Plan for your Personal Statement from early in Year 12

• Develop an awareness early in Year 12 about the requirements of the UCAS Personal Statement

• Begin to think which activities, work experience, wider reading you will need to get involved with so that you can write about them at the beginning of Year 13

• Use the Personal Statement Timeline on the UCAS Apply website:

http://www.ucas.com/students/applying/howtoapply/personalstatement

Very Good advice on the UCAS website

• What to include

• Dos and don'ts

• Size and presentation

• Similarity detection

When it comes to filling in your UCAS form there is a direct link to good Personal Statement advice on the Personal Statement page itself

Bear in mind that the 5 key elements of a persuasive Personal Statement will be:

1)At least two thirds should be about the course(s) and your suitability for it.

2) It should personal and original

3)You should not plagiarise

4)Be able to provide evidence and examples to back up claims you make about yourself

5)When you write about things you have done be able to show the skills you have gained and what they demonstrate about your character and/or personality