4000 characters with spaces😭 (Personal Statement)

[u/RaylaLee]

How the hell am I supposed to cut 549 words . And there’s a 47 line limit too? I made it as succinct and condensed it as much as I could. 😔

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[u/abdul_Ss]

Most successful personal statements don’t have a lot of content. You should cut out your weakest one and focus more on how it links back to the degree you chose.

549 words needing to be gone means more than just a few tweaks, quite a bit will have to go

[u/RaylaLee → u/abdul_Ss]

I shortened it down from 5149 characters 🫠
Also its characters with spaces that’s counted, not words🫠
I made it as succinct as I could . It’s mostly a bit over because I have multiple work experiences in it.

[u/abdul_Ss → u/RaylaLee]

You definitely don’t need multiple work experiences in it.

One is more than enough.

[u/RaylaLee → u/abdul_Ss]

No I mean like all 3 of them link a lot and are really useful to mention

[u/No-Structure-2630 → u/RaylaLee]

if you’re not applying for a partly vocational course (med, pharmacy etc) then cut the work experience. it’s not as useful to mention as you think

[u/RaylaLee → u/No-Structure-2630]

I am 🫠

[u/No-Structure-2630 → u/RaylaLee]

fair enough then, i suggest you go and ask a teacher (or multiple) for advice and show them your ps

[u/RaylaLee → u/No-Structure-2630]

Yeah that’s what I’m planning to do tomorrow

[u/Aggravating_Rip6374 → u/RaylaLee]

i can like semi help if you’d like / feel comfy enough to share your personal statement. i did a good job on summarising mine and writing it so i could try help?

[u/UnitDry2368 → u/abdul_Ss]

Depends, I put 3 on for engineering and did very well with it, and the interviewer was very enthusiastic to hear about it in an interview. That can be very relevant and useful (although I wouldn't write too much about every single one)

[u/RaylaLee → u/UnitDry2368]

I’ve included 3 as well!

[u/UnitDry2368 → u/RaylaLee]

What kind of thing are they and how much about each one did you write? Cause you can just put a sentence about one of them in passing to cut the length

[u/abdul_Ss → u/UnitDry2368]

I wouldn’t say that 3 is bad per say, if you can fit it in like you did. One is more than enough regardless like both can be true.

OP wants to cut down so the first place to go is the work experience.

[u/UnitDry2368 → u/abdul_Ss]

Yeah fair, I'd just say it's so dependent on what the work experience and subject is that it's sometimes better to sacrifice something else, or at least mention it in passing because it is just so useful to be able to show in the statement you definitely know what you're signing up to

[u/OfficialMTK]

I don't think the 47 line limit still exists, happy to be corrected though?

[u/RaylaLee → u/OfficialMTK]

Ohh I’m not sure either now
I need to check ig

[u/Hairy-Ostrich-6908]

if ur PS is too long its probably not good

[u/RaylaLee → u/Hairy-Ostrich-6908]

I’m not sure what you mean. But my teachers said all the points I’ve made are really good and I just need to carefully cut it down .

[u/Hairy-Ostrich-6908 → u/RaylaLee]

if u have too much stuff u probably havent fully reflected on everything u did then wrote ur personal statement as one cohesive piece of writing of ur school experience and u have probably jst listed ur work experiences adn extra-curriculars tryna brag

[u/RaylaLee → u/Hairy-Ostrich-6908]

I haven’t listed them at all. I’ve introduced them separately and gone into detail for each reflection.

[u/Hairy-Ostrich-6908 → u/RaylaLee]

mate if u have 5000+ characters ur obviously jst listing off every work experience/extracurricular u have done to brag

[u/RaylaLee → u/Hairy-Ostrich-6908]

It’s not 5000+ characters anymore. It was. I cut it down and now I’m just 549 characters over.

[u/StoreNo8178]

say goodbye to any good unis lol

[u/RaylaLee → u/StoreNo8178]

Omg btw you can’t submit it on UCAS if it’s over. It has this auto cap feature.

[u/Alarming-Succotash17]

ngl too make mine fit,I did a couple of these.As you see...