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PERSONAL STATEMENT EXAMPLES Sociology personal statements

Discover personal statement examples written by students accepted onto sociology and related courses. Read through the examples to help shape your own personal statement.

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Submitted by Jasmine

Sociology Personal Statement

One of my greatest desires is to analyse, evaluate and explain. I wou...

Submitted by Sammah

Sociology and Politics Personal Statement

Being a young adult, the repercussions of the UK leaving the EU will ...

Submitted by Beth

Sociology Personal Statement

Oscar Wilde simply stated, ‘Society exists only as a mental concept; ...

Submitted by India

Sociology Personal Statement

Sociology is a subject that will always be around us, will always be ...

Submitted by Beth

Sociology Personal Statement

Sociology to me is a way of understanding other people's norms and be...

Submitted by Laury

Sociology Personal Statement

The world in which we live is regularly in flux. Not only do phenomen...

Sociology Personal Statement Advice

Writing a personal statement for sociology is a chance to portray yourself as the ideal student for the degree. It’s a place to describe your skills and strengths, as well as goals or ambitions. There’s a character count of 4000 for a politics and sociology personal statement sent through UCAS, and the same version goes to every course that you apply for. That’s why it’s so important to get your social science personal statement just right. Good sociology personal statements always use evidence to support their claims. You need to convince admissions tutors that you’re a good match for the programme, so if you claim to be committed or inquisitive, then use examples from your life to back it up. The best psychology and sociology personal statements have been planned in advance, drafted, proof-read and edited. Don’t just send off the first thing you write! What do you love about the subject? Pick out specific topics from your A Level courses and explain what you found so compelling about them in your psychology and sociology personal statement. Have your hobbies helped you develop skills for the degree? A history and sociology personal statement could include details about a reenactment group you’ve been to, or a lecture at your local museum. Do you have any relevant work experience? A week interning at a legal firm would be impressive in a law and sociology personal statement.How about extra reading? If you just finished a biography of Burke and Hare, you might want to discuss some of the issues from it in your sociology criminology personal statement.