Oxford from the Inside #42: Writing a Personal Statement: Modern Languages

In our latest episode, Ellis interviews incoming fourth year Kirsten about writing a personal statement for Modern Languages. Stay tuned to find out what you should do, what you shouldn't do, and what we wish we would have done. You don't want to miss it!
Timestamps:
00:42 - How do you feel looking back on your personal statement?
02:48 - How difficult did you find writing your personal statement?
04:38 - What pushed you to apply to Oxford when the course you were applying to was different elsewhere?
08:40 - Do you think it’s important to have a punchy opening sentence?
11:13 - What’s your favourite thing that you put in your personal statement?
16:47 - Did you do anything specifically to put it on your personal statement?
21:15 - How did you approach structuring your personal statement?
25:18 - Did you have support when you were writing your personal statement?
27:58 - Has your opinion of your degree changed since you wrote your personal statement?
30:50 - What’s been your favourite thing about your degree?
33:05 - What would your advice be to someone who’s about to undertake writing a personal statement?
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[@anne-luciebugain5298]

This was super helpful thank you!

[@o_felipe_reis]

What a great video! Regards from Brazil! ;-)