Foundation year personal statement enquiry

Hi, I'm looking to apply for foundation years leading into law as I'm not happy with my UCAS grades as school cut off our chance for extra exams to up them from the year 12 exams. I was wondering as some unis have something like social sciences as a foundation year which can lead into a range of degrees. My personal statment is for law, but would i have to change my personal statment to make it enitrley relevant to the foundation year course?

Hi there @tkkjj ,
Since your personal statement is already made and about law and should illustrate your passion and experience in that field, you shouldn't have to alter it too much, as this should also relate to Social Sciences.
However, I do think some universities like you to talk about your undergraduate course and foundation year, so it might be worth mentioning both, by name, and
talking about what specific topics intrigued you to study the cours(es) at university. You could be more specific about how the foundation year could help you progress and supplement your studies, maybe mentioning some modules or concepts you would learn in the foundation year?
I hope this helps! 😊
Rehman, 2nd Year Accounting and Finance
Student Ambassador

Hi, I'm looking to apply for foundation years leading into law as I'm not happy with my UCAS grades as school cut off our chance for extra exams to up them from the year 12 exams. I was wondering as some unis have something like social sciences as a foundation year which can lead into a range of degrees. My personal statment is for law, but would i have to change my personal statment to make it enitrley relevant to the foundation year course?

Have you applied on UCAS already?
Do you want to do Law?
Are you sure?
So you want to do it this year?

Thats a yes to all of the questions, but i havent applied yet

So it's a no to the first question?

yes

Okay cool, thank you.
I agree with Scotland Yard and Rehman that keeping the PS mainly focused on Law is the right thing to do. If you're applying entirely to foundation years then a couple of sentences explaining what you would hope to gain from a such a course is valid too.
More generally, you say you aren't happy with your UCAS predicted grades and I presume that you have had a conversation with your UCAS referee who has said they won't be making any changes to them? Despite perhaps some evidence of work in your subject that is of a higher standard?
Do your UCAS predicted grades preclude you from lots of law courses entry requirements in the UK or just the universities you had previously wanted to study at?

Thank you for your persistent responses. I have spoken with my UCAS team from sixth form, they're not willing to raise my UCAS grades, the reason i'm not happy was due to my performance in my year 12 mocks, where I just wasn't doing what I needed to do to get my target grades. I have now realised this, and I am fully confident of a much better performance by results day. For now I am making things work, so yes, I have been limited with my university options, and am willing to even take a gap year if my real grades are enough to apply to my aspirational universities.