Get your 2026 new-style personal statement reviewed by a TSR PS reviewer

Please read this first:

* To submit your personal statement for review, please fill in this form *

Once this is done, you should find a thread with your username on it in this private forum. There it will be picked up by one of our Personal Statement Reviewers.

Who runs this service?

The Personal statement review team is made up of DBS-checked community members and TSR Volunteers who use their expertise in their subject areas to review personal statements. The service is led completely by TSR Volunteers, with the support of TSR Community Staff.

What does the personal statement review service offer to students?

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This is a peer-run service managed by UCAS-trained TSR Volunteers who have both considerable experience of reviewing personal statements and have been through the university application process themselves.

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The Student Room's PS Review service has ran in one form or another since 2005, with over 10,000 personal statement reviews completed in that time.

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TSR members submit their final UCAS personal statement draft confidentially into a private forum where only a select group of volunteers and staff members can view the content.

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Our small team have all undergone a DBS check and can be trusted to keep your information safe.

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Service users are provided with an overall review highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of their PS. Including feedback on the content and structure of their personal statement.

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Your personal statement will not be rewritten for you and you are expected to have checked the spelling and grammar before submitting.

What can you expect from the service

1. What we do:
We are a UCAS targeted service. We therefore guarantee reviews for all UCAS undergraduate submissions. Read further below for more details on what we do guarantee. During the main application period we do not have capacity to offer feedback on any postgraduate applications or applications to universities outside the UK.

Your review will be conducted in the form of a scoring sheet, university admissions staff have given us feedback that our scoring system is similar to what some institutions use in their processing of applications.

Please note: We are only able to do one review so please make sure you only submit your final draft. Additional questions may be responded to, but we cannot review further material after our feedback.

We will not remove or delete your PS after it has been submitted for review. Our review service operates using a private forum, your personal statement will not be publicly visible at any point. We also need to maintain an audit trail of who has used our service, useful in ensuring that users do not cheat the system and get multiple reviews (which some people have tried before).

2. What we don't do:
We are not a PS writing service and will not rewrite your statement. We can only work with what you’ve given us.

Please remember that we are a free and impartial service with a very long history of giving people useful feedback. Teachers, parents, careers advisors may tell you different things - but at the end of the day this is your PS and you have control over what advice you listen to. All we ask is that you don't submit to us expecting to only hear positive feedback.

3. What you need to do before you submit a statement:
Read our advice for how to construct a fantastic personal statement.

Make sure you have 3 sections all under 3300 characters.

Proof read your work and make sure you get other people like teachers and friends to read it as well. Please only submit your final draft to us for review.

Please do not post your statement anywhere else on The Student Room or the internet.

Please include all the information asked of you, including which course(s) you are applying to at which institution(s).

4. What will happen to your statement including turnaround times:
If your submission is missing any of the requested details then you will be asked to provide these before a review can be given. Our guarantee on reviewing your PS is dependent on you filling in the required information.

Outside of peak times, we aim to acknowledge your thread within 24 hours and review your statement within 5 working days. Personal Statements submitted to us with deadlines inside a 5 working day period will be turned away.

Please keep all comments or questions in your thread and do not attempt to bump your thread. We will get to you as soon as we can and attempts to get around our system may result in your statement not receiving a review.

5. What happens if there's a problem and who you should contact
Our reviewers are very experienced and are doing this in their own time so please bear with them. If you feel that a reviewer has behaved in an inappropriate manner please do not engage in an argument with them. Instead bring your thread to the attention of the TSR Community Staff by posting here and they will attempt to resolve the situation.

Rudeness and attempts to circumvent our system (including the use of duplicate accounts) will be viewed very seriously and may result in you not receiving a review.

How to become a PS Reviewer
We’re always looking for enthusiastic volunteers and are glad that you’re interested! As reviewers we find this role both rewarding and informative.

If you are interested please create a thread in this private forum here.

(edited 3 months ago)

Reply 60

Lemuelc14

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Is this service open for this year? If so, how would I go about submitting my PS?
Thanks

Reply 61

sulaimanali

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@She-Ra @alleycat393 @usycool1 ^

Thanks for this great service :smile:

Since it's August and the summer break, if we wanted to submit a draft now, could we do so? I know it says on the first page that you should only submit one and that should be your final one but the cycle is not busy yet as it's not Dec/Jan?

Reply 62

Interrobang

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Original post

by Lemuelc14

Is this service open for this year? If so, how would I go about submitting my PS?
Thanks

Yes it is - you need to post here (also see info below next quote)

Original post

by sulaimanali

@She-Ra @alleycat393 @usycool1 ^

Thanks for this great service :smile:

Since it's August and the summer break, if we wanted to submit a draft now, could we do so? I know it says on the first page that you should only submit one and that should be your final one but the cycle is not busy yet as it's not Dec/Jan?

You can submit a draft, but it needs to be a final draft, as we can only guarantee one review, so it needs to be as finished as possible.

Reply 63

username2950448

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Out of curiosity, is this service free again?

Reply 64

alleycat393

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Original post

by Palmyra

Out of curiosity, is this service free again?

It is yes but it's a member benefit so people with more than 100 post get priority.

Reply 65

StevetheIcecube

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Does this service get super busy in late September/early October? This is my college deadline for the application and wanted to check how early I should be posting a final draft in the forum :smile:

Reply 66

Snufkin

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Original post

by StevetheIcecube

Does this service get super busy in late September/early October? This is my college deadline for the application and wanted to check how early I should be posting a final draft in the forum :smile:

I imagine the PS service is at its busiest in early October (the pre-Oxbridge deadline rush), to be safe you should allow 2 weeks for it to be read and reviewed, and to give yourself time to make any changes. Aim for mid-September (that will give you long enough to write a properly drafted personal statement).

Reply 67

Tiaa123

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Hi,
I understand that you can only submit one draft but my PS is around 5000 characters and the help I specifically need is cutting it down, rather than my content. Would it still be okay to submit or do I have to try and cut it down myself before submitting?

Reply 68

Kyalimers

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Original post

by Tiaa123

Hi,
I understand that you can only submit one draft but my PS is around 5000 characters and the help I specifically need is cutting it down, rather than my content. Would it still be okay to submit or do I have to try and cut it down myself before submitting?

Try to cut it down to within +/- 10%. There are plenty of resources to help you on the wiki.

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/university/personal-statements/writing-your-personal-statement

If you dig around, there are subject specific articles as well.

Reply 69

bateaux

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Original post

by alleycat393

It is yes but it's a member benefit so people with more than 100 post get priority.

Does this mean you cannot request for your Personal Statement to be seen if you haven't made 100 posts?

Reply 70

alleycat393

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Original post

by bkalejaiye

Does this mean you cannot request for your Personal Statement to be seen if you haven't made 100 posts?

You can but you may be waiting longer. The minimum wait is 5 working days.

Reply 71

bateaux

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Original post

by alleycat393

You can but you may be waiting longer. The minimum wait is 5 working days.

Could I submit mine now?

Reply 72

alleycat393

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Original post

by bkalejaiye

Could I submit mine now?

If you have your final draft that's under 4000 characters yes.

Reply 73

bateaux

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I have submitted my own personal statement. Hopefully can reviewed as soon as possible

Reply 74

StevetheIcecube

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Should I put anything in the title/post saying about where I'm applying, the course I'm applying to, etc?

Reply 75

alleycat393

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Original post

by StevetheIcecube

Should I put anything in the title/post saying about where I'm applying, the course I'm applying to, etc?

You need to let us know where you are applying yes

Reply 76

She-Ra

OP

Volunteer Team, Universities Forum Helper

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Original post

by quasa

How would I get my statement reviewed on TSR (and how long does it take... on a deadline for friday as I annoyingly working the weekend - ideally I need someone to check grammar (also I am 2 lines and 279 characters over limit :s-smilie:

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You have over the 100 post threshold and are a regular contributor to the site so you would be fast-tracked to the top of the queue :smile:

If it's for medicine or similar you need to submit it today - but please try to get the character limit down further as we can't do that for you. It needs to be your final draft.

Hope this helps :h: