed it, personal – not by using gimmicks. As a law admissions tutor explained succinctly: 'Off-the-wall won’t work.’
Or as another tutor put it: ‘We want you to be different, but not TOO different.’ In fact, this was something tutors said they specifically didn't want to see in a personal statement.
The strong consensus from admissions tutors is that the best personal statements which stand out are where students are interesting, reflective, unique, relevant and, you guessed it, personal – not by using gimmicks. As a law admissions tutor explained succinctly: 'Off-the-wall won’t work.’
Or as another tutor put it: ‘We want you to be different, but not TOO different.’ In fact, this was something tutors said they specifically didn't want to see in a personal statement.
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