UCAS Personal Statement

Welcome to the UCAS personal statement pages of the Undergraduate Admissions website.

These pages are designed to provide applicants with further information on the importance of a personal statement, and in particular, what LSE is looking for in an applicants personal statement. There is also information on how a statement should be structured, as well as questions you should think about before writing your statement.

Please note that the information provided on these pages are a guideline only on how to write a personal statement and due to the severe level of competition for places at the School there is no guarantee that you would be made an offer of a place, even if you follow these guidelines.

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London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London 
WC2A 2AE

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7955 7125/7170/7763/7124
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7955 6001
Email: ug-admissions@lse.ac.uk

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Contents

General Information
This section gives general advice to applicants on the importance of a personal statement.

What makes a good personal statement?
This provides information on what the Admissions Tutors are looking for in a personal statement.

Writing your personal statement
This section provides information on how your personal statement should be structured.

What is a poor personal statement?
This section gives information on what not to write in your personal statement.

Do's and Don'ts

Frequently Asked Questions

 

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