Personal Statement (PS) 2026 Entry
What is changing with personal statements?
Personal statements are changing from one longer text to three separate sections, each with a different question to help shape the focus of students' answers. Each section will have a minimum character count of 350 characters, which is clearly labelled on the question boxes and an overall character counter, to ensure students know if they're on track. The new web page for submitting the personal statement will also feature helpful on-page guidance for each question.
The new questions are as follows:
Why do you want to study this course or subject?
How have your qualifications and studies helped you to prepare for this course or subject?
What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful?
What isn’t changing?
The personal statement will still be 4000 characters in total; this includes spaces.
The content of the personal statement will remain broadly the same - it will just be split across three sections rather than one longer piece of text. The expectation for what students need to cover within the personal statement is mostly unchanged from current guidance. “
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How can MBBS Admissions UK help?
Our review service remains unchanged, we will guide you through each of the questions, ensuring you remain within the word count while developing a high-quality statement that encompasses all the qualities the medical schools are looking for.
Many medical and dental schools use the PS to shortlist candidates, some use them in the interview. Regardless of how the universities use them, you will still need to complete the PS part on UCAS.
All teaching and reviews will be conducted by Dr Afrosa Ahmed with her 30 years of Medical expertise as an NHS Doctor and Medical Educator, with previous teaching posts at medical schools including UCL and King's College London. As a long-standing and current Medical School Interviewer, she has extensive insight into what the admissions committee look for. In addition, she has a strong literary background as a writer for the renowned worldwide Micheal O’ Mara Publishers, with her latest book ‘Mindful Healing.’
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