<p>Hello, so I'm kind of confused about this. I heard that the Personal Statement is basically just your resume in essay form. Is this true? </p>
<p>Also, is it also true that I'll be using this one personal statement to apply to five colleges? I say this because when I read some of the college websites, they say that my personal statement should talk about my interest in their "program". If that's the case, does that mean that I have to apply to the same program for every school? So I can't just do History at LSE and Economics at Warwick?'</p>
<p>The ideal applicant for UK universities is very focussed on the one subject they want to study. Do you understand that you apply for a single course (which will usually consist of a single subject - though some joint honours degrees do exist but you cannot choose your own combination of subjects. You have to select from the joint honours courses listed)?</p>
<p>There is nothing to stop you applying for History at LSE and Economics at Warwick, but you can only write one personal statement, which will no doubt lack focus and get you rejected from both. No UK student would dream of doing this. If you cannot decide on a subject, the UK is not for you. (Now someone will come along and say there is more variation at Scottish universities. There is - a tiny tiny bit more. It’s still nothing like US colleges).</p>
<p>You personal statement is not exactly your resume but wording which demonstrates your interests in studying one subject. Along the lines of “I would like to study subject X because…”. No personal journeys, no ECs unless specifically related to the subject you are applying for.</p>
<p>Have you been to -the-student-room? It’s a UK website like this one, which may help you.</p>
<p>@cupcake Thanks for the informative answer! I think I understand now. </p>
<p>I have another question, if you don’t mind. Let’s say I want to apply to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics to all my UK universities. Does that mean in the essay that I should devote segments of the personal statement to each of these subjects (I want to do philosophy because…I want to do politics because…etc), or should I be more general? </p>
It depends on you. I would mention all three subjects if possible. But if maybe you have lots of experience in Politics for example (such as campaigning or something) write mostly about that and then say why you think the other subjects are a great combination with it. The personal statement is personal, so your circumstances may differ.