This document provides a guide for students to follow to aid them in writing their Personal Statements for UCAS. Part 1: requires students to carry out some research about their course/courses they are applying for so they have some ideas of what they need to focus their statement around. Part 2: Prompt questions questions that will help build their personal statement. These prompts are based on what university admission officers are looking for in their future students. Recommended use: Students research the skills the course/ university is looking for . Make noes on where they have demonstrated these skills in their subjects as well as outside of their learning (in and out of school). Under each prompt bullet point evidence for each question. turning bullet points in to elaborated sentences and paragraphs.