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PhD Personal Statement

IrishMark · 2012-03-29 15:59:14

Hi all, I'm currently applying for a PhD and one of the universities I'm applying to has asked for a personal statement of about 500 words. I've applied to other universities already, but the maximum length of a personal statement required would have been about 500 characters. So, I was wondering if anyone could give me…

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29-03-2012 4:59pm

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IrishMark

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Hi all,
I'm currently applying for a PhD and one of the universities I'm applying to has asked for a personal statement of about 500 words. I've applied to other universities already, but the maximum length of a personal statement required would have been about 500 characters.

So, I was wondering if anyone could give me tips on what a personal statement in support of a PhD application should include (the subject is English).

Many thanks,
Mark.

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