do the personal statement sections matter

i have addressed all three questions throughout my personal statement but the ideas aren't really split neatly enough between paragraphs so im not sure that if you took each question and the section written underneath it individually, it would answer the question. i hope that makes sense, but basically im wondering if tis a big deal or should i try to restructure it so that each section is distinct. its quite hard because i feel like questions 2 and 3 are interchangeable since what i have written in both is academic - it's just independent so counts as outside of school

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04MR17

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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by emptyteacup

Question 2 isn't just for things inside of school. We've had a lot of people asking whether something should go in Q1, 2 or 3 and the answer is the format is quite flexible. There are ways of making lots of things suit the heading that the content is underneath. I have seen one or two cases of a PS written in the old style that has just been squeezed into the new format in quite a crude way. I think you may need to leave it alone for a few days, come back to it and read it out loud to yourself to look at structure and flow a little bit. :smile: