In today’s blog post we will be continuing our university-themed series and exploring how to write a great personal statement and how our tuition can help you to get the predicted grades to go along with it!

1. A personal statement should be personal! Although it’s great to get help and advice from friends, family and online, your personal statement should be unique to you and why you are interested in a particular subject, so before you consult any other resources try to write down five reasons why you want to do a particular course, and build your personal statement around this. Although you can do more research after this, you want your enthusiasm and voice to shine through, so try to make it as specific to you and your experience as possible. 
2. Speaking of experience, it’s great to try and reference all of the things you’ve done that are related to your subject, whether they are big or small – going to an event or just reading a book by an expert in the field, try to provide as much evidence as possible that shows how passionate and excited you are about the subject. And if you’re in your first year of A levels, then try to think about some things that you could do this year which you could talk about in your personal statement. It doesn’t have to be big or expensive, but even writing a small research essay in your free time, will give you something to talk about in interviews and your personal statement, and demonstrates you going above and beyond for your subject. 
3. Use the course information from the universities that you’re applying to, to give you inspiration on what you could talk about, maybe pick out one specific module that you’d be really excited to study – although be careful because not all universities offer the same modules for the same courses. 
4. Get friends, family and teachers to check it! Once you’ve done all the hard work of writing your personal statement, and read it through to check for SPaG as many times as you can, hand it over to someone else and ask them to not only check the basics, but also tell you if the structure is good, if it flows well and most importantly if it makes sense. Keep your personal statement as clear as possible, it needs to be obvious to the admissions tutor the reasons why you want to study your chosen subject. 
5. Most importantly, try to enjoy it! Although this is a very stressful task, try to let your excitement for the subject shine through, you’re writing about the thing you want to study for the next 3 years, so try to focus on this. Also, if you start drafting, planning and writing your personal statement early then you have time to think about it and try not to submit it at the last moment, when you are the most stressed and likely to make silly mistakes. 

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