Writing a Personal Statement and uploading it to your UCAS application is the second important step towards undergraduate study at university in the UK.

A Personal Statement is a 2,000 to 4,000 character essay that is the students’ opportunity to tell universities about themselves and why they should be offered a place. IFG Abu Dhabi students received a detailed presentation by their Study Skills lecturer, where they learnt the purpose of a Personal Statement, its structure, what to include and what to leave out. They also learnt what plagiarism is and were given guidance on how to avoid it. These students have now started writing the first drafts of their Personal Statements.