PG Personal Statement Length

Hi,

Does anyone know the exact maximum character/word count for a postgraduate personal statement to the School of Life Sciences? :smile:

Is it the same as undergrad or do we get more words/characters for PG (I hope so!)?

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mnot

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Original post by CTLeafez

Hi,

Does anyone know the exact maximum character/word count for a postgraduate personal statement to the School of Life Sciences? :smile:

Is it the same as undergrad or do we get more words/characters for PG (I hope so!)?

i applied for the mech engineering school, but u get way more words than ucas. I applied last august and mine was 3 pages in word i think and there was room for a lot more if required

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Reply 2

CTLeafez

Original post by malcolmmarecki

i applied for the mech engineering school, but u get way more words than ucas. I applied last august and mine was 3 pages in word i think and there was room for a lot more if required

Usual font size too e.g. 14?

That's good! Makes writing up the rough draft a lot easier, don't need to worry about cutting a load out.

Thanks :h:

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mnot

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Original post by CTLeafez

Usual font size too e.g. 14?

That's good! Makes writing up the rough draft a lot easier, don't need to worry about cutting a load out.

Thanks :h:

yea, think i did size 12, it was typed into paragraphs etc, but more than enough space.

I found all Unis i applied to for PG also gave room for larger essays (compared to UCAS)