In our latest episode, Ellis interviews incoming fourth year Kirsten about writing a personal statement for Modern Languages. Stay tuned to find out what you should do, what you *shouldn't* do, and what we wish we would have done. You don't want to miss it! 

Timestamps:

00:42 - How do you feel looking back on your personal statement? 

02:48 - How difficult did you find writing your personal statement? 

04:38 - What pushed you to apply to Oxford when the course you were applying to was different elsewhere? 

08:40 - Do you think it’s important to have a punchy opening sentence? 

11:13 - What’s your favourite thing that you put in your personal statement? 

16:47 - Did you do anything specifically to put it on your personal statement? 

21:15 - How did you approach structuring your personal statement?

25:18 - Did you have support when you were writing your personal statement? 

27:58 - Has your opinion of your degree changed since you wrote your personal statement? 

30:50 - What’s been your favourite thing about your degree?

33:05 - What would your advice be to someone who’s about to undertake writing a personal statement? 

Resources - Course information: https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses-listing/modern-languages