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St Andrews Personal Statement

Hi, I am applying to four other Sociology courses through Ucas along with Social Anthropology at St. Andrews. I have written my statement to fit both courses, with close attention to the skills required and modules provided, however I do not mention "Social Anthropology" by name. Do you think this will be a deal-breaker for the admissions officer?

Reply 1

_Steve

I applied to St Andrews' IR programme while applying for Politics/Politics and Philosophy at other universities, and made zero specific mention of IR in my PS. I got accepted.

If you want, I can send you my PS, though I doubt it'll be worth much.

Reply 2

Martins1

Having attended talks on Social Anthropology at St. Andrews, it seemed to me that they are very aware of the fact that most other places do the two courses separately. They certainly will not require you to include their subject title in your PS, as long as you talked about the relevant stuff