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UCAS personal statement: the 4,000-character formula
What to include, what to cut, and how to write for 5 universities at once.
Earthlink Editorial • 13 January 2026 • 1 min read
80% subject-focused, 20% super-curricular and extracurricular. Admissions tutors decide within the first paragraph whether to keep reading.
Structure: hook, academic curiosity with evidence (books, MOOCs, projects), super-curricular exploration, extracurricular skills, closing forward-look.
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