Personal statements mix passion and career vocabulary
University admissions body Ucas has analysed personal statements to examine the language used by university applicants
Ucas, the university and college admissions service, has analysed the
personal statements of 300,000 university applicants for this year and found
that, in all subjects, applicants used a mixture of career and passion-related
words to set out their suitability.
The personal statement, limited to 4,000 characters, is a central part
of the Ucas application and gives students the opportunity to demonstrate that
they are the right fit for a course, as well as their level of commitment.
With competition for university places high, and statement space
limited, applicants have to ensure they promote their suitability concisely.
Some 200 million words were entered by 18 year old UK applicants into
their personal statements this year.
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