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Land Economy and International management personal statement

Hi! I want to apply for Land Economy course in Cambridge and International Management as my other 4 choices. I'm struggling to write the person statement because on one hand the courses are similar but on the other their focus is completely different.

I know there is "MyCApp" but it should be no more than 1200 characters. I am afraid I won't have enough space to write about everything I did for Land Economy in MyCApp.

I don't know if I can write something about Land Economy in my main person statement (this will be on International Management)
because I think it should focus On business aspects. But at the same time I feel like there is still some relevant topics in Land economy for international management course, like law or sustainability. So I want to include land economy staff in my personal statement but I don’t know if my 4 uni choices would want to see anything like that. I hope it makes sense.
Could you give me some advice please?

I am studying Economics, History and Spanish if that helps. Thank you so much.
Original post by Kriqwer
Hi! I want to apply for Land Economy course in Cambridge and International Management as my other 4 choices. I'm struggling to write the person statement because on one hand the courses are similar but on the other their focus is completely different.

I know there is "MyCApp" but it should be no more than 1200 characters. I am afraid I won't have enough space to write about everything I did for Land Economy in MyCApp.

I don't know if I can write something about Land Economy in my main person statement (this will be on International Management)
because I think it should focus On business aspects. But at the same time I feel like there is still some relevant topics in Land economy for international management course, like law or sustainability. So I want to include land economy staff in my personal statement but I don’t know if my 4 uni choices would want to see anything like that. I hope it makes sense.
Could you give me some advice please?

I am studying Economics, History and Spanish if that helps. Thank you so much.


Hi there
Is this for an Undergraduate course?

Remember Cambridge/Oxford prefer an 80/20 split of academic vs extra-curricular in the personal statement.

You only write one personal statement which is then read by each university you apply to, so if you are applying for more than one subject (or it's a combined course) it's crucial that you include common themes or reference the overall requirements for all subjects.

You can include work experience/books read/academic further learning outside of school that may cover all courses to satisfy this in the personal statement.

Hope this helps,
Cheese :bump:

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