LSE - what to write for an M.Sc. Personal Statement?

People who have got in for postgrad M.Sc.'s at LSE, can you please tell me what you wrote in your personal statement? What should be in an M.Sc. personal statement? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :smile:

I am applying for M.Sc. in Global History, so anyone who has done an M.Sc. within the department would be particularly helpful to hear from!

Reply 1

Blondin

Hi,

I'm not really in your field, but anyway:

my PS was 1 page long. Basically I wrote about my background, my professional aims (although they quite changed since), and what led me to chose this particular program. Throughout I emphasized on my strenghs, and therefore on why they should take me. When reading it now, it does not seem that good, but I still got my place at LSE.

I think what's important is that they feel you are enthusiastic, and that doing this particular MSc at LSE is percieved as the logical continuation to your past experiences.

Good luck

Thanks!

I agree with the above, that you must write about your achievements and background to give the profs some idea about what you have done already. When you write about your professional aims try to show enthusiasm - but also try to be specific about areas of the subject that interest you and why. It shows you know the topics well - rather than just writing in general terms about being enthusiastic about business/management or whatever. Most applicants say they have always "dreamed of becoming ..... /or ... " !! so avoid this, and try to be more specific about some shorter term aims as well as the ones in the far future.

Reply 4

McBeer

My MSc. personal statement was very "to the point". I used about 1 3/4 of a page on the things I wanted to learn in the two programs I applied for. At the end, I used a paragraph to highlight things that made me a solid candidate for these programs, and how it fit into my overall career plans. It was very straightforward, but seems to have been good enough to get a place in International Relations.

Reply 5

Roll-The-Dice-And-Win

my personal statement was four pages long (about 1400 words)... :smile:

got into LSE (ADMIS) and Imperial (Management)..dunno which course to choose...

Reply 6

Delirium_Phenomena

it says in the faq that its only supposed to be 200 words- is that correct? mine is about 700 and I have written about why I want to continue post grad studies, what i learnt in my BA, my Dissertation, why i want to study at the lse, my future aspirations....

Reply 7

PKU_Research007

Thats incorrect they say up to 1500 words is fine but there is no real limit.

Reply 8

dunnodude

I was just wondering that the online app says 1500 words but the departmental website only says 200 words...im wondering which one to go for

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/statistics/study/prospective/FAQ.aspx

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 9

polo19966

Could you share it?