St Hilda's College
Webinar: UCAS Personal Statements - Wednesday 16th July 2025 (16:00-16:45)
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Meeting ID: 364 952 459 000 4
Passcode: sZ96b223
You will be held in a waiting area on Teams until the session has been started by the organizers. You may be asked to enter your name - please just enter your first name and school in brackets. Please do not enter your last name.
Please use the Slido tool below to ask questions. Some we will answer during the session, others will form part of the Q&A at the end. We will also use the poll to ask you questions. We suggest that you keep this open in a separate window to the Teams call.
Helpful Resources
Some sources of useful information that we might reference during today's session.
*UCAS: How to write your undergraduate personal statement
*UCAS: changes to the personal statement for 2026 entry plus a video
*UCAS: Guide to using AI and ChatGPT with your personal statement
*UCAS personal statement worksheet
*Cambridge University: writing your personal statement
*Oxford undergraduate admissions homepage
*Official Oxford admission videos
*Oxford Guide for applicants
Code of Conduct
I understand that if I do not follow these guidelines I may need to be removed from the webinar.
1) I will arrive on time for the session and understand that if I arrive late then it might not be possible to admit me.
2) I will be kind and respectful, and inclusive to everyone.
3) I understand that there will be at least one supervisor present in the webinar who is not the presenter. There will be a way to contact the supervisor(s) privately and I should use this if I am uncomfortable about anything anyone is saying or doing.
4) I will not share any personal details within the webinar – this includes surname (please join the webinar with just your first name), contact details, social media or other online account names/handles, links to my blogs/streams, links or codes to access games, etc.
5) I will not share anything that someone else has shared without their permission.
6) I will not take and/or share any recordings of the webinar.
7) I will use appropriate language at all times and will not share, link to or display any inappropriate materials or content.