LSE Management PG Personal Statement examples

Why not simply google "personal statements management master's"? I doubt the LSE program is so different of is offered elsewhere that it needs a specific statement of purpose. Just make sure you respect any rough guidelines sometimes mentioned on the webpages such as maximum length, and use what you find as inspiration for yours.

In any case, for taught master's statements of purpose do not play a big role in admission decisions and they are unlikely to make or break your application. Go straight to the point and do not waste too much time on it. Unless told otherwise, write less than a page.

Why not simply google "personal statements management master's"? I doubt the LSE program is so different of is offered elsewhere that it needs a specific statement of purpose. Just make sure you respect any rough guidelines sometimes mentioned on the webpages such as maximum length, and use what you find as inspiration for yours.

In any case, for taught master's statements of purpose do not play a big role in admission decisions and they are unlikely to make or break your application. Go straight to the point and do not waste too much time on it. Unless told otherwise, write less than a page.

I have to disagree a little with you Ghost. A statement of purpose especially for an institution such as the LSE can sway an applicants success as the strongest candidates apply and most applicants are homogenous.

My undergraduate institution is not great (Middlesex University) and I was offered a place for the MSc Management, Organisations and Governance which is a alot more competitive than the MSc Management masters and my lecturers where extremely impressed with my personal statement.

With regards to the OP's question; write a personal statement of about a page and a half to 2 pages. No BS and Concise. It should also include a paragraph on how the masters will elevate future career prospects near the end.

Finally I think that academic reference are crucial in making or breaking an application. If your professors can differentiate you from other pupils and describe that in your statement of purpose then that would be incredibly useful.

Ha, Management, Org. and Governance is exactly the course I want to apply for! It really offers everything that I need, and hopefully I can give something back to the uni as well. I'm graduating in 2013 from the University of Exeter, which is still a top 10 uni, and 8th for business, plus I have done stuff on the side, such as a several month PwC-sponsored business project, and I've just finished a 2 month internship in a big advertising agency. I've also secured myself a position on a society committe in third year. You reckon stuff like that is any good for LSE? I could probably get a 1st if I tried a bit harder this year, although for some reason I think a 2.1 is (maybe) more realistic. You think there's any useful advice you could give me? Seeing as you're on the same course I want to get into, any info would be extremely valuable could you by any chance send me your PS just to have a broad model of what a successful one looks like, at least for the specific course? You have no idea how much I'd appreciate that, SkyScraper!

Try harder and get a first. This is almost always the first screen. Even if courses say a 2:1 minimum, if they are very competitive you may find that effectively you need a first to be considered.