UCAS personal statement · question 3 of 3
What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful?
The three answers share 4,000 characters, and this one needs at least 350.
What UCAS says to cover
- Work experience, jobs or volunteering.
- Responsibilities and personal experiences, such as caring for a family member.
- Activities, achievements and anything since leaving education, each with why it is useful for the course.
UCAS's examples include super-curricular activities, Young Enterprise, shadowing, MOOCs, trips to museums or sites linked to your course, podcasts and talks, and Duke of Edinburgh. UCAS guidance
What a reader looks for
- What you did. Work, volunteering, responsibilities or activities outside education, named and specific.
- Why it is useful. What each experience taught you, and why that matters for this course.
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What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful?
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