Need help with your personal statement?

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CollegeLAH’s volunteer editors are happy to provide personal statement advice to students who are applying to UK Universities this year.  Our volunteers will help to read through your personal statements, and will try their very best to provide you with feedback on the content based on their application experiences

Disclaimer: CollegeLAH’s team is solely made up of students who have pulled through the application processes. We have first hand experiences but we do not claim to be admission gurus. Any comments/feedback given are based on our personal experiences- what worked for us might not be the best possible ways to produce personal statements. The only way to be sure that you’re on the right track is to consult your college’s University Placement Center or MABECS.

Volunteer Editors

1. Commerce (Eg. Economics, Management, Accounting, Finance)

Name	Current Course	Year of Study in 2022/2023	University	I can review personal statements in:
Nathan Ho	Economics	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Economics
Yashwanth Naidu	Economics	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Economics, Accounting, Finance
Arief Shamsul	Economics	2nd Year	University of Warwick	Economics
Ashley Chin Shae Lynn	Economics	2nd Year	University College London	Economics or Economics-related
Kirubaharan Muttusamy	Economics	Graduate	London School of Economics and Political Science	Economics, Finance, History, Politics, Social Sciences
Ain Sofi Binti Muhamad Faizal	International Banking and Finance	1st Year	City, University of London	Actuarial Science, Economics, Finance
How Ting Ta	Accounting and Finance	2nd Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Accounting, Finance, Economics, Management related
Crystal Wu	Bachelor of Commerce	1st Year	University of Melbourne	Economics, Business, Management

2. Law

Name	Current Course	Year of Study in 2022/2023	University	I can review personal statements in:
Lee Zhi Lyn	Law	Incoming 1st Year Student	London School of Economics and Political Science	Law, History, Any
Puteri Adriana binti Abdullah	Law	2nd Year	University of Reading	Law, Accounting
Jing Xin Khaw	Law	3rd Year	University College London	Humanities
Joanna Lim	Law	3rd Year	University of Leeds	Law
Cecilia Yeap Kar Shee	Law	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Law
Jin M’ng Liong	Law	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Law, Social Sciences, Medicine
Nurjennah Mat Amin	Law	3rd Year	University College London	Law, English, English Literature, Media, Drama
Shalini Ai-Lin Prem	Law	Graduate	London School of Economics and Political Science	Law
Victoria Tay	Law	Graduate	London School of Economics and Political Science	Accounting, Finance, Law
Mindy Liew	Honours Law	1st Year	University of Bristol	Law, Humanities, PS of any kind
Patricia Deborah Cheng	BA Anthropology and Law	Deferred Entry To 2023/2024	London School of Economics and Political Science	Law, Social Anthropology
Siow Jia Jeng	Bar Course	Postgraduate	City, University of London	Law

3. Arts & Humanities (E.g. Literature, Politics, History, Languages)

Name	Current Course	Year of Study in 2022/2023	University	I can review personal statements in:
Nixon Leow	Philosophy, Politics and Economics	2nd Year	University of Warwick	Social Sciences, Philosophy, PPE
Cheung Yi Lin	Philosophy, Politics and Economics	2nd Year	University of Warwick	Social Sciences (Ex: Economics, Politics, PPE etc.)
Cassandra Khoo Yuin Ling	English Literature	2nd Year	University College London	English Literature, Law, History
Chang Zhun Lyn	Architecture	3rd Year	University College London	Architecture, Design, Fine Arts

4. Engineering

Name	Current Course	Year of Study in 2022/2023	University	I can review personal statements in:
Sudheish Parameswaran	MEng Engineering (Electrical and Electronic)	3rd Year	University College London	STEM (Ex: Engineering)
Lee Zong Junn	MEng Aeronautical Engineering	2nd Year	Imperial College London	Engineering
Ahmad Adam Bin Mohamad Adan	Chemical Engineering	1st Year	Imperial College London	Science & Engineering related
Andrew Wong Jurn Ming	Chemical Engineering	2nd Year	University College London	Chemical Engineering
Stephen Prashant	Mechanical Engineering	4th Year	Imperial College London	STEM
Liow Jian Fei	Mechanical Engineering	3rd Year	University of Southampton	Engineering
Darshini Jo-Lin Prem	MEng Molecular Bioengineering	2nd Year	Imperial College London	Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biochemical engineering

5. Science

Name	Current Course	Year of Study in 2022/2023	University	I can review personal statements in:
Casey Teo	Biochemistry	1st Year	University College London	Chemistry, Biology Related Sciences (Ex: Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience etc.)
Kaye Tian Hoo	BDS Dentistry	3rd Year	Queen Mary University of London	Medicine, Dentistry
Sofia Dayana binti Borhan	Medicine	4th Year	University of Manchester	Medicine
Chloe Ngu Huey Yi	Mpharm, Master of Pharmacy	2nd Year	The University of Manchester	Pharmacy, Medicine
Jia Qin Khoo	Biomedical Sciences	2nd Year	University College London	Biology Related Sciences, Medicine
Repe Preet Kaur Charanjit Singh	Medicine	Graduate	Queen Mary University of London	Medicine
Beh Chia Shyan	MSc Regenerative Medicine	Postgraduate	The University of Manchester	Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Medicine
Chuah Khang Shin	MSc Health Data Sciences	Postgraduate	The University of Manchester	Biology Related Sciences, Biomedical Sciences
Yi Zhe Koh	PhD Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience	Postgraduate	University of Bristol	Any Biomedical Sciences

6. Mathematics and Technology

Name	Current Course	Year of Study in 2022/2023	University	I can review personal statements in:
Lorraine Tan Yen Ee	Financial Mathematics & Statistics	1st Year	London School of Economics & Political Science	Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science
Joshua Ang	Data Science	1st Year	London School of Economics & Political Science	STEM
Charlene Cha Sze Ning	Actuarial Science	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Actuarial Science, Mathematics
Chow Ee Jun	Actuarial Science	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics

CollegeLAH editors

If you prefer, you may also request that our UK team members edit/comment on your Personal Statement personally. Please bear in mind that if our own editors are congested with applications, they will be forwarded to a volunteer editor with your written consent instead. Likewise, if our volunteer editors are congested, your application may be forwarded to one of our own editors.

Name	Current Course	Year of Study in 2022/2023	University	I can review personal statements in:
Angeline Tan Sue Yin	Economics	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Economics
Lucas Appleton	Law	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Humanities, Economics
Walter Tay You Zhe	Economics	1st Year	London School of Economics and Political Science	Humanities, Economics
Fatini Khadrishah	Neuroscience	1st Year	University of St. Andrews	Neuroscience, Biological Science

How it works?

Send us a copy of your personal statement and the following details to psessaycheck@collegelah.com.

• Name
• Email address
• Current Institution
• Pre-University subjects
• Course of study you are applying for in university
• Intended universities
• Two preferred editors (will only be sent to one)
• College/School’s internal deadline for submission

We will forward your personal statement to your “Preferred Editors” ONLY.  However, in the event that the particular Editor has too many outstanding requests, we will forward your personal statement to another editor with similar credentials with prior written consent from you. Similarly, if you do not state a preferred editor, the personal statement will then be sent to a member of the CollegeLAH Team to be edited. Please do note that the CollegeLAH admin team may view it for administrative purposes.

You will receive an email from the regional correspondent indicating that your personal statement has indeed been forwarded to an editor. Your editor has been told to connect with you within two days upon receiving your personal statement. You can then decide, alongside with your volunteer editor, a suitable timeframe and medium of communication that you both are comfortable on working with. Should there not be any contact from your volunteer after two days, we kindly request that you inform us. Your personal statement will then be reverted to a member of the CollegeLAH Team to be personally edited.

The editor will read through your essay thoroughly and provide you with feedback based on his/her application experience, via email, Google Docs and/or Microsoft Word. The method of correspondence between you and your editor is entirely up to you and his/her discretion. Keep in mind that we are not admissions professionals but students with first hand experiences willing to share with you. It’s always a good idea to check with your university placement center before submitting it!

Don’t worry if you are applying to a course not mentioned above. Our volunteers have agreed to take on other personal statements if required. We are providing this as a free service, and we ask that in return, you ‘like’ and share our Facebook page so that your friends can also benefit from what is shared here. Please do send us a link/screencap showing that you have done so. 🙂 You may opt out if you wish to, there is no obligation on this at all.

We wish you all the best with your UCAS application!