Forensic Science Personal Statement Examples

Your forensic science personal statement is an important part of your UCAS form, and is your chance to win over the admissions tutors and offer you a place on their course.

It gives you an opportunity to explain why you want to study this programme, why you make an ideal candidate, and what you can bring to the university's forensic science department.

You only have 4,000 characters to communicate your skills and motivation, so drafting and refining your forensic science personal statement is essential.

Great forensic science 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.

To write a successful forensic science personal statement you need to start early, brainstorm some ideas, and then begin your first draft (usually in the summer holidays).

This will then need to be carefully revised and edited before asking family and friends for feedback. Incorporate their comments and suggestions, and see how it is improved before asking them to look at it again.

Our forensic science personal statement examples above can give you an idea of what a good forensic science statement looks like.

Make sure you proofread your statement for grammar and spelling before sending it off, and if you feel you need a little extra help, check out our personal statement editing services.

• Back everything up with examples (show, don't tell!). Forensic scientists need to be logical, communicative, sensitive, patient, and pay meticulous attention to detail. Think about how you can demonstrate these skills using your work experience, academic studies and hobbies/extracurricular activities.
• Show the admissions tutors you are passionate about the subject. For example, talk about any coursework you particularly enjoyed, a conference you attended, or something you learnt during a work placement.
• As well as your motivations for studying forensic science, think about your hobbies and extracurricular activities too. What skills have you learned from these and how will these help you in your forensics degree?
• Talk about any work experience placements you have completed, e.g. shadowing a laboratory worker in a hospital or research scientist at a university. What did you take away from this experience? Do you feel you have all the necessary personal traits and qualities that make a good forensic science student?
• Your wider reading is also important, so it's worth mentioning anything you've read recently about forensic science in the news that you found interesting and why. This could be from the Internet or in a science mangazine, or the science section of a newspaper. Generally, admissions tutors like students who express their views and opinions, and can back them up with evidence.

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