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Personal Statements

Need to write the perfect UCAS statement?

Then you need Paul Telfer's best-selling book, Personal Statements. Now in its third edition, it has helped thousands of sixth formers achieve places at top universities, including Oxford and Cambridge.

Recommended by The Daily Telegraph and described in The Times as 'the essential guide to success', the 76-page guide has won outstanding reviews from sixth formers, parents, teachers and universities. Writing a top-class UCAS personal statement used to be difficult, time-consuming and stressful. Not any more!

"The best UCAS statement we have seen."

- Oxford University admissions tutor to successful Earth Sciences applicant and Personal Statements customer Michael Cooper.

"We recommend this book to all our students. Time and again it has produced individual statements of excellence."

- Dr. Alan Goodall, Head of Sixth Form, Yarm School.

"I felt I had too much to say. This book helped me choose the right things and put them in the best order."

- Philip Cuff, Economics and Management, Oxford University.

"Without Personal Statements I wouldn't have known where to start, and I don't think I'd be where I am now!"

- Lynne Sykes, Medicine. Sheffield University

"..the examples of personal statements helped secure their authors an offer from their first-choice university. They clearly illustrate the virtues of Mr Telfer's advice on being specific, conveying enthusiasm, writing clearly, avoiding clichés, demonstrating maturity and sticking to what you know."

- John Clare, Education Editor, The Daily Telegraph.

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UCAS Personal Statements book Personal Statements is available from high street bookshops at £14.99. Our online price is just £12.99, including postage to UK addresses. To order by credit card or PayPal, click the button below. If you have problems with your credit card transaction, or you'd like to place an overseas order, contact us for help!


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