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How do I sign up for the StudyZones UCAS Services?

First you need to have a free StudyZones account, sign up here. Once you are a StudyZones member and you are signed in, you will be able to select from the UCAS services, and order through the safe, secure and easy to use Google Checkout.

How will I receive the UCAS Personal Statement samples?

You will be able to view and download all UCAS Personal Statements online, critiqued and edited by our UCAS experts, using your StudyZones UCAS account to sign into the UCAS Zone.

What exactly does the editing service consist of?

Upload your UCAS Personal Statement to a StudyZones UCAS expert who will provide detailed feedback and editing where needed.
After spending time revising and enhancing your essay with your editors suggestions in mind, you can upload a new draft for a second round of editing and critique. All subsequent drafts to this revised draft are priced at £4.99 per uploaded draft.
Within 7 days after your draft is returned, you can ask your UCAS expert any questions you may have.
Access to over 300 example UCAS Personal Statements critiqued and edited by a UCAS expert
A comprehensive 100 page 'E-Guide to Application to British Universities'.

What exactly is a UCAS expert?

All of our UCAS experts have many years experience advising students on university application within an academic institution as a full time teacher.
For example, one StudyZones UCAS expert was Head of Economics and Politics at Tonbridge School (one of the leading boys' boarding schools in the country and is highly respected internationally) between 1981 and 2001, as well as Head of Sixth Form. In the latter capacity he was responsible for the administration of applications to university through UCAS, and has advised generations of students on course and university choices, on the completion of their application forms, on their gap year plans, and on their preparation for interviews, including those at Oxford and Cambridge colleges.

How long will it take?

Your UCAS Personal Statement will be returned best case within 48 hours.

Will my uploaded UCAS Personal Statement ever be made public?

Unlike many lesser editing services available via the Internet, StudyZones will never make your UCAS Personal Statement available to the public.

What about Oxbridge applications?

We do accept Oxbridge Personal Statements and uploads will be allocated to a Oxbridge UCAS expert.

What format will the uploaded document have to be?

StudyZones accept .doc (Microsoft Word), .odt (Open Office), .txt (text file), .rtf (Rich Text Format).

What if I encounter difficulties uploading my UCAS Personal Statement?

Support is available 24/7 via email. If for some reason you are unable to upload via a web browser, you can always email it to us.

Is there any system requirements I need to use this service?

You need only access to the Internet via a browser. Adobe Flash 9 and Acrobat Reader are recommended but not essential.

What methods of payment do you accept and will the transaction be secure?

StudyZones accepts major credit and debit cards, including VISA, MasterCard, Switch/Maestro, and Solo and uses a fast, secure checkout process via Google Checkout.

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StudyZones UCAS Services

Access to over 300 UCAS Personal statements editing and critiqued by the experts

Examples

Gain access to over 370 example UCAS Personal Statements covering a diverse range of subject areas. Every UCAS Personal Statement has been critiqued and edited by a UCAS expert, with every draft uploaded being improved upon until the final draft is ready for submission to UCAS.
You will also gain access to a comprehensive 100 page 'E-Guide to Application to British Universities' written by a StudyZones UCAS expert who has advised generations of students on the UCAS application process.

Editing

Upload your UCAS Personal Statement to a StudyZones UCAS expert who will provide detailed feedback and editing where needed.

Our UCAS experts have over 20 years experience with university applications within academic institutions as full time teachers where they have been responsible for the administration of applications to university through UCAS, advising generations of students on course and university choices, on the completion of their application forms, personal statement, on their gap year plans, and on their preparation for interviews, including those at Oxford and Cambridge colleges.
After spending time revising and enhancing your essay with your editors suggestions in mind, you can upload a new draft for a second round of editing and critique for as little as £9.99 per uploaded draft. During this time you can ask your UCAS expert any questions you may have, and your Personal Statements will never be made public. This service is also packaged with over 300 example UCAS Personal Statements. Every UCAS Personal Statement has been critiqued and edited by a UCAS expert, with every draft uploaded being improved upon until the final draft is ready for submission to UCAS. As a a bonus, you will also receive a comprehensive 100 page 'E-Guide to Application to British Universities'.

UCAS Questions & Answers

Nursing Personal Statement advice

Asked by NobodyElseWill | Oct 15, 2009

Q: I am writing my nursing personal statement for nursing and i would like to emphasis that i have had a few years of looking for jobs but without giving them a wrong impression, also I have a learning difficulty should i mention this in my ps and ucas form?

Answer:

It is of course essential that you don't give the mpression that nursing is a last resort. Hence your Personal Statement should be dominated by positive reasons why you are applying for a nursing degree. You refer to 'a few years looking for jobs'. If you didn't get any of them, don't mention them. If you did get any of them, put the emphasis, wherever possible, on links with nursing. this will probably be best done by focusing upon skills and personal qualities. Hence, you might make reference to the transferability of any of these to nursing. So the emphasis might be on factors such as stamina and 'stickability', teamwork, energy, enthusiasm, acceptance of responsibility and leadership skills, empathy, flexibility, developing maturity, realism, capacity to work under pressure, practical abilities. etc.

On the question of a learning difficulty, it depends on what is, and whether it really affects your work and capacity for study. If it is minor, I wouldn't mention it. If it's more than this, however, the UCAS form itself has a section where you can explain it. Best of all is if you persuade your referee to include in his/her reference rather than your PS.

I hope this is helpful. Good luck with your application.

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