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This personal statement was part of this student’s successful application to Durham University, King’s College London and University of Sussex for Geography. I traveled extensively when I was young and am privileged to have experienced many countries different from my own. Despite it being an unfamiliar subject in Malaysia generally, I was keen to study Geography and findContinue reading “Geography Personal Statement (Anonymous 1)”

Puah Yi En is currently studying Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London. Yi En completed her A-Levels at Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar and is graduating in 2023.  This personal statement was part of her successful application to Imperial College London, University of Bristol, University of Manchester, University of Bath and University of Southampton for Aeronautical Engineering. The invention ofContinue reading “Aeronautical Engineering Personal Statement (Puah Yi En)”

This personal statement was part of this student’s successful application to University of Cambridge, Durham University, Imperial College London, UCL  and University of Bath for Chemical Engineering. Families living in most rural areas of Malaysia lack access to potable water. Whilst shadowing a professor at the University of Malaya, I was introduced to the possibility of solving waterContinue reading “Chemical Engineering Personal Statement (Anonymous 3)”

Ng Siew Wen is currently studying Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. Siew Wen completed her A-Levels at Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar and is graduating in 2023.  This personal statement was part of her successful application to Imperial College London, University of Bath, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham and University of Manchester for Chemical Engineering. MyContinue reading “Chemical Engineering Personal Statement (Ng Siew Wen)”

Fatihah Almira is currently studying Economics and Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick. Fatihah completed her A-Levels at KYUEM and is graduating in 2022.  This personal statement was part of her successful application to the University of Warwick, UCL (Economics), LSE (Economics) and St. Andrews (Economics). I want to live in a world that is inclusive, sustainable,Continue reading “Economics and Global Sustainable Development Personal Statement (Fatihah Almira)”

Edmund Kong is currently studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at the London School of Economics. Edmund completed his A-Levels at Sunway University and is graduating in 2023.  This personal statement was part of his successful application to  and LSE, King’s College London and University of Warwick for PPE.  Stepping into my father’s BMW, I watched asContinue reading “Philosophy, Politics and Economics Personal Statement (Edmund Kong)”

Khalif Shahriman is currently studying BSc Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Khalif completed his A-Levels at KYUEM and is graduating in 2022.  This personal statement was part of his successful application to LSE, UCL, Durham University and Loughborough University for Economics. Throughout my pre-college break, I volunteered at a Human Trafficking shelterContinue reading “Economics Personal Statement (Khalif Shahriman)”

Isabel Chan is currently an undergraduate studying Dentistry at King’s College London. She completed her A-Levels at Kolej Tuanku Ja’afar and is graduating in 2024.  This personal statement was part of her successful application to King’s College London and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry for Dentistry.  The maxillofacial surgeon was bent in concentration,Continue reading “Dentistry Personal Statement (Isabel Chan)”

Faris Shamsur is currently studying Data Science at the University of Warwick. Faris completed his A-Levels at KYUEM and is graduating in 2022.  This personal statement was part of his successful application to Warwick (Computer Science & Data Science) and UCL (Computer Science). The first time I solved a Rubik’s cube, I felt accomplished for havingContinue reading “Computer Science Personal Statement (Faris Shamsur)”

This personal statement was part of this student’s successful application to Oxford University, UCL, University of Edinburgh, University of Bristol and University of Sheffield for Biomedical Sciences.  In ‘An Anthropologist on Mars’, Sacks describes the strange yet wonderful capabilities of the human mind to make radical – or as he describes, ‘creative’ – changes and adaptations when exposedContinue reading “Biomedical Science (Anonymous 2)”