Medicine Personal Statement

Get expert advice from university tutors on how to structure your UCAS personal statement for medical or dental school. Boost your chances of getting an interview.

We can help you write and check your personal statement for medicine and dentistry

UCAS personal statement services for students applying to medicine and dentistry

  • You can choose the option of a session with Dr. Mannan online via live interactive webinar.

  • We teach check what must include and what you should not include

  • We will review your work experience, voluntary work, extra circular activities and awards.

  • Gain expert tips on how to make your personal statement stand out

  • Talk about your motivation, reflect on your achievements and engage the admissions tutor.

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What is covered in our UCAS Personal Statement Services for Medicine and Dentistry?

  • We check how the university will use your UCAS personal statement

  • An overview of what is essential to include in your personal statement for medicine

  • The format of the UCAS personal statement

  • What you must not include in your personal statement

  • Tips on how to brainstorm and gather ideas and thoughts (personal sessions).

  • The first paragraph and how to make this insightful

  • What not to put in the first paragraph

  • Your motivation for medicine and how to demonstrate this

  • Things you must not mention whilst writing about your motivation for medicine

  • How to include extenuating circumstances

  • How to write about work experience and voluntary work

  • Qualities of a doctor and how you can demonstrate some of these on your UCAS personal statement

  • How to structure your sentences and reflect on what you have learnt

  • How to write about activities at school and any academic interests

  • How to mention extracurricular activities as well as awards and achievements outside school

  • The final paragraph and how not to end on a cliff edge or abruptly

  • What you must check before your final submission

So how do I start writing my UCAS personal statement for medicine or dentistry?

There are a few common themes that medical and dental schools are looking out for so here is a list of things you need to cover. Medical and dental schools are not simply looking for a list, but also reflection on what you have seen and learnt and how it can be transferred to some of the skills of a doctor (or dentist)

  • Motivation for a career in medicine. Why you have decided you want to become a doctor.

  • If you are applying to dentistry, evidence of manual dexterity.

  • Your research into the demanding nature and requirements for a career in medicine. So, what have you done to make sure this is the right career for you?

  • Demonstration of the caring as well as scientific side of medicine, perhaps through suitable work experience. What patients have you come across that help illustrate this?

  • Evidence of participation in activities which demonstrate teamwork, leadership and other communication skills essential for being a doctor. Include all those badges and positions you have had at college and sixth form.

  • Your participation in a suitable range of extracurricular activities and interests. Have any of these given you any skills which could be useful to you as a doctor or medical student?

  • The presence of awards or achievements outside normal academia.

Get your UCAS personal statement checked by a doctor who is a medical school tutor.

  • We will check your statement and make sure it covers all the relevant areas. We cover all UK medical schools including Scottish, private and Oxbridge.

  • We will advise you on what you need to remove and anything that has no value or can harm your application

  • Advise you on the structure of your application, reflection of your experience and how to engage the admissions tutor.

  • We will ensure you have given sufficient credit to all your personal achievements and help you write this in a positive way.

  • If you let us know which medical schools you are applying for, we will ensure that your personal statement covers any publicly available criterion available.

  • If you are applying to Oxbridge, we will help you write the statement to a more advanced level, helping show the tutor that you can critically think and independently evaluate your ideas.

  • We can help you if you have a disability or illness. We can offer guidance for your referee if requested.

  • There is much more than we can list that goes into checking a personal statement.

Why should you choose Blue Peanut to check your UCAS statement?

  • Your personal statement will be checked by Dr. Mannan and Dr. Khan. We have Medical Education qualifications at Masters level. No one else does this.

  • Our team is totally in house and can offer you personal support and pastoral care.

  • Every student is an individual – we do not use generic templates. We offer advice based on your unique circumstances, just as we treat each patient as an individual.

  • Watch out for providers who will write the statement from scratch for you. Not only this is a breach of the UCAS regulations, but the software used to check plagiarism may catch you out.

  • We help you write your personal statement in your own words. Not in the words of a Ph.D. student. As your statement is increasingly being reviewed at interview and they will ask you to talk about what you have written, this is critical.

How do I book the personal statement service?

 

We offer you several options to choose from: -

  • You can email your draft statement to us and our doctors will check it for you and provide you with personal feedback.

  • You can book a one hour tutor session with our doctors who can help you gather your ideas and write your first draft. After you have completed your first draft, you can email this to us and we check it again.

  • We can help check Oxbridge personal statements that need to be written at an advanced level.

Our personal statement services are coming soon. Once payment has been made, please email your draft statement to us at support@bluepeanut.co.uk indicating your order number. For tutor sessions, we will get back to you to make an appointment. Please read our terms and conditions of booking.