Top 10 tips for your best personal statement
Here are our top 10 tips on how to prepare your best possible personal statement:
- Review the instructions on what to include in your Personal Statement, and its purpose in your application.
- Treat your Personal Statement as a professional interview done in writing.
- Tell us the stories behind your accomplishments, so we can get to know you.
- Explain how your skills and experiences have prepared you for Law School.
- Tell us why you want to study law.
- Explain why the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is your first choice.
- Use your Personal Statement to show us that you are a persuasive writer.
- Leave yourself lots of time to write, review, proofread, and revise.
- Pay attention to punctuation and formatting, and use paragraph breaks; a solid wall of text is difficult to read and shows an inability to structure a piece of writing.
- Be authentic, sincere, and genuine鈥攁 personal statement should be personal!
