Reading my Master's Personal Statement (Postgraduate) | King's College London

Reading my Master's Personal Statement (Postgraduate) | King's College London | Atousa

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it's almost been a year since I was making applications to postgraduate courses, and since it's that time when students are starting to apply for master's, PhD's and other post graduate courses, I thought it would be a good idea to make a video where I share with you my personal statement that I wrote last year when I was making applications to King's College London to study translational cancer medicine! This is more of a light and chatty video but I have also created a video talking about how to choose and apply which university to study a postgraduate or master's course at, as well as a video talking about how to write a personal statement. Both of those will be linked here and they should be a lot more informative! I hope you enjoy this video!
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@atousa5752 3 жыл бұрын

hey everyone, I hope this been helpful for you! :) I also have a for you to my art store in the description! have a great day xo

@ibrahimadam6866 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. You are an amazing person

@kR1StYna94 3 жыл бұрын

I'm applying for a Master's degree in International Relations. I paused so many times because once you've mentioned something, my head was flooded my ideas about my own motivation and work experience. There was a spark I didn't have before watching your video. Now I have an authentic letter of motivation! Thank you much!

@mariemirian7798 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Great information for writing a personal statement! Thank you so much Atousa!

@katilati8705 5 жыл бұрын

It`s so nice to see a person so passionate about science as I personally am. Thank you so much for putting this passion in to words. It helped me a lot with my application :)

@mariaclaratrujillo8433 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Atousa!! The structure of the questions and this example will help me so much. I wrote one before I saw your video, and after watching it, I think I should rewrite it. I've had so much anxiety because words just don't seem to be working for me! YOU ARE SUPER LOVELY! GRACIAS!!

@hhhhhh7418 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Very helpful. And I really love your energy♥Your charisma lightened up this video along with useful tips.

@butterfly22432 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this video! i’m applying for some postgraduate programs in the UK and this is very helpful!

@noorzanaid 3 жыл бұрын

I've been given a conditional offer to SOAS and KCL and I'm still waiting on LSE and UCL. I swear it's all thanks to your videos, I don't have the best GPA but I felt so confident in my personal statement. THANK YOU!!!

@huehuula22 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this :) you make me have hope :)

@noorzanaid Ай бұрын

@@huehuula22 I ended up going to UCL :)

@RBC2006 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your videos, Atousa! Your tips and recommendations are really helpful during this process!

@atousa5752 5 жыл бұрын

I'm really glad they are helpful!! :) I wish you the very best in your application!

@Jan-zf8mv 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Atousa! Just wanted to thank you for this video ;) I used your tips and got 4 out of 4 offers for master programmes - UCL, King's College, Bath and Warwick. I applied to management schools so if anyone wonders - those tips are perfect for other departments too! Thanks again, I owe you a beer :D

@atousa5752 5 жыл бұрын

You are more than welcome lovely and that's amazing!!! huge congrats for getting those offers, you must be super excited to start, they are all amazing school, I wish you all the best!! and I can always use a beer haha

@techfran5461 5 жыл бұрын

That's really awesome! Would you please share your personal statement? I am also applying business management field.

@maxhigham3909 4 жыл бұрын

Well done! hope you have enjoyed your last year! Any chance you could share your Personal statement, would be very grateful

@Jan-zf8mv 4 жыл бұрын

@@maxhigham3909 Hey sorry I've just seen that. Happy to share it if you send me your e-mail. What uni do you apply for?

@maxhigham3909 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jan-zf8mv No worries! Still yet to submit an application! So far I'm only applying for Imperial (management as well!). Email: highammax0@gmail.com (really appreciate your help! and if you have any other tips that would be great!)

@andrewwells6323 4 жыл бұрын

This was incredibly helpful! Thank you!

@michealkalebwe1805 2 жыл бұрын

All great comments over her 😻 Just wanted to say your amazing!

@happinessisgate 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your personal statement much appreciated. 😘

@rushabhpatel6012 6 жыл бұрын

Atousa, Love the way you go sideways and come back to the point saying "ANYWAY"!! Very insightful video, I will use your tips to write mine. Keep up the amazing work :)

@atousa5752 6 жыл бұрын

Hehe, you're very sweet! best of luck!

@skrrrrrrt8268 2 жыл бұрын

im 3/4th into my SOP, but i just can't seem to wrap it up. but this helped me a lot! thank you so much! the pointers do help a lot. :)

@ilhamnugraha4852 4 жыл бұрын

Very beneficial. Thank you for your sharing! It is really appreciated.

@dominiquenok6445 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this! It really helped me to structure my personal statement. As I have never written one (did my undergraduate in Holland many moons ago, where this was not required) I needed some guidance. I want to let you know that I have been accepted into both Uni's I applied to. Wishing you all the best. x

@atousa5752 3 жыл бұрын

that's amazing to hear!! thank you for sharing your journey, yes absolutely keep me posted and I wish you all the best too! :) x

@AreliM 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot four sharing your personal statement.

@mohdjavaid3651 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you so much for making my life bit easy.

@user-bv1we4ku2o 4 жыл бұрын

This helped me a lot, thank you! I noticed you submitted your personal statement in May, and I've heard a lot of different things from different people but is there a 'best time' to apply

@01ILoveChewbacca01 4 жыл бұрын

So, so helpful! Thank you!! :) x

@subscribers2868 3 жыл бұрын

So awesome! Atousa. Please get time to do a video on study plan... Thanks 😁🖤

@chethakmp3 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you so much! Your video helped a lot! :)

@mosesajekwe4414 2 жыл бұрын

Thanking you for giving me a new baseline

@wadirtutakhail2289 4 жыл бұрын

useful , i liked the way you present

@tigerdamascus4526 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Atousa Thankyou so much for your help!

@atousa5752 4 жыл бұрын

You are more than welcome :)

@Simzoid 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you so much!

@cristian-bull 4 жыл бұрын

came here for a cover letter, now I like cancer.

@akmgulzar 3 жыл бұрын

very nice. Keep it up!!

@adityabharti387 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@ornellalukombo9929 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this example, it helps me a lot ! Good continuation!

@atousa5752 7 жыл бұрын

You are more than welcome lovely! :)

@sophiazhu8656 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you

@xinzeng7713 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@dhafernoori1039 5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for your help, but is it possible to upload your written personal essay somewhere. I listened to it and it seemed amazing.

@atousa5752 5 жыл бұрын

you're more than welcome :) I'm glad you found it helpful! I have decided not to upload a written version so that people can take notes and apply it to their own situation. I wish you the best with your application :)

@anzari007 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Atousa. Just want to thank you for what you have shared! After getting rejected twice in LSE, I finally got in to UCL (surely you will know, since King's is nearby hehe) after repeatedly watching, pausing, and taking notes from this video. You may have created this three years ago, but I can assure you that what you said truly cleared the confusion and guided me in getting my personal statement right. Words can't express my gratitude enough. Good karma begets good karma. Cheers!

@atousa5752 3 жыл бұрын

Din Zar San Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your story! I am so pleased for you!!! Huge congrats! I wish you all the very best in your future endeavours at UCL :) x

@quynhanhphamnguyen9436 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm also planning to apply for UCL. May I ask for your experience in apply for the school?

@anzari007 3 жыл бұрын

@@quynhanhphamnguyen9436 sure you can. what do you need?

@quynhanhphamnguyen9436 3 жыл бұрын

@@anzari007 I'm really struggling to strike a balance between showing what qualities or experience I have that make me a suitable candidate for the program and the story behind my passion to pursue the particular area. I worry I might make the essay too long if I include everything. Do you have the same problems? If yes, do you have any tips for me?

@anzari007 3 жыл бұрын

@@quynhanhphamnguyen9436 Well, I don't really have problem for those tbh. Just like Atousa mentioned, you stick to what's asked and answer them. Surely you won't (or rather can't) put everything in your essay, so make sure you choose the most suitable (this is very important, I can't emphasise enough). You will have a lot of puzzle pieces that ARE perfect fit for your essay, but you must prioritise and choose only a few that will FLOW through your essay. And that's what I found very clear from Atousa's videos. Also, you should put both points into the same essay, so there's not much like one segment is superior than the other.

@yashrajsharmaS3 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much madam... really helpful for my. m Ed

@abhishekbhardwaj6507 4 жыл бұрын

Too good//

@tiaansell4861 6 жыл бұрын

Very beneficial, and my notes cover two A5 pages from this😅 I am planning to apply for kcl biomedical sciences undergraduate degree for 2019 entry!! This was what I needed- thank you!!!

@atousa5752 6 жыл бұрын

hahaha, ah! a fello note lover like myself! and I am so glad you found it useful, and best of luck with your application lovely :)

@Cinnamon_Girl1112 Жыл бұрын

Hey thank you so much this is very helpful ! I noticed you didn't mention any researcher specifically to work with is it okay to do so?

@zamanrokan4294 2 жыл бұрын

lovely

@howidayoussry9707 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Atousa for this informative video. I am currently preparing my personal statement to apply to KCL, and my draft is about 2 pages long (A4). However, it is has more characters than the stated limit (4000 characters). Do you think that would be an issue or should I strictly stick to the limit?

@atousa5752 5 жыл бұрын

Hello :) I'm glad that you find this informative :) I would generally suggest to stick to the limit that they have given you as sometimes they may refuse to read past the limit. better to be on the safer side! and good luck! :)

@toonhaoBR 6 жыл бұрын

Hey atousa, thank you for sharing this. I have a question, should we put a title in our personal statements? Perhaps "Personal Statement", or maybe the name of the course like "MSc in Something - University of Somewhere"?

@atousa5752 6 жыл бұрын

hello lovely, and you are more than welcome! I would say put your name then personal statement, so it is clear what it is, then in your first sentence say something like 'I would like to apply for MSc in _____' because....etc. :) but this is my opinion so I would say do whatever you feel most comfortable! :)

@okpolihenry983 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect

@Meymorh 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Atousa, Great Video and very helpful. i am currently applying for my masters program and My application requires a cover letter and not a personal statement. is this the same thing or its different?

@rahilmarah2090 5 жыл бұрын

We ve been always told that at the opening we have to tell a story to capture the attention the story must be about as and what we learned from that or how it affected as and lead as to what we wonna do now!! These isn't what UV Donne can you please explain to me because I'm really struggling writing my personal statement I'm applying for an immunology master programme in France and I wanna open the essay whit my uncle dead whit the cancer and my father Being attempt with cancer and how this affects my choices and my interest to immunology can you give me some advice is it a good idea or not please reply PS: excuse my English am not an anglophone 😘😘

@zahraammadani 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t tell a different between your personal statement and the purpose of statement! They do similar to each other

@blahblah4129 3 жыл бұрын

Thx so much for doing this! Btw, did your personal statement have (less than) 4,000 chatacters, including spaces?

@atousa5752 3 жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome :) and for a master's there isn't a character limit, the 4,000 is when you apply through specific systems such as UCAS

@blahblah4129 3 жыл бұрын

@@atousa5752 For UCL Master's programs, there is a character limit nowadays. I believe it is 3,000 characters, including spaces.

@atousa5752 3 жыл бұрын

@@blahblah4129 Oh thank you for letting me know, I wasn't aware!

@AD-ju3el 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, Atousa. Did you include citations into the letter?

@divyamsharma5198 3 жыл бұрын

Hey atousa do we have to include our bachelor college details in the personal statement

@muhammadhassan-io8eg 6 жыл бұрын

hey atousa, your undergraduate biomedical personal statement reflection would be amazing to findout!!!!!!

@atousa5752 6 жыл бұрын

It's on my channel lovely :) go have a watch

@taibashaikh488 4 жыл бұрын

Hey atousa! I m doing bachelors of zoology . Can I do my masters in cancer medicine???????

@viha8670 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Atousa, I have a question, I am applying for the course of drug development, is it okay to include statements which are extremely personal like my grandfather had passed away last year due to a disease called Parkinson's which had no known drugs or cure (which actually happened and still breaks my heart to this day). Is it okay to include this as my inspiration or does it make less professional?

@atousa5752 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Viha, yes I think it is good to use specific examples that are personal to you to portray why you are interested in a course, it shows an element of your personality and personal story, making your statement more unique to you. (Also I'm very sorry for your loss, I hope you and your family are doing okay). Best of luck!!

@nadiarahman8941 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Atousa how many words should a master personal statement be?

@Damnbro8555 4 жыл бұрын

do olevel and Alevel result matter at masters level or just the gpa

@debarshinath9930 3 жыл бұрын

hello, i would be very grateful if u could provide the link of the word file containing the SOP

@Bridgetugochi 2 жыл бұрын

How many pages should a statement of purpose contain

@StartDataLate 6 жыл бұрын

I couldn't get one line around 1:17 I would like to undertake xxx in transitional cancer medicine??what is after undertake?

@aymiraydinli5655 5 жыл бұрын

same problem here

@EpicSuchti 5 жыл бұрын

@@aymiraydinli5655 It's "an MRes" which is how the degree is called.

@hadeelalhatamleh5423 5 жыл бұрын

MRes which means a masters by research

@MrSBK 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Atousa! I am applying for postgraduate programme in KCL. However, I am unable to find word/page limit for personal statement. Can you please tell me the word limit of your KCL personal statement? Regards.

@atousa5752 7 жыл бұрын

Hey lovely! so sorry for the late reply, I don't think there is a specific reply, but I would just say stick to one page to page and a half! Just for reference mine was 800! I hope this helps a little :) and best of luck!!!!

@alex9990lal 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm also applying for postgrad at KCL and my statement can't be more than 4000 characters, according to the application page, which is about one A4 page.

@dipto3994 3 жыл бұрын

Is it ok if i include my interest in the first paragraph?

@blessingsoil1626 3 жыл бұрын

I need a personal statement writeup for Music or Education Graduate studies

@asliyase 6 жыл бұрын

i wonder how many words this is because i have an 800 word limit & do not know how to fit all of this.

@lianengineer4970 3 жыл бұрын

Please share about study plan

@obaolufade8563 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Atousa!! thanks for the video, I've learnt alot. I just have one question tho. I've gone through a number of personal statements online, and one thing most science related statement talks about is Research, (that they love to carry out research in one field or the other), As an Accounting student, while writing my personal statement, I just talked about what made me fall in love with Accounting, how it is going to assist me in achieving my goals and why I picked the school..... I never mentioned (Research), is that alright??... P.s I'm applying for Research based Masters in Finance.

@atousa5752 4 жыл бұрын

Hey lovely, to be honest I'm not certain how to answer your question because I really don't know very much about your specific situation. I would advise that you ask the university you applied to directly to be sure :) best of luck with it all

@abdallahabdelmonaem9390 5 жыл бұрын

I am just watching the video while thinking of how you are very beautiful *Atousa* Thank you : )

@atousa5752 5 жыл бұрын

@abdallahabdelmonaem9390 5 жыл бұрын

Few hours before finishing my SoP, thanks again!!

@abhayiyer8864 5 жыл бұрын

What are types of questions asked in masters in immunology interview at King's College?

@zamanrokan4294 2 жыл бұрын

ask your university, different universities have different questions

@StartDataLate 6 жыл бұрын

plus emm what is journal club? is that a student society??

@clarksonenow7640 3 жыл бұрын

@FrangoTraidor 3 жыл бұрын

what an exotic creature

@Ayoutubeaccount3 6 жыл бұрын

Wheres this girl from? she's stunning

@lianengineer4970 3 жыл бұрын

has anyone write for environmental management?

@pismobiics825 Жыл бұрын

Having long sentences is nothing to be shamed for. The issie is that the current level of literacy is dismal. Try to read any 19th century author to see how they wrote.